MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.15,-89.21 Latitude: 41.15 Longitude: -89.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 982 193 19.9 17.4 86 2.5 18.2 194 10 294.6 296.9 292.0 331.3 12.84 2 950 476 17.9 16.9 94 1.0 17.2 200 21 295.4 297.7 292.3 332.2 12.82 3 900 938 16.1 15.2 95 0.9 15.5 238 22 298.1 300.3 292.6 333.4 12.17 4 850 1422 12.7 11.5 93 1.2 11.9 246 18 299.4 301.2 291.4 328.9 10.07 5 800 1928 8.9 5.8 81 3.1 7.1 255 16 300.6 301.9 289.4 322.1 7.24 6 750 2459 5.5 -4.3 49 9.8 1.0 249 21 302.6 303.3 286.7 313.9 3.70 7 700 3019 2.1 -16.7 23 18.8 -4.3 236 23 304.8 305.1 285.1 309.5 1.48 8 650 3612 -1.6 -23.5 17 21.9 -7.8 236 26 307.2 307.3 285.4 310.1 0.88 9 600 4244 -5.7 -26.6 17 20.9 -11.0 250 30 309.5 309.7 286.1 312.0 0.72 10 550 4919 -9.8 -24.6 29 14.8 -13.6 254 47 312.5 312.6 287.3 315.7 0.95 11 500 5648 -14.2 -28.7 28 14.5 -17.4 250 59 315.7 315.9 288.2 318.2 0.71 12 450 6438 -19.5 -22.7 75 3.3 -20.3 247 73 318.8 319.0 289.8 323.4 1.37 13 400 7307 -23.2 -25.7 80 2.5 -23.8 228 73 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.18 14 350 8269 -30.2 -33.3 75 3.1 -30.7 214 76 328.0 328.2 291.8 330.4 0.66 15 300 9347 -38.6 -41.9 71 3.3 -38.9 216 90 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.32 16 250 10572 -48.9 -52.5 66 3.6 -49.1 223 104 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12017 -52.6 -74.3 6 21.7 -53.0 246 78 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13853 -58.0 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.3 253 54 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16383 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -62.0 267 30 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.90 m Freezing level: 671.68 mb = 3354.85 m = 11006.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.47 mb = 2562.60 m = 8407.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.82 % Est. max temperature: 25.12 C = 77.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.85 mb = 503.92 m = 1653.27 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 23.89 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.04 mb = 1032.07 m = 3386.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.63 C = 74.53 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.10 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.85 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 19.58 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 791.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.58 mb = 800.42 m = 2626.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.58 mb = 1326.97 m = 4353.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.58 mb = 9356.64 m = 30697.27 ft B at Equ Level: 790.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.58 mb = 12704.56 m = 41681.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.6 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 275.6 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.7 neg: -18.6 tot: 110.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 12.60 Bulk Shear: 62.82 m/s