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: 42.24,-88.12 Latitude: 42.24 Longitude: -88.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 977 239 22.1 17.2 74 4.9 18.8 238 9 297.2 299.5 292.8 334.0 12.74 2 950 483 18.7 16.1 84 2.7 17.0 239 12 296.2 298.4 292.1 331.3 12.18 3 900 944 15.1 12.4 84 2.7 13.4 252 19 297.1 298.9 290.7 326.4 10.10 4 850 1426 12.2 5.0 61 7.2 8.2 250 25 299.0 300.1 288.1 318.0 6.44 5 800 1932 10.9 -5.9 30 16.8 3.2 245 25 302.7 303.3 286.1 312.2 3.08 6 750 2466 7.3 -11.2 25 18.5 -0.2 240 30 304.5 304.9 285.8 311.3 2.16 7 700 3029 2.7 -6.4 51 9.1 -1.3 237 35 305.5 306.1 287.4 316.0 3.38 8 650 3622 -2.6 -5.5 81 2.9 -3.8 232 41 306.0 306.8 288.1 318.2 3.92 9 600 4254 -5.4 -21.8 26 16.3 -10.1 232 50 309.9 310.1 286.6 313.6 1.12 10 550 4932 -8.9 -32.7 13 23.8 -14.0 234 55 313.5 313.6 287.1 315.0 0.44 11 500 5662 -13.3 -43.9 6 30.7 -17.9 235 58 316.8 316.9 287.9 317.4 0.15 12 450 6456 -18.9 -45.8 7 26.9 -22.3 238 59 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.0 0.14 13 400 7320 -25.7 -39.3 27 13.6 -27.5 241 65 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.7 0.32 14 350 8272 -32.6 -39.4 51 6.7 -33.4 242 82 324.8 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.36 15 300 9341 -40.8 -44.0 71 3.2 -41.1 235 97 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.26 16 250 10552 -50.8 -57.2 46 6.4 -51.0 238 97 330.5 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.07 17 200 11992 -52.7 -74.3 6 21.7 -53.0 244 60 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13834 -56.2 -81.8 3 25.6 -56.5 235 55 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16366 -62.7 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 242 37 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.61 m Freezing level: 674.43 mb = 3332.50 m = 10933.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.30 mb = 2441.17 m = 8009.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.56 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.71 mb = 852.80 m = 2797.88 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 22.74 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1280.25 m = 4200.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.29 C = 73.92 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 18.28 C K Index: 21.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 399.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.53 mb = 1090.54 m = 3577.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.53 mb = 2692.12 m = 8832.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.53 mb = 9124.21 m = 29934.72 ft B at Equ Level: 399.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.53 mb = 11691.13 m = 38356.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 68.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 4.29 Bulk Shear: 93.14 m/s