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: 40.34,-88.34 Latitude: 40.34 Longitude: -88.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 231 19.4 17.3 88 2.1 18.1 196 12 294.4 296.7 292.0 331.2 12.84 2 950 480 16.7 16.5 99 0.2 16.5 206 20 294.1 296.3 291.7 329.8 12.51 3 900 942 16.5 13.2 81 3.3 14.4 241 37 298.5 300.4 291.6 329.6 10.67 4 850 1427 14.3 10.4 78 3.8 11.9 242 40 301.1 302.8 291.4 328.8 9.39 5 800 1937 11.6 6.8 72 4.8 8.8 241 40 303.5 304.9 290.7 326.7 7.75 6 750 2474 8.4 2.4 66 6.0 5.1 242 37 305.7 306.8 290.0 324.1 6.06 7 700 3040 4.0 -2.2 64 6.2 0.9 246 35 306.9 307.7 289.1 321.2 4.64 8 650 3638 0.5 -8.3 52 8.8 -3.3 257 39 309.5 310.1 288.6 319.5 3.14 9 600 4274 -4.1 -9.3 68 5.1 -6.2 258 44 311.3 311.9 289.2 321.4 3.16 10 550 4956 -8.0 -11.1 78 3.1 -9.2 249 53 314.6 315.2 290.0 324.3 2.99 11 500 5691 -11.9 -15.3 76 3.4 -13.1 240 63 318.5 318.9 290.6 326.2 2.33 12 450 6490 -17.3 -20.8 74 3.5 -18.3 229 61 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.0 1.62 13 400 7362 -23.1 -28.2 63 5.1 -24.2 219 63 325.0 325.1 291.2 328.3 0.94 14 350 8324 -30.5 -33.8 73 3.3 -31.0 220 70 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.9 0.62 15 300 9402 -38.9 -42.2 71 3.3 -39.2 223 77 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10621 -50.6 -53.9 68 3.3 -50.7 231 91 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.10 17 200 12047 -54.8 -70.3 13 15.5 -55.1 241 83 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.01 18 150 13878 -57.7 -77.1 7 19.4 -58.0 248 56 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.7 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: 5650.99 m Freezing level: 644.54 mb = 3707.38 m = 12163.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.20 mb = 3165.20 m = 10384.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.67 mb = 491.66 m = 1613.03 ft T: 16.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 11.69 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.45 mb = 1612.64 m = 5290.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.41 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 30.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 148.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.13 mb = 930.85 m = 3053.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.13 mb = 2968.24 m = 9738.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 406.13 mb = 7249.08 m = 23782.78 ft B at Equ Level: 148.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.13 mb = 10986.02 m = 36042.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 42.8 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.8 neg: -16.1 tot: 228.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 1.42 Bulk Shear: 104.52 m/s