MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.89,-88.32 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -88.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 977 237 11.7 6.0 68 5.6 8.6 311 20 286.7 287.7 282.8 303.6 6.00 2 950 474 8.9 3.7 70 5.1 6.3 313 32 286.2 287.1 281.8 301.0 5.26 3 900 918 4.7 1.4 79 3.3 3.1 318 41 286.3 287.1 281.1 299.6 4.69 4 850 1383 3.5 -2.7 64 6.2 0.8 338 43 289.8 290.5 281.5 300.6 3.69 5 800 1872 0.7 -2.9 77 3.6 -0.9 335 42 291.9 292.5 282.6 303.1 3.85 6 750 2388 -1.8 -6.1 72 4.3 -3.6 338 38 294.6 295.2 283.1 304.2 3.23 7 700 2934 -4.9 -9.1 72 4.3 -6.4 336 35 297.1 297.6 283.5 305.4 2.74 8 650 3513 -8.3 -12.0 74 3.7 -9.6 339 34 299.6 300.0 284.1 306.8 2.34 9 600 4129 -11.8 -22.2 42 10.4 -14.4 329 37 302.5 302.7 283.8 306.0 1.08 10 550 4789 -16.5 -23.8 53 7.4 -18.1 307 37 304.6 304.7 284.5 307.9 1.01 11 500 5500 -19.9 -22.5 79 2.7 -20.5 354 11 308.8 309.1 286.4 313.0 1.26 12 450 6273 -25.9 -28.4 79 2.5 -26.3 297 3 310.7 310.9 286.6 313.5 0.82 13 400 7113 -32.7 -35.7 75 3.0 -33.1 288 9 312.4 312.5 286.8 314.0 0.46 14 350 8037 -40.7 -44.2 69 3.5 -40.9 1 10 313.9 314.0 287.0 314.7 0.22 15 300 9082 -41.6 -64.4 7 22.8 -42.3 306 26 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.02 16 250 10320 -41.1 -73.0 2 31.9 -42.1 291 25 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.1 0.01 17 200 11828 -43.8 -75.1 2 31.2 -44.7 274 25 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 18 150 13734 -49.3 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.0 266 31 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.1 0.01 19 100 16337 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 268 26 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5453.40 m Freezing level: 786.59 mb = 2010.53 m = 6596.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.00 mb = 1604.23 m = 5263.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.63 % Est. max temperature: 15.69 C = 60.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.33 mb = 941.97 m = 3090.40 ft T: 4.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 3.94 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.20 mb = 1870.09 m = 6135.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.80 C = 62.24 F Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lifted Index: 8.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.15 C Showalter Index: 8.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 17.19 C K Index: 16.44 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 98.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14885.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.70 mb = 1234.03 m = 4048.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.0 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 359.0 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.5 neg: -26.1 tot: 176.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 9.17 m/s