MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.80,-87.93 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -87.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 SFC 977 205 9.4 8.1 92 1.3 8.8 297 16 284.4 285.6 282.9 303.7 6.96 2 950 440 7.1 6.8 98 0.2 6.9 304 28 284.4 285.5 282.4 302.5 6.54 3 900 883 4.2 3.9 98 0.3 4.0 320 42 285.8 286.8 282.0 301.5 5.61 4 850 1349 4.3 4.0 98 0.3 4.1 328 39 290.6 291.7 284.5 307.8 6.00 5 800 1841 2.0 1.7 98 0.3 1.9 317 34 293.3 294.3 284.9 309.1 5.42 6 750 2360 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.3 -0.3 301 25 296.4 297.3 285.7 311.0 4.94 7 700 2910 -2.2 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.4 277 21 300.0 300.8 286.6 313.5 4.49 8 650 3496 -4.8 -5.5 95 0.7 -5.1 255 16 303.6 304.3 287.3 315.6 3.92 9 600 4122 -8.0 -8.9 93 0.9 -8.4 231 17 306.9 307.5 287.8 317.0 3.25 10 550 4793 -12.3 -13.6 90 1.3 -12.8 214 19 309.4 309.9 287.8 317.2 2.42 11 500 5515 -16.6 -18.4 86 1.8 -17.1 189 17 312.8 313.2 288.3 318.7 1.80 12 450 6301 -21.6 -23.0 88 1.5 -21.9 193 26 316.1 316.4 288.9 320.6 1.33 13 400 7155 -27.9 -34.7 52 6.8 -28.9 193 50 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.5 0.50 14 350 8107 -31.8 -60.8 4 29.0 -33.4 192 75 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.0 0.03 15 300 9182 -38.1 -62.3 6 24.2 -39.1 191 90 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.03 16 250 10418 -44.4 -65.5 8 21.1 -45.0 199 84 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 17 200 11899 -45.8 -76.5 2 30.7 -46.6 212 58 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 18 150 13787 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 243 63 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16349 -60.0 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.3 255 30 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5499.28 m Freezing level: 753.42 mb = 2324.14 m = 7625.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.30 mb = 2292.32 m = 7520.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.81 % Est. max temperature: 16.78 C = 62.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.29 mb = 368.54 m = 1209.12 ft T: 7.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 2.20 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.83 mb = 668.88 m = 2194.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.10 C = 50.18 F Cap Strength: 9.15 C Lifted Index: 10.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.78 C Showalter Index: 7.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 24.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.87 mb = 695.14 m = 2280.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.87 mb = 739.69 m = 2426.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.87 mb = 1011.74 m = 3319.31 ft B at Equ Level: 12.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 855.87 mb = 1292.61 m = 4240.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 5.9 tot: 10.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.2 neg: -82.9 tot: 7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 22.13 m/s