MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 5 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 60 SFC 982 211 14.6 7.6 63 7.0 10.7 210 4 289.2 290.4 284.6 308.1 6.66 2 950 496 14.5 5.1 53 9.5 9.4 224 14 291.9 292.9 284.8 308.6 5.78 3 900 949 10.3 4.0 65 6.3 7.0 224 18 292.2 293.2 284.8 308.5 5.67 4 850 1421 5.7 2.6 80 3.1 4.1 223 20 292.1 293.1 284.5 307.8 5.42 5 800 1914 5.0 -31.2 5 36.2 -3.7 247 21 296.4 296.5 280.3 297.6 0.35 6 750 2440 4.8 -33.8 4 38.7 -4.3 259 27 301.8 301.9 282.5 302.8 0.29 7 700 2999 2.2 -28.2 8 30.4 -5.8 268 32 304.9 305.0 284.1 306.7 0.53 8 650 3593 -1.2 -9.2 54 8.1 -4.4 275 35 307.7 308.2 287.7 316.9 2.92 9 600 4226 -5.3 -10.7 66 5.3 -7.4 276 39 309.9 310.5 288.4 318.9 2.82 10 550 4906 -8.2 -13.2 67 5.0 -10.1 283 46 314.3 314.8 289.5 322.5 2.51 11 500 5640 -12.3 -20.1 52 7.8 -14.6 287 50 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.3 1.55 12 450 6436 -18.2 -27.2 45 9.0 -20.3 289 56 320.3 320.5 289.8 323.5 0.91 13 400 7305 -23.2 -49.6 7 26.4 -26.0 294 65 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.10 14 350 8270 -29.7 -47.1 17 17.3 -31.4 299 87 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.16 15 300 9350 -37.9 -45.5 45 7.6 -38.5 296 98 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.22 16 250 10583 -46.1 -54.7 37 8.7 -46.4 295 103 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.09 17 200 12037 -54.0 -68.0 16 14.0 -54.2 291 88 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 13844 -60.9 -77.8 9 16.9 -61.1 285 68 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16398 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 271 35 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5579.30 m Freezing level: 667.30 mb = 3387.28 m = 11112.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 823.75 mb = 1675.93 m = 5498.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.21 % Est. max temperature: 18.98 C = 66.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.33 mb = 1093.89 m = 3588.85 ft T: 8.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.46 mb = 3320.56 m = 10894.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Cap Strength: 9.57 C Lifted Index: 11.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.08 C Showalter Index: 11.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.00 C Cross Totals Index: 14.85 C K Index: -9.81 Risk: None Sweat Index: 257.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13089.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.08 mb = 1613.66 m = 5294.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 212.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 94.82 m/s