MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 34 SFC 979 212 14.9 7.4 61 7.4 10.7 196 13 289.7 290.9 284.8 308.6 6.62 2 950 468 16.1 7.0 55 9.1 11.0 210 36 293.6 294.8 286.3 312.7 6.63 3 900 926 13.6 6.1 61 7.4 9.4 228 46 295.5 296.7 287.0 314.7 6.59 4 850 1405 11.0 0.3 48 10.7 5.6 244 50 297.7 298.5 285.8 311.4 4.61 5 800 1909 8.7 8.3 97 0.4 8.5 251 45 300.4 302.0 290.5 325.9 8.63 6 750 2440 5.7 5.2 97 0.5 5.4 254 43 302.7 304.1 290.2 324.9 7.41 7 700 3002 2.2 1.4 94 0.8 1.8 257 42 305.0 306.1 289.8 323.4 6.07 8 650 3597 -1.0 -1.5 97 0.4 -1.3 260 48 307.8 308.8 290.0 324.1 5.29 9 600 4233 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.4 -4.3 262 57 311.4 312.3 290.5 325.8 4.57 10 550 4915 -8.3 -9.6 90 1.3 -8.8 262 59 314.2 314.9 290.3 325.0 3.35 11 500 5649 -11.1 -18.5 54 7.4 -13.5 266 64 319.5 319.9 290.4 325.5 1.78 12 450 6452 -15.2 -33.2 20 18.1 -18.8 267 75 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.1 0.52 13 400 7330 -21.7 -41.6 15 19.9 -24.5 272 81 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.25 14 350 8296 -29.8 -42.1 29 12.3 -31.2 270 83 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.27 15 300 9374 -38.1 -45.6 45 7.6 -38.7 269 89 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.22 16 250 10608 -46.3 -58.6 24 12.2 -46.8 264 94 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.06 17 200 12058 -55.2 -64.9 29 9.6 -55.4 260 82 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 13864 -60.8 -80.1 6 19.3 -61.0 264 70 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16400 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 261 40 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.39 m Freezing level: 665.94 mb = 3407.57 m = 11179.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.44 mb = 3348.67 m = 10986.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.94 % Est. max temperature: 23.88 C = 74.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.83 mb = 1153.64 m = 3784.86 ft T: 12.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 3.24 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.93 mb = 2968.00 m = 9737.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Cap Strength: 6.86 C Lifted Index: 9.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.97 C Showalter Index: 10.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.13 C Cross Totals Index: 11.44 C K Index: 21.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10314.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.76 mb = 1705.74 m = 5596.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 50.5 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 553.3 neg: -5.0 tot: 548.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 182.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 164.44 m/s