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: 41.85,-88.08 Latitude: 41.85 Longitude: -88.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 980 218 22.7 16.8 69 5.9 18.7 233 9 297.6 299.8 292.6 333.4 12.35 2 950 486 19.0 16.0 82 3.1 17.0 234 12 296.5 298.7 292.1 331.5 12.11 3 900 948 15.9 13.6 86 2.3 14.4 249 22 297.9 299.9 291.6 329.7 10.95 4 850 1432 12.9 8.9 77 3.9 10.5 245 26 299.6 301.2 290.1 324.5 8.47 5 800 1939 10.3 2.0 56 8.3 5.9 239 30 302.1 303.2 288.3 318.8 5.53 6 750 2473 7.5 -5.2 40 12.7 1.7 240 32 304.7 305.4 287.2 315.5 3.46 7 700 3037 3.0 -3.9 61 6.9 -0.2 239 37 305.8 306.5 288.2 318.4 4.09 8 650 3631 -1.6 -8.5 59 6.9 -4.4 235 45 307.2 307.7 287.7 316.9 3.10 9 600 4264 -4.8 -16.8 38 12.1 -8.8 235 53 310.6 310.9 287.5 316.2 1.71 10 550 4944 -8.5 -15.7 56 7.2 -11.0 235 57 314.0 314.4 288.9 320.7 2.04 11 500 5676 -13.4 -27.1 30 13.8 -16.6 236 60 316.7 316.9 288.6 319.6 0.83 12 450 6469 -19.0 -32.5 29 13.5 -21.5 236 57 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.3 0.55 13 400 7333 -25.7 -34.3 44 8.6 -27.1 243 65 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.4 0.52 14 350 8286 -32.2 -35.5 73 3.3 -32.6 243 78 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.3 0.53 15 300 9358 -40.2 -43.3 72 3.1 -40.4 233 88 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.8 0.28 16 250 10571 -51.3 -55.4 61 4.2 -51.4 236 97 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.08 17 200 12005 -53.2 -73.9 6 20.7 -53.5 247 63 348.5 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13846 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 236 56 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16373 -63.3 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.5 243 38 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.75 m Freezing level: 667.40 mb = 3424.09 m = 11233.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.72 mb = 2970.03 m = 9744.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.63 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.22 mb = 964.78 m = 3165.24 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 17.89 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.26 mb = 1290.89 m = 4235.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.23 C = 75.61 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 28.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 584.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.55 mb = 1075.44 m = 3528.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.55 mb = 2565.53 m = 8416.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.55 mb = 10529.50 m = 34545.19 ft B at Equ Level: 583.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.55 mb = 12281.30 m = 40292.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 5.65 Bulk Shear: 103.48 m/s