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: 41.80,-88.14 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 217 19.1 16.4 85 2.6 17.4 187 8 294.0 296.2 291.3 328.6 12.10 2 950 475 18.1 15.2 83 2.9 16.2 202 19 295.6 297.6 291.3 328.6 11.50 3 900 936 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 233 19 296.3 298.4 291.4 329.0 11.30 4 850 1418 12.1 8.4 78 3.7 9.9 256 15 298.8 300.3 289.6 322.8 8.15 5 800 1923 9.4 -0.2 51 9.7 4.6 260 15 301.2 302.1 287.2 315.4 4.71 6 750 2455 5.8 -5.0 46 10.8 0.8 242 21 302.8 303.5 286.6 313.6 3.50 7 700 3015 1.7 -12.8 33 14.5 -3.7 232 27 304.4 304.7 285.6 310.8 2.04 8 650 3607 -1.6 -22.4 19 20.8 -7.7 229 32 307.1 307.3 285.4 310.4 0.97 9 600 4240 -4.8 -30.4 11 25.6 -10.8 236 33 310.6 310.7 286.2 312.3 0.51 10 550 4918 -9.2 -26.1 24 16.8 -13.5 246 44 313.1 313.3 287.4 315.9 0.83 11 500 5648 -13.3 -35.7 13 22.5 -17.4 244 56 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.2 0.36 12 450 6441 -18.6 -34.7 23 16.1 -21.4 242 68 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.5 0.45 13 400 7307 -24.8 -29.8 63 5.0 -25.8 243 85 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.6 0.81 14 350 8269 -30.3 -33.1 76 2.8 -30.7 226 83 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.4 0.67 15 300 9347 -39.0 -42.3 71 3.2 -39.4 220 91 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.31 16 250 10568 -49.8 -53.3 66 3.5 -50.0 228 108 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 17 200 12013 -51.2 -76.0 4 24.8 -51.7 248 66 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13850 -58.4 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 251 53 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16377 -61.9 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 261 28 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.48 m Freezing level: 674.40 mb = 3318.07 m = 10885.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.81 mb = 2555.01 m = 8382.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.62 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.68 mb = 549.82 m = 1803.84 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 18.60 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.82 mb = 1022.23 m = 3353.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.84 C = 71.31 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 19.25 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 302.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.61 mb = 901.66 m = 2958.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.61 mb = 2041.40 m = 6697.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 378.61 mb = 7703.19 m = 25272.62 ft B at Equ Level: 301.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.61 mb = 10869.76 m = 35661.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.7 neg: -21.1 tot: 103.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 5.52 Bulk Shear: 54.75 m/s