MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.53,-87.29 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -87.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 980 226 27.1 16.4 52 10.7 19.8 207 15 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.4 12.03 2 950 500 23.0 15.3 62 7.7 17.9 209 20 300.5 302.7 292.9 334.5 11.57 3 900 968 18.4 14.3 77 4.1 15.7 215 23 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.2 11.49 4 850 1457 15.4 11.5 78 3.9 12.9 235 28 302.2 304.1 292.3 332.1 10.06 5 800 1968 11.3 9.2 87 2.1 10.0 243 31 303.2 304.9 291.9 330.5 9.16 6 750 2503 7.0 5.7 91 1.3 6.3 243 33 304.2 305.6 290.9 327.3 7.70 7 700 3068 3.3 1.9 90 1.4 2.5 239 36 306.1 307.3 290.3 325.2 6.27 8 650 3665 -0.2 -2.9 82 2.7 -1.5 244 34 308.8 309.7 289.8 323.6 4.76 9 600 4302 -2.8 -21.4 22 18.6 -8.5 241 40 312.9 313.1 287.7 316.7 1.15 10 550 4986 -7.2 -25.1 22 18.0 -12.0 237 48 315.6 315.7 288.3 318.7 0.90 11 500 5720 -12.1 -30.6 20 18.5 -16.2 236 51 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.4 0.60 12 450 6516 -18.1 -28.6 39 10.5 -20.3 237 50 320.5 320.7 289.8 323.4 0.81 13 400 7385 -24.0 -33.7 41 9.7 -25.6 235 51 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.7 0.55 14 350 8344 -31.1 -38.0 51 6.9 -32.0 232 58 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.3 0.41 15 300 9417 -40.1 -43.6 69 3.5 -40.4 234 63 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.27 16 250 10632 -51.3 -54.8 66 3.6 -51.4 244 74 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.09 17 200 12061 -53.5 -71.8 9 18.3 -53.8 250 62 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13896 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 246 56 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16403 -65.8 -85.3 5 19.5 -66.0 242 41 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.49 m Freezing level: 652.27 mb = 3637.64 m = 11934.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.60 mb = 3437.45 m = 11277.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.83 mb = 1568.24 m = 5145.09 ft T: 14.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 20.67 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.31 mb = 1756.41 m = 5762.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.96 C = 82.32 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.68 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 37.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 973.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.57 mb = 1510.65 m = 4956.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.57 mb = 1972.24 m = 6470.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.57 mb = 11177.88 m = 36672.40 ft B at Equ Level: 953.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.57 mb = 13501.31 m = 44295.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 115.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 15.89 Bulk Shear: 61.27 m/s