MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.91,-89.08 Latitude: 39.91 Longitude: -89.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 985 196 18.2 16.7 91 1.5 17.2 186 13 292.6 294.8 291.0 327.4 12.25 2 950 506 15.8 15.5 98 0.2 15.6 199 25 293.2 295.3 290.7 326.6 11.75 3 900 965 14.3 11.6 84 2.7 12.6 230 33 296.3 298.0 290.0 324.0 9.57 4 850 1446 11.8 9.7 87 2.1 10.5 238 31 298.5 300.1 290.1 324.5 8.89 5 800 1952 9.4 7.8 90 1.5 8.5 241 28 301.1 302.7 290.5 325.9 8.35 6 750 2485 6.7 4.7 87 2.0 5.6 246 27 303.8 305.1 290.3 325.3 7.16 7 700 3049 3.1 -0.8 75 3.9 1.2 263 24 306.0 306.9 289.3 321.8 5.16 8 650 3644 -1.7 -9.3 56 7.6 -4.8 277 31 307.0 307.5 287.5 316.1 2.89 9 600 4276 -5.2 -6.5 91 1.3 -5.8 267 39 310.1 310.8 289.5 322.4 3.91 10 550 4957 -7.7 -8.9 91 1.2 -8.2 249 38 314.9 315.6 290.6 326.3 3.54 11 500 5694 -10.6 -12.1 89 1.5 -11.2 219 43 320.1 320.7 291.7 330.1 3.03 12 450 6498 -15.3 -17.2 86 1.8 -15.9 208 52 324.0 324.4 292.1 331.5 2.21 13 400 7376 -22.0 -24.4 81 2.4 -22.6 210 54 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.33 14 350 8344 -28.9 -31.8 76 2.9 -29.4 214 55 329.8 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.76 15 300 9426 -38.3 -41.6 72 3.2 -38.7 221 59 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.33 16 250 10649 -49.8 -53.3 67 3.5 -50.0 229 62 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 17 200 12070 -57.3 -66.3 31 9.0 -57.4 251 94 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 13900 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 248 55 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16415 -65.9 -87.9 3 22.0 -66.0 241 47 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.05 m Freezing level: 667.87 mb = 3431.51 m = 11258.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.32 mb = 3160.92 m = 10370.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.26 % Est. max temperature: 24.84 C = 76.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.38 mb = 377.63 m = 1238.92 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 9.79 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.15 mb = 1181.33 m = 3875.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.86 C = 73.14 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: 2.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 3.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 28.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.94 mb = 825.06 m = 2706.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.94 mb = 3282.60 m = 10769.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.94 mb = 4678.08 m = 15347.86 ft B at Equ Level: 57.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 499.94 mb = 5695.32 m = 18685.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.7 neg: -5.5 tot: 205.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 67.31 m/s