MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.15,-88.47 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -88.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 973 267 7.6 5.6 87 2.0 6.6 292 21 283.0 284.1 281.0 299.3 5.87 2 950 460 5.8 4.4 90 1.4 5.1 295 34 283.1 284.0 280.6 298.3 5.50 3 900 900 2.6 2.3 98 0.2 2.5 308 47 284.1 285.0 280.6 298.2 5.03 4 850 1362 1.6 1.0 96 0.6 1.4 332 55 287.8 288.7 282.0 301.7 4.85 5 800 1848 -0.3 -0.7 97 0.4 -0.5 338 49 290.8 291.6 283.0 303.9 4.53 6 750 2363 -2.5 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.7 337 43 293.8 294.6 283.8 306.0 4.14 7 700 2908 -5.1 -5.5 97 0.4 -5.3 334 39 296.9 297.5 284.5 307.7 3.62 8 650 3487 -8.3 -9.0 95 0.7 -8.6 334 35 299.5 300.1 284.8 308.6 2.97 9 600 4103 -12.9 -14.3 89 1.4 -13.3 333 32 301.2 301.6 284.5 307.8 2.10 10 550 4760 -17.9 -20.4 81 2.4 -18.5 327 25 302.8 303.1 284.2 307.2 1.38 11 500 5464 -22.7 -24.9 82 2.2 -23.1 337 22 305.4 305.6 284.8 308.8 1.02 12 450 6228 -28.5 -29.2 94 0.6 -28.6 31 10 307.4 307.5 285.3 309.9 0.76 13 400 7061 -34.2 -36.6 79 2.3 -34.5 44 26 310.5 310.6 286.0 311.9 0.42 14 350 7988 -37.0 -60.1 7 23.1 -38.0 21 16 318.9 318.9 288.4 319.0 0.03 15 300 9047 -39.3 -68.6 3 29.3 -40.2 311 22 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.01 16 250 10296 -39.2 -71.6 2 32.4 -40.4 292 20 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 17 200 11813 -42.9 -74.4 2 31.5 -43.9 265 21 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 18 150 13723 -49.3 -79.1 2 29.8 -50.0 264 28 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.2 0.01 19 100 16328 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 261 23 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5427.34 m Freezing level: 808.35 mb = 1766.98 m = 5797.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 813.54 mb = 1713.59 m = 5621.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.03 % Est. max temperature: 14.00 C = 57.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.91 mb = 521.10 m = 1709.63 ft T: 5.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 1.09 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.40 mb = 824.54 m = 2705.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.57 C = 47.42 F Cap Strength: 6.15 C Lifted Index: 7.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.13 C Showalter Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 24.88 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.93 mb = 819.78 m = 2689.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.93 mb = 864.67 m = 2836.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 893.93 mb = 954.75 m = 3132.36 ft B at Equ Level: 10.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 853.93 mb = 1324.33 m = 4344.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.4 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 0.4 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 461.9 neg: -48.9 tot: 413.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 47.21 m/s