MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 41.59,-88.40 Latitude: 41.59 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 986 194 24.7 13.4 49 11.4 17.4 188 12 299.1 300.9 291.1 327.9 9.83 2 950 517 21.6 12.2 55 9.4 15.7 192 20 299.1 300.8 290.8 326.8 9.45 3 900 982 17.1 11.6 70 5.6 13.7 199 22 299.2 300.9 290.9 327.1 9.55 4 850 1468 14.3 9.6 73 4.7 11.4 227 28 301.2 302.8 291.0 327.4 8.88 5 800 1978 12.1 2.6 52 9.5 6.9 220 33 304.0 305.1 289.2 321.5 5.77 6 750 2516 10.1 -8.7 26 18.8 1.8 220 35 307.5 308.0 287.3 315.8 2.63 7 700 3086 7.3 -8.7 31 16.0 0.3 224 38 310.6 311.1 288.6 319.6 2.82 8 650 3691 3.5 -11.1 33 14.7 -2.6 230 40 313.0 313.4 289.1 321.1 2.51 9 600 4335 -0.1 -12.2 39 12.1 -5.0 238 36 316.0 316.5 290.0 324.2 2.49 10 550 5026 -4.4 -15.2 43 10.8 -8.4 240 37 318.8 319.3 290.6 325.9 2.13 11 500 5769 -9.1 -30.2 16 21.0 -14.2 242 36 321.9 322.1 290.0 324.2 0.62 12 450 6574 -16.0 -28.2 34 12.3 -18.8 243 34 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.1 0.83 13 400 7448 -23.0 -25.6 80 2.5 -23.6 241 37 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.3 1.19 14 350 8414 -28.7 -31.5 77 2.7 -29.2 244 36 330.0 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.79 15 300 9503 -35.9 -39.0 73 3.1 -36.2 237 44 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.5 0.44 16 250 10741 -47.2 -50.6 68 3.4 -47.3 224 50 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.15 17 200 12174 -56.8 -64.3 38 7.5 -56.9 223 45 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 13982 -62.3 -83.5 4 21.2 -62.4 238 42 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16442 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 267 28 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.05 m Freezing level: 601.38 mb = 4317.28 m = 14164.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.48 mb = 3138.60 m = 10297.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.57 C = 81.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.35 mb = 1624.16 m = 5328.54 ft T: 13.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 11.58 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.06 mb = 2921.42 m = 9584.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.28 C = 95.51 F Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lifted Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.05 C Showalter Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 18.74 C K Index: 17.05 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5697.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.06 mb = 1687.80 m = 5537.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 63.12 m/s