MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509120000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509120000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z MON 15 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 167 SFC 996 205 22.0 20.2 89 1.8 20.8 13 2 295.6 298.3 294.1 339.1 15.15 2 950 619 26.6 18.7 62 7.9 21.1 336 6 304.2 306.9 296.0 347.2 14.43 3 900 1095 22.6 17.2 72 5.3 18.9 318 7 304.8 307.4 295.8 346.2 13.89 4 850 1589 17.9 16.3 90 1.6 16.8 317 7 304.9 307.4 295.8 346.1 13.81 5 800 2106 14.7 9.9 73 4.8 11.7 346 4 306.8 308.6 293.3 335.9 9.63 6 750 2649 11.8 0.0 44 11.8 5.5 11 4 309.4 310.3 290.3 325.2 5.10 7 700 3222 7.6 -0.8 55 8.4 3.2 35 8 310.9 311.9 290.9 326.9 5.14 8 650 3827 1.8 -2.4 74 4.2 -0.3 40 9 311.0 311.9 290.7 326.4 4.93 9 600 4466 -2.0 -15.2 36 13.2 -6.8 42 5 313.8 314.2 288.8 320.2 1.95 10 550 5152 -4.9 -25.1 19 20.2 -10.6 105 1 318.3 318.5 289.2 321.4 0.91 11 500 5897 -8.5 -31.8 13 23.2 -13.9 213 5 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.6 0.54 12 450 6704 -14.5 -36.6 13 22.1 -18.6 189 5 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.37 13 400 7585 -20.3 -50.4 5 30.0 -23.8 207 4 328.6 328.6 291.4 329.0 0.09 14 350 8557 -28.5 -54.7 6 26.2 -30.6 232 7 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.06 15 300 9640 -37.7 -53.9 17 16.2 -38.7 180 6 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 16 250 10872 -47.5 -62.8 16 15.3 -48.0 161 10 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.03 17 200 12304 -59.2 -65.9 42 6.6 -59.3 173 5 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.03 18 150 14082 -63.1 -77.1 13 14.0 -63.3 321 5 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16560 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.9 51 6 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.01 m Freezing level: 626.48 mb = 4127.29 m = 13540.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.72 mb = 3767.53 m = 12360.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.84 mb = 436.80 m = 1433.06 ft T: 24.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 21.95 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.71 mb = 1805.47 m = 5923.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.15 C = 89.87 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 34.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1909.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.77 mb = 1410.23 m = 4626.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.77 mb = 2618.08 m = 8589.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.77 mb = 12860.91 m = 42194.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1900.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.77 mb = 15825.86 m = 51921.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 5.7 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 35.7 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: -2.5 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2639.20 Bulk Shear: 0.72 m/s