MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.77,-88.03 Latitude: 41.77 Longitude: -88.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 981 211 17.6 15.3 86 2.3 16.1 204 9 292.3 294.3 290.0 324.1 11.18 2 950 486 19.1 15.3 78 3.8 16.6 225 30 296.6 298.7 291.7 330.0 11.56 3 900 952 17.7 13.7 78 3.9 15.1 253 37 299.7 301.8 292.3 332.1 11.05 4 850 1438 14.2 11.3 83 2.9 12.4 248 34 301.0 302.9 291.8 330.4 9.96 5 800 1947 9.8 9.1 96 0.6 9.4 239 31 301.6 303.3 291.3 328.6 9.14 6 750 2481 7.3 5.4 88 1.9 6.2 222 32 304.5 305.9 290.9 327.1 7.50 7 700 3047 3.8 2.4 91 1.4 3.0 222 38 306.7 307.9 290.7 326.5 6.51 8 650 3645 0.5 -2.4 81 2.9 -0.9 230 44 309.6 310.5 290.2 324.9 4.93 9 600 4283 -3.4 -8.5 68 5.1 -5.5 234 48 312.2 312.9 289.6 323.0 3.36 10 550 4966 -7.3 -19.1 39 11.7 -11.1 236 52 315.4 315.7 288.9 320.6 1.54 11 500 5702 -11.7 -25.4 31 13.7 -15.2 238 54 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.1 0.97 12 450 6499 -17.6 -31.8 28 14.2 -20.4 239 53 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.3 0.59 13 400 7370 -23.7 -34.8 35 11.1 -25.5 242 50 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.0 0.50 14 350 8330 -31.1 -34.6 71 3.5 -31.6 245 54 326.9 327.0 291.4 329.0 0.58 15 300 9404 -39.8 -43.0 71 3.2 -40.1 242 60 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.29 16 250 10619 -51.2 -54.9 65 3.7 -51.3 245 68 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 17 200 12049 -53.5 -71.5 9 18.0 -53.8 242 60 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13890 -57.1 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.3 247 51 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16390 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 247 40 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.76 m Freezing level: 643.28 mb = 3730.60 m = 12239.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.69 mb = 3500.95 m = 11485.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.91 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.08 mb = 503.78 m = 1652.81 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 11.53 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1597.88 m = 5242.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 158.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.22 mb = 1131.23 m = 3711.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.22 mb = 1985.99 m = 6515.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.22 mb = 2196.65 m = 7206.78 ft B at Equ Level: 27.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.22 mb = 11549.25 m = 37890.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 3.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.8 neg: -30.6 tot: 194.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 4.26 Bulk Shear: 37.26 m/s