MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.28,-88.42 Latitude: 40.28 Longitude: -88.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 228 19.4 17.4 88 2.1 18.1 195 12 294.4 296.7 292.0 331.3 12.87 2 950 480 16.7 16.5 99 0.2 16.5 206 20 294.1 296.4 291.7 329.8 12.50 3 900 942 16.5 13.3 82 3.2 14.4 241 37 298.5 300.4 291.6 329.7 10.73 4 850 1427 14.3 10.5 78 3.8 12.0 241 40 301.1 302.8 291.4 329.0 9.43 5 800 1937 11.6 6.9 73 4.7 8.9 240 40 303.5 305.0 290.9 327.0 7.83 6 750 2474 8.3 2.4 67 5.9 5.1 241 35 305.6 306.7 290.0 324.0 6.08 7 700 3040 4.0 -1.4 68 5.4 1.3 246 34 306.9 307.8 289.4 322.0 4.92 8 650 3638 0.6 -7.6 54 8.2 -3.0 258 38 309.6 310.3 288.8 320.2 3.33 9 600 4275 -4.1 -9.0 69 4.9 -6.2 258 43 311.3 311.9 289.2 321.6 3.22 10 550 4956 -7.9 -10.9 79 3.0 -9.1 248 55 314.7 315.3 290.1 324.5 3.02 11 500 5691 -12.0 -15.1 78 3.1 -13.1 239 62 318.4 318.8 290.6 326.2 2.37 12 450 6490 -17.2 -20.3 77 3.1 -18.1 229 60 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.3 1.69 13 400 7362 -23.2 -27.0 71 3.8 -24.0 220 63 324.8 325.1 291.3 328.5 1.05 14 350 8324 -30.4 -33.5 75 3.0 -30.9 222 70 327.7 327.9 291.7 330.1 0.65 15 300 9402 -38.9 -42.2 72 3.2 -39.2 223 76 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10622 -50.6 -53.9 68 3.3 -50.7 231 92 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 17 200 12048 -54.9 -70.2 13 15.3 -55.2 240 83 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.01 18 150 13880 -57.8 -76.8 7 19.0 -58.0 248 57 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16396 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 251 48 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.35 m Freezing level: 643.65 mb = 3719.17 m = 12201.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.18 mb = 3212.58 m = 10539.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.10 C = 80.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.26 mb = 486.46 m = 1595.97 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 11.11 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.84 mb = 1608.90 m = 5278.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 152.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.99 mb = 922.82 m = 3027.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.99 mb = 2958.35 m = 9705.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 396.99 mb = 7416.59 m = 24332.33 ft B at Equ Level: 152.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.99 mb = 10963.42 m = 35968.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.5 neg: -20.9 tot: 223.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 102.34 m/s