MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509120000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509120000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 12 SEP 25 Station: 41.4,-89.2 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -89.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 996 205 22.3 15.8 67 6.5 18.0 77 5 295.7 297.8 291.3 328.5 11.39 2 950 620 22.8 12.6 52 10.2 16.3 85 11 300.3 302.1 291.3 328.7 9.66 3 900 1087 18.5 10.4 59 8.2 13.5 93 8 300.6 302.2 290.7 326.6 8.80 4 850 1574 14.4 7.7 64 6.7 10.4 165 3 301.2 302.6 290.0 324.3 7.78 5 800 2082 9.4 6.2 80 3.3 7.6 185 4 301.2 302.6 289.8 323.3 7.43 6 750 2614 7.5 -9.2 29 16.7 0.5 253 7 304.7 305.2 286.3 312.7 2.54 7 700 3182 7.6 -29.7 5 37.3 -2.9 315 4 310.9 311.0 286.2 312.5 0.46 8 650 3786 3.5 -25.0 10 28.5 -5.1 333 10 313.0 313.1 287.3 315.6 0.78 9 600 4432 1.4 -41.9 2 43.3 -7.7 344 15 317.8 317.8 288.2 318.4 0.16 10 550 5125 -3.3 -42.6 3 39.3 -10.9 359 15 320.2 320.2 289.0 320.8 0.16 11 500 5870 -8.3 -46.2 3 37.8 -14.6 357 14 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.3 0.12 12 450 6677 -15.3 -46.6 5 31.3 -19.7 352 16 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.13 13 400 7553 -22.4 -50.4 6 28.0 -25.4 354 23 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.3 0.09 14 350 8518 -29.5 -49.5 13 20.0 -31.3 347 32 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.4 0.12 15 300 9600 -37.7 -49.9 27 12.2 -38.5 352 42 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.13 16 250 10829 -47.7 -56.4 36 8.7 -48.0 360 51 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 17 200 12264 -58.7 -65.6 40 7.0 -58.7 347 43 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.03 18 150 14060 -60.0 -81.6 4 21.6 -60.2 329 31 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16582 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 310 14 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.82 m Freezing level: 584.84 mb = 4641.89 m = 15229.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.81 mb = 2693.39 m = 8836.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.72 C = 81.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.60 mb = 1033.65 m = 3391.20 ft T: 19.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 16.18 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.89 mb = 1989.35 m = 6526.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lifted Index: 3.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.01 C Showalter Index: 5.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 16.04 C K Index: -6.93 Risk: None Sweat Index: 112.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6479.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.64 mb = 1767.00 m = 5797.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.3 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 25.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.3 neg: -7.7 tot: 50.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 20.77 m/s