MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.27,-88.23 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -88.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 983 178 18.0 16.4 91 1.6 17.0 181 10 292.6 294.7 290.8 326.7 12.03 2 950 467 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 198 19 293.0 295.1 290.7 326.4 11.73 3 900 925 14.5 14.3 99 0.2 14.4 213 12 296.4 298.5 291.6 329.5 11.45 4 850 1407 11.5 9.8 89 1.7 10.5 165 7 298.2 299.9 290.1 324.5 9.00 5 800 1911 8.8 1.4 60 7.4 5.0 200 7 300.6 301.5 287.6 316.5 5.31 6 750 2442 4.6 -4.2 53 8.7 0.5 233 7 301.5 302.2 286.4 312.9 3.74 7 700 2998 -0.3 -3.2 81 2.9 -1.6 251 5 302.2 303.0 287.2 315.3 4.31 8 650 3588 -2.6 -4.3 88 1.7 -3.4 228 11 306.0 306.8 288.5 319.2 4.28 9 600 4222 -3.7 -4.6 94 0.9 -4.1 210 32 311.9 312.7 290.6 326.2 4.55 10 550 4906 -6.8 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.2 206 51 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.6 3.92 11 500 5645 -10.8 -11.7 92 1.0 -11.2 213 58 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.2 3.11 12 450 6449 -15.9 -17.1 90 1.2 -16.3 220 70 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.8 2.22 13 400 7325 -22.2 -24.9 78 2.7 -22.8 223 71 326.2 326.4 291.9 330.6 1.27 14 350 8292 -29.3 -32.6 72 3.4 -29.8 223 70 329.3 329.5 292.2 331.9 0.70 15 300 9373 -38.3 -41.6 71 3.3 -38.7 217 77 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.33 16 250 10597 -49.7 -53.2 67 3.5 -49.8 217 88 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 17 200 12029 -54.9 -70.7 13 15.8 -55.1 237 77 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.01 18 150 13863 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.5 241 47 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16390 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 256 32 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.87 m Freezing level: 702.89 mb = 2966.02 m = 9730.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.38 mb = 2578.48 m = 8459.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.73 % Est. max temperature: 24.38 C = 75.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.60 mb = 372.05 m = 1220.61 ft T: 16.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.96 C/km ThetaE index: 16.55 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.80 mb = 926.71 m = 3040.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.80 C = 71.25 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.76 C Showalter Index: 3.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 29.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 202.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.00 mb = 683.41 m = 2242.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.00 mb = 1495.45 m = 4906.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 581.00 mb = 4475.05 m = 14681.74 ft B at Equ Level: 202.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 381.00 mb = 7677.17 m = 25187.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.9 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 240.9 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -32.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.1 neg: -53.2 tot: -13.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 13.91 Bulk Shear: 14.56 m/s