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: 42.69,-88.78 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -88.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 972 281 16.3 15.9 97 0.5 16.0 233 7 291.8 293.9 290.3 325.0 11.73 2 950 479 16.1 15.7 98 0.4 15.8 248 18 293.5 295.6 291.0 327.4 11.90 3 900 938 14.2 13.5 95 0.8 13.8 261 18 296.2 298.1 291.0 327.5 10.85 4 850 1420 12.1 10.9 93 1.1 11.4 254 25 298.8 300.6 290.9 327.2 9.70 5 800 1927 9.4 7.9 91 1.5 8.5 247 28 301.2 302.7 290.6 326.0 8.40 6 750 2460 6.2 4.9 92 1.3 5.5 240 32 303.3 304.6 290.3 325.1 7.27 7 700 3022 2.3 1.3 93 1.0 1.8 235 35 305.1 306.2 289.8 323.3 6.01 8 650 3617 -0.9 -1.4 96 0.5 -1.2 230 39 307.9 308.9 290.0 324.3 5.31 9 600 4253 -3.9 -4.6 95 0.7 -4.3 229 42 311.6 312.4 290.5 325.8 4.52 10 550 4936 -7.1 -8.0 93 0.9 -7.5 231 46 315.7 316.4 291.1 327.9 3.80 11 500 5673 -12.2 -14.2 85 2.0 -12.9 235 51 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.6 2.55 12 450 6469 -18.2 -21.2 77 3.0 -19.0 240 53 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.7 1.56 13 400 7338 -24.1 -27.8 72 3.7 -24.8 241 53 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.1 0.97 14 350 8297 -31.7 -36.0 65 4.4 -32.3 241 56 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.50 15 300 9367 -40.7 -44.4 67 3.7 -40.9 241 63 328.0 328.1 291.4 329.0 0.25 16 250 10578 -51.7 -55.0 67 3.3 -51.8 243 76 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.09 17 200 12008 -53.0 -72.9 7 19.9 -53.3 243 68 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13857 -56.9 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 244 55 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16367 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -64.9 248 39 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.18 m Freezing level: 663.86 mb = 3452.24 m = 11326.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.66 mb = 3377.89 m = 11082.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.14 % Est. max temperature: 24.54 C = 76.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.02 mb = 336.67 m = 1104.55 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 4.20 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1030.24 m = 3380.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.16 C = 70.10 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: 0.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: 0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 34.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.03 mb = 816.16 m = 2677.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.03 mb = 2481.35 m = 8140.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 578.03 mb = 4545.88 m = 14914.11 ft B at Equ Level: 64.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 358.03 mb = 8133.77 m = 26685.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.0 neg: -8.7 tot: 44.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 58.24 m/s