MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 69 SFC 983 212 16.7 7.1 53 9.6 11.3 237 9 291.3 292.4 285.2 309.7 6.44 2 950 503 13.6 5.0 56 8.5 9.0 236 12 290.9 292.0 284.4 307.5 5.76 3 900 955 9.2 4.2 71 5.0 6.6 234 13 291.0 292.0 284.4 307.5 5.75 4 850 1425 4.6 3.2 90 1.5 3.9 232 14 291.0 292.0 284.3 307.2 5.66 5 800 1916 2.8 -16.9 22 19.8 -3.4 258 21 294.2 294.4 280.5 298.1 1.27 6 750 2439 4.0 -34.0 4 38.1 -4.7 277 28 300.9 301.0 282.1 301.9 0.29 7 700 2996 1.6 -35.6 4 37.3 -6.5 280 32 304.3 304.3 283.5 305.2 0.26 8 650 3588 -2.6 -19.4 26 16.8 -7.8 282 38 306.1 306.3 285.4 310.2 1.27 9 600 4218 -7.0 -9.0 86 1.9 -7.8 288 42 308.0 308.6 288.1 318.1 3.23 10 550 4893 -10.2 -15.9 63 5.7 -12.1 283 44 312.0 312.4 288.3 318.6 2.01 11 500 5621 -13.7 -18.7 66 5.0 -15.2 287 49 316.3 316.6 289.4 322.1 1.75 12 450 6414 -18.8 -25.2 57 6.4 -20.3 289 54 319.6 319.8 289.8 323.4 1.09 13 400 7281 -25.0 -36.1 35 11.2 -26.6 293 59 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.44 14 350 8238 -30.9 -53.4 9 22.5 -32.6 297 71 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.08 15 300 9314 -38.2 -53.0 20 14.8 -39.1 307 89 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.09 16 250 10546 -46.6 -57.1 29 10.6 -47.0 308 100 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.07 17 200 11996 -53.5 -66.8 18 13.2 -53.8 305 75 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13813 -58.2 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.4 295 67 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16390 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 263 32 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5552.52 m Freezing level: 680.70 mb = 3224.53 m = 10579.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 823.47 mb = 1681.67 m = 5517.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.37 % Est. max temperature: 17.48 C = 63.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.55 mb = 1409.61 m = 4624.64 ft T: 4.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.37 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.06 mb = 3121.84 m = 10242.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Cap Strength: 7.95 C Lifted Index: 9.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.81 C Showalter Index: 10.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.38 C Cross Totals Index: 16.93 C K Index: -15.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 114.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12131.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.37 mb = 1545.98 m = 5072.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 156.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 85.64 m/s