MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 7 SFC 976 218 17.6 16.2 92 1.4 16.7 236 9 292.8 295.0 290.8 326.9 11.98 2 950 443 15.5 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 237 18 293.0 295.0 290.5 325.9 11.57 3 900 900 13.4 8.8 73 4.6 10.7 239 21 295.4 296.8 288.2 318.3 7.92 4 850 1381 11.8 3.6 57 8.2 7.3 226 8 298.5 299.6 287.3 315.8 5.82 5 800 1884 7.1 1.9 70 5.2 4.4 213 8 298.7 299.7 287.1 315.0 5.50 6 750 2411 2.3 -0.6 82 2.8 0.9 178 7 299.0 299.9 286.6 313.6 4.89 7 700 2963 -1.5 -2.3 95 0.7 -1.9 214 5 300.8 301.6 287.0 314.7 4.63 8 650 3552 -3.2 -4.5 91 1.3 -3.8 233 17 305.4 306.2 288.2 318.3 4.22 9 600 4183 -5.5 -7.8 84 2.2 -6.5 227 26 309.7 310.4 289.0 320.9 3.55 10 550 4862 -9.0 -12.3 77 3.3 -10.2 230 35 313.4 313.9 289.4 322.2 2.70 11 500 5594 -12.9 -15.5 81 2.6 -13.7 220 50 317.3 317.8 290.2 324.9 2.30 12 450 6389 -18.0 -20.1 84 2.0 -18.6 213 56 320.6 320.9 290.7 326.4 1.73 13 400 7260 -23.3 -25.6 82 2.2 -23.8 207 60 324.7 324.9 291.4 328.8 1.19 14 350 8222 -31.0 -33.9 76 2.9 -31.4 212 71 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.2 0.62 15 300 9298 -39.0 -42.3 71 3.2 -39.3 212 101 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.5 0.31 16 250 10518 -49.2 -52.7 67 3.5 -49.4 215 120 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.11 17 200 11970 -51.8 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.1 230 81 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13819 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.7 246 60 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16363 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 243 32 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.01 m Freezing level: 720.25 mb = 2739.53 m = 8987.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.68 mb = 2586.80 m = 8486.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.92 % Est. max temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.25 mb = 387.52 m = 1271.36 ft T: 16.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.32 C/km ThetaE index: 13.25 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.01 mb = 1508.91 m = 4950.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.31 C = 73.96 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: 2.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: 5.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 16.47 C K Index: 27.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 131.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.90 mb = 995.25 m = 3265.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.90 mb = 1936.23 m = 6352.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 604.90 mb = 4118.77 m = 13512.85 ft B at Equ Level: 130.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 464.90 mb = 6142.98 m = 20153.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.9 neg: -31.1 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 15.88 Bulk Shear: 8.28 m/s