MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.84,-88.79 Latitude: 41.84 Longitude: -88.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 973 255 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.3 232 5 294.1 296.6 292.5 332.8 13.55 2 950 464 18.5 16.8 90 1.6 17.4 250 14 295.9 298.2 292.4 332.8 12.80 3 900 926 14.9 13.8 93 1.2 14.2 263 17 296.9 298.9 291.4 328.9 11.06 4 850 1408 11.5 9.2 86 2.3 10.2 271 16 298.2 299.8 289.8 323.5 8.65 5 800 1912 8.6 1.0 59 7.6 4.6 264 16 300.3 301.2 287.3 315.6 5.13 6 750 2442 5.2 -1.0 64 6.2 2.1 252 19 302.2 303.1 287.6 316.5 4.73 7 700 3002 1.8 -10.9 38 12.7 -3.1 238 22 304.5 305.0 286.1 312.0 2.38 8 650 3595 -1.9 -17.1 30 15.2 -6.9 234 27 306.8 307.1 286.0 311.8 1.54 9 600 4224 -6.7 -19.9 34 13.1 -10.6 238 30 308.3 308.6 286.3 312.6 1.32 10 550 4898 -10.7 -25.7 28 15.1 -14.4 246 39 311.4 311.6 286.8 314.3 0.85 11 500 5624 -14.6 -35.3 15 20.7 -18.3 245 62 315.2 315.3 287.6 316.6 0.38 12 450 6414 -19.7 -30.0 40 10.3 -21.7 236 75 318.4 318.6 289.0 320.9 0.70 13 400 7279 -24.7 -27.2 79 2.6 -25.2 224 78 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.5 1.03 14 350 8237 -31.7 -34.7 75 2.9 -32.1 218 90 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.1 0.58 15 300 9308 -40.1 -43.4 71 3.3 -40.4 218 112 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.8 0.27 16 250 10529 -48.0 -53.6 52 5.7 -48.2 233 100 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.10 17 200 11981 -51.3 -76.0 4 24.7 -51.7 235 66 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13832 -57.0 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.3 247 47 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16369 -61.5 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 255 32 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.78 m Freezing level: 675.15 mb = 3296.36 m = 10814.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.81 mb = 2663.65 m = 8738.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.19 % Est. max temperature: 23.86 C = 74.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.75 mb = 331.79 m = 1088.53 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 17.21 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.29 mb = 960.82 m = 3152.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.54 C = 70.77 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.56 C Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 22.72 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 741.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.06 mb = 878.10 m = 2880.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.06 mb = 1114.74 m = 3657.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.06 mb = 9306.38 m = 30532.36 ft B at Equ Level: 740.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.06 mb = 12309.12 m = 40383.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.4 neg: -5.0 tot: 49.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 17.40 Bulk Shear: 42.59 m/s