MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 23 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 93 SFC 986 219 19.7 17.3 86 2.4 18.1 191 5 294.1 296.4 291.9 330.5 12.74 2 950 538 22.8 14.7 60 8.1 17.5 228 21 300.3 302.4 292.5 333.0 11.14 3 900 1006 19.0 13.4 70 5.6 15.4 234 18 301.1 303.1 292.5 332.9 10.79 4 850 1494 15.0 11.5 80 3.5 12.8 251 15 301.9 303.7 292.2 331.7 10.09 5 800 2005 11.5 5.9 69 5.6 8.3 277 11 303.4 304.8 290.4 325.4 7.32 6 750 2542 9.0 -1.1 49 10.1 3.9 303 7 306.3 307.2 289.0 320.8 4.71 7 700 3108 4.1 -3.5 58 7.6 0.4 276 5 307.0 307.8 288.8 320.0 4.20 8 650 3705 -0.8 -9.5 52 8.7 -4.4 254 7 308.0 308.6 287.8 317.1 2.87 9 600 4340 -3.8 -22.2 22 18.4 -9.2 266 10 311.7 311.9 287.2 315.3 1.07 10 550 5022 -6.7 -46.0 3 39.3 -13.2 274 17 316.1 316.1 287.6 316.5 0.11 11 500 5760 -10.4 -39.5 7 29.1 -15.7 269 20 320.3 320.4 289.1 321.3 0.25 12 450 6562 -16.0 -31.2 26 15.2 -19.2 256 25 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.63 13 400 7438 -22.1 -29.9 49 7.8 -23.7 262 28 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.1 0.80 14 350 8405 -29.1 -41.0 31 11.9 -30.6 260 24 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.30 15 300 9485 -38.5 -46.0 45 7.6 -39.1 277 21 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.21 16 250 10716 -46.8 -52.9 49 6.2 -47.0 299 28 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.11 17 200 12165 -53.0 -61.9 33 8.8 -53.3 301 39 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.05 18 150 14002 -57.1 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.4 277 36 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16538 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 276 19 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.19 m Freezing level: 658.35 mb = 3605.19 m = 11827.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.53 mb = 3160.07 m = 10367.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.87 mb = 520.55 m = 1707.83 ft T: 22.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 17.71 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.48 mb = 1864.24 m = 6116.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.49 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 29.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 243.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.44 mb = 1449.93 m = 4756.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.44 mb = 2883.59 m = 9460.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.44 mb = 8212.43 m = 26943.33 ft B at Equ Level: 242.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.44 mb = 11273.03 m = 36984.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -2.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.7 neg: -0.8 tot: 76.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 22.90 Bulk Shear: 10.63 m/s