MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509200600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509200600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 20 SEP 25 Station: 41.8,-88.2 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 991 219 20.8 18.6 87 2.2 19.3 275 2 294.7 297.1 292.8 333.9 13.70 2 950 585 23.8 16.3 63 7.5 18.8 249 2 301.4 303.6 293.8 337.8 12.39 3 900 1056 20.4 13.8 66 6.6 16.0 195 13 302.5 304.5 293.1 335.3 11.06 4 850 1546 16.1 11.2 73 4.9 13.0 180 15 303.0 304.8 292.4 332.5 9.91 5 800 2058 11.9 7.2 73 4.7 9.1 164 19 303.8 305.3 291.1 327.8 7.98 6 750 2595 7.9 3.6 74 4.3 5.5 159 18 305.1 306.3 290.3 325.1 6.62 7 700 3160 3.3 2.0 92 1.2 2.6 169 18 306.1 307.3 290.4 325.4 6.34 8 650 3757 -0.9 -2.1 91 1.2 -1.4 182 17 308.0 308.9 289.9 323.6 5.05 9 600 4391 -5.1 -7.0 86 1.9 -6.0 189 17 310.2 310.9 289.4 322.1 3.76 10 550 5070 -9.1 -11.0 86 1.9 -9.9 187 19 313.3 313.8 289.6 322.9 2.99 11 500 5802 -12.8 -17.7 67 4.9 -14.3 192 18 317.5 317.9 289.9 323.9 1.91 12 450 6597 -18.2 -36.6 18 18.4 -21.3 202 18 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.6 0.37 13 400 7465 -24.6 -39.8 23 15.2 -26.6 198 18 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.2 0.30 14 350 8421 -32.2 -39.3 49 7.1 -33.0 191 22 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.7 0.36 15 300 9490 -40.7 -45.7 59 4.9 -41.1 182 32 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.8 0.21 16 250 10704 -50.5 -55.9 52 5.5 -50.6 170 35 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.08 17 200 12135 -55.4 -68.2 19 12.8 -55.6 239 11 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13973 -55.1 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 281 15 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16515 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 288 15 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.39 m Freezing level: 660.54 mb = 3630.87 m = 11912.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.87 mb = 3538.25 m = 11608.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.18 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.51 mb = 498.65 m = 1635.96 ft T: 23.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 12.69 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1822.46 m = 5979.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.21 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.86 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 38.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1441.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.23 mb = 1453.64 m = 4769.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.23 mb = 2118.61 m = 6950.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.23 mb = 11401.80 m = 37407.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1423.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.23 mb = 14218.66 m = 46648.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.1 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 211.1 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -12.2 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 46.89 Bulk Shear: 30.74 m/s