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: 42.62,-88.92 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 971 274 20.7 16.7 78 4.0 18.1 239 5 296.4 298.6 292.3 332.3 12.45 2 950 460 19.1 15.4 79 3.7 16.7 241 7 296.6 298.7 291.8 330.3 11.68 3 900 922 14.8 14.3 97 0.5 14.5 249 9 296.7 298.8 291.7 329.9 11.46 4 850 1403 10.9 9.8 93 1.1 10.3 273 13 297.6 299.2 289.9 323.8 8.98 5 800 1905 7.2 1.5 67 5.6 4.2 263 19 298.8 299.8 286.9 314.7 5.34 6 750 2435 5.6 -7.5 38 13.0 -0.0 255 23 302.6 303.2 285.9 311.6 2.91 7 700 2995 1.9 -11.0 38 13.0 -3.1 237 30 304.6 305.1 286.1 312.0 2.35 8 650 3586 -2.9 -9.8 59 6.8 -5.6 227 34 305.6 306.2 286.9 314.4 2.80 9 600 4216 -6.1 -28.4 15 22.3 -11.5 230 34 309.0 309.2 285.7 311.1 0.61 10 550 4892 -9.7 -30.4 17 20.6 -14.3 238 41 312.6 312.7 286.9 314.5 0.56 11 500 5619 -14.6 -36.5 14 21.9 -18.4 239 57 315.2 315.3 287.6 316.4 0.34 12 450 6410 -19.6 -35.6 23 16.0 -22.2 234 72 318.7 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.41 13 400 7274 -25.4 -33.2 48 7.8 -26.7 224 85 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.0 0.58 14 350 8227 -32.9 -44.6 30 11.7 -34.0 220 90 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.21 15 300 9292 -41.8 -51.8 33 9.9 -42.3 218 94 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.8 0.11 16 250 10506 -48.0 -65.4 12 17.4 -48.4 223 79 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.02 17 200 11967 -51.0 -75.9 4 24.9 -51.4 237 52 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13812 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.7 245 47 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16351 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 251 32 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.60 m Freezing level: 680.11 mb = 3230.05 m = 10597.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.45 mb = 2429.92 m = 7972.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.53 % Est. max temperature: 22.62 C = 72.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.66 mb = 774.32 m = 2540.40 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 20.67 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.82 mb = 1008.01 m = 3307.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.24 C = 70.22 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 22.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 769.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.37 mb = 984.00 m = 3228.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.37 mb = 1031.25 m = 3383.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.37 mb = 9790.55 m = 32120.84 ft B at Equ Level: 762.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.37 mb = 12019.32 m = 39433.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.5 neg: -11.0 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 9.75 Bulk Shear: 78.95 m/s