MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 41.7,-88.5 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 88 SFC 985 212 15.8 7.1 56 8.8 11.0 238 9 290.2 291.3 284.8 308.5 6.41 2 950 519 11.2 4.8 65 6.4 7.8 237 10 288.5 289.5 283.2 304.6 5.67 3 900 966 6.8 3.9 82 2.9 5.3 237 11 288.5 289.5 283.2 304.4 5.61 4 850 1432 2.4 1.6 94 0.8 2.0 243 13 288.7 289.5 282.6 303.0 5.04 5 800 1920 1.0 -10.6 41 11.6 -3.2 269 20 292.2 292.6 280.7 298.6 2.12 6 750 2440 2.3 -38.7 3 41.0 -6.0 276 30 299.1 299.1 281.2 299.7 0.18 7 700 2993 -0.4 -28.9 9 28.6 -7.3 285 34 302.1 302.2 282.9 303.8 0.50 8 650 3583 -2.6 -33.8 7 31.2 -9.4 286 37 306.0 306.1 284.2 307.2 0.34 9 600 4212 -6.1 -35.1 8 29.0 -12.0 281 39 309.0 309.1 285.4 310.2 0.32 10 550 4888 -10.1 -21.1 40 11.0 -13.2 277 42 312.1 312.3 287.5 316.4 1.29 11 500 5615 -15.1 -18.8 74 3.6 -16.2 276 44 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.3 1.74 12 450 6403 -19.9 -23.6 72 3.8 -20.8 274 45 318.2 318.5 289.5 322.6 1.26 13 400 7268 -25.4 -28.5 75 3.1 -25.9 279 48 322.0 322.2 290.3 325.2 0.91 14 350 8221 -32.6 -35.6 74 3.1 -33.0 292 57 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.7 0.52 15 300 9286 -42.1 -45.6 69 3.5 -42.3 289 63 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.22 16 250 10498 -48.3 -60.1 24 11.7 -48.7 308 79 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 17 200 11948 -53.9 -70.3 12 16.4 -54.2 307 77 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13791 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 288 52 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16386 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 264 25 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5527.08 m Freezing level: 706.74 mb = 2918.36 m = 9574.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 830.71 mb = 1616.80 m = 5304.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.19 % Est. max temperature: 15.30 C = 59.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.87 mb = 1300.36 m = 4266.21 ft T: 3.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 9.91 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1298.54 m = 4260.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.25 C = 57.65 F Cap Strength: 9.66 C Lifted Index: 10.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.19 C Showalter Index: 11.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.53 C Cross Totals Index: 16.69 C K Index: -9.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 87.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.71 mb = 1320.77 m = 4333.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.71 mb = 1368.20 m = 4488.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 826.71 mb = 1655.60 m = 5431.70 ft B at Equ Level: 10.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 786.71 mb = 2054.56 m = 6740.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 73.73 m/s