MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 50.69,-87.78 Latitude: 50.69 Longitude: -87.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -54 SFC 957 313 13.4 13.1 98 0.4 13.2 191 8 290.2 291.9 288.1 318.1 9.92 2 950 378 13.3 13.0 98 0.3 13.1 193 11 290.7 292.5 288.4 318.9 9.97 3 900 833 11.9 11.8 99 0.1 11.9 204 37 293.8 295.6 289.2 321.6 9.71 4 850 1312 11.3 9.2 87 2.1 10.0 219 40 298.0 299.6 289.8 323.2 8.64 5 800 1817 8.7 5.0 77 3.7 6.6 220 41 300.4 301.7 288.9 320.7 6.83 6 750 2347 5.1 -0.5 67 5.6 2.3 221 39 302.1 303.0 287.8 317.0 4.92 7 700 2907 2.2 -13.4 30 15.6 -3.6 219 41 304.9 305.2 285.7 311.0 1.93 8 650 3500 -1.7 -15.3 35 13.6 -6.4 218 48 307.1 307.4 286.4 312.8 1.80 9 600 4131 -6.4 -19.6 34 13.2 -10.4 217 49 308.7 308.9 286.4 313.1 1.34 10 550 4805 -10.3 -24.9 29 14.6 -14.0 217 47 311.9 312.1 287.1 315.0 0.93 11 500 5533 -14.3 -24.5 42 10.2 -16.8 221 49 315.6 315.8 288.5 319.2 1.05 12 450 6325 -19.2 -30.8 35 11.6 -21.4 223 53 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.4 0.65 13 400 7189 -25.1 -38.7 27 13.6 -27.0 224 57 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.5 0.34 14 350 8146 -31.6 -47.7 19 16.1 -33.0 222 70 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.7 0.15 15 300 9217 -39.7 -55.6 17 15.9 -40.5 220 77 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.07 16 250 10444 -45.8 -66.5 8 20.7 -46.3 222 73 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.02 17 200 11916 -49.1 -74.0 4 25.0 -49.6 227 64 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 13773 -56.6 -82.1 3 25.5 -56.9 244 38 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16315 -61.0 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 276 26 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.47 m Freezing level: 671.91 mb = 3240.02 m = 10629.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.53 mb = 2560.39 m = 8400.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.97 % Est. max temperature: 23.20 C = 73.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.54 mb = 355.56 m = 1166.51 ft T: 13.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 12.20 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.59 mb = 1473.95 m = 4835.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.93 C = 71.48 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 19.21 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7786.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.71 mb = 844.82 m = 2771.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.2 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 248.2 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.7 neg: -3.8 tot: 264.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 74.50 m/s