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: 41.42,-88.75 Latitude: 41.42 Longitude: -88.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 983 194 23.6 16.9 66 6.8 19.1 237 10 298.3 300.5 292.9 334.3 12.40 2 950 489 19.8 16.0 78 3.8 17.3 237 13 297.3 299.5 292.4 332.4 12.12 3 900 952 15.7 14.2 91 1.4 14.8 239 17 297.7 299.7 291.9 330.8 11.41 4 850 1436 12.7 10.4 86 2.3 11.3 245 24 299.4 301.1 290.8 326.8 9.35 5 800 1943 10.3 2.5 58 7.8 6.1 241 30 302.1 303.2 288.5 319.4 5.75 6 750 2477 7.4 -6.6 36 14.1 1.2 240 32 304.6 305.2 286.8 314.3 3.10 7 700 3040 2.6 -1.9 72 4.6 0.4 237 37 305.4 306.3 288.7 320.0 4.75 8 650 3635 -1.3 -9.5 53 8.2 -4.6 236 44 307.5 308.1 287.6 316.5 2.86 9 600 4268 -4.6 -20.9 27 16.3 -9.5 237 52 310.8 311.1 287.0 314.8 1.20 10 550 4948 -8.4 -14.7 60 6.3 -10.6 233 54 314.1 314.6 289.2 321.4 2.22 11 500 5680 -13.9 -25.1 38 11.2 -16.6 236 55 316.1 316.3 288.6 319.6 1.00 12 450 6470 -20.4 -27.2 54 6.8 -21.8 244 56 317.6 317.8 289.0 320.8 0.91 13 400 7332 -24.9 -27.6 78 2.7 -25.4 244 74 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.2 0.99 14 350 8292 -31.3 -34.3 75 3.0 -31.8 232 80 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.7 0.60 15 300 9364 -40.4 -43.6 71 3.2 -40.6 229 84 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.27 16 250 10576 -51.2 -55.5 61 4.2 -51.4 234 90 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.08 17 200 12010 -53.1 -73.6 7 20.5 -53.4 249 66 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 13852 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 237 56 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16378 -63.9 -86.7 3 22.8 -64.1 243 41 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.12 m Freezing level: 666.29 mb = 3441.07 m = 11289.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.73 mb = 3089.32 m = 10135.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.55 % Est. max temperature: 25.71 C = 78.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.04 mb = 1046.36 m = 3432.91 ft T: 15.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 20.02 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.73 mb = 1164.25 m = 3819.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.82 C = 74.88 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 779.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.69 mb = 1068.75 m = 3506.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.69 mb = 1409.23 m = 4623.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.69 mb = 10766.79 m = 35323.67 ft B at Equ Level: 771.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.69 mb = 12950.02 m = 42486.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 8.70 Bulk Shear: 89.59 m/s