MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 49 SFC 981 211 10.3 6.7 79 3.5 8.4 173 7 285.0 286.1 282.4 302.6 6.30 2 950 484 15.5 5.4 51 10.1 10.0 209 23 292.9 294.0 285.3 310.0 5.92 3 900 939 11.5 5.0 64 6.5 8.0 217 28 293.4 294.4 285.7 310.9 6.07 4 850 1413 7.4 3.2 75 4.2 5.2 227 32 293.9 294.9 285.5 310.4 5.68 5 800 1911 7.9 -22.8 9 30.7 -1.4 250 26 299.6 299.7 282.2 302.1 0.76 6 750 2442 6.0 -2.5 54 8.5 1.9 273 31 303.1 303.8 287.4 315.9 4.23 7 700 3004 3.0 -4.1 60 7.1 -0.3 274 37 305.8 306.5 288.2 318.2 4.04 8 650 3600 0.3 -8.2 53 8.5 -3.4 269 40 309.3 309.9 288.5 319.3 3.16 9 600 4238 -3.3 -8.8 65 5.6 -5.6 269 47 312.3 313.0 289.6 322.8 3.27 10 550 4921 -7.6 -10.0 83 2.4 -8.6 271 51 315.0 315.6 290.4 325.5 3.24 11 500 5654 -13.6 -14.3 94 0.7 -13.9 274 58 316.5 317.0 290.2 324.8 2.52 12 450 6453 -15.8 -38.1 13 22.3 -19.7 277 69 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.5 0.32 13 400 7330 -21.5 -41.8 14 20.3 -24.4 283 81 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.24 14 350 8298 -29.6 -43.7 24 14.2 -31.1 284 84 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.23 15 300 9378 -37.8 -44.5 50 6.7 -38.4 284 91 332.0 332.1 292.5 333.0 0.24 16 250 10613 -46.0 -57.8 25 11.9 -46.4 281 95 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.06 17 200 12062 -55.0 -67.0 21 12.0 -55.3 280 91 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13865 -60.9 -78.5 8 17.6 -61.1 270 64 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16407 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 262 36 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.37 m Freezing level: 646.13 mb = 3649.65 m = 11973.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 810.82 mb = 1800.99 m = 5908.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.53 % Est. max temperature: 21.24 C = 70.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.65 mb = 666.03 m = 2185.11 ft T: 13.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 8.87 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.59 mb = 3593.03 m = 11788.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.39 C = 93.91 F Cap Strength: 9.62 C Lifted Index: 9.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.40 C Showalter Index: 8.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.01 C Cross Totals Index: 16.82 C K Index: 17.19 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12865.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.96 mb = 1599.35 m = 5247.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.0 neg: -10.7 tot: 338.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 147.71 m/s