MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.82,-88.27 Latitude: 41.82 Longitude: -88.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 981 223 17.3 13.7 80 3.5 15.0 183 8 292.0 293.8 289.0 320.8 10.12 2 950 495 18.7 12.9 69 5.8 15.1 201 32 296.2 297.9 290.2 324.8 9.91 3 900 960 18.4 12.9 70 5.6 14.8 224 41 300.5 302.4 292.0 331.1 10.42 4 850 1448 14.6 11.3 81 3.2 12.6 232 37 301.4 303.2 291.9 330.8 9.97 5 800 1957 10.5 9.5 94 1.0 9.9 241 34 302.3 304.1 291.7 330.1 9.36 6 750 2493 8.6 5.8 82 2.8 7.0 258 23 305.9 307.4 291.5 329.3 7.74 7 700 3064 6.4 4.0 84 2.5 5.1 257 18 309.6 311.0 292.3 332.1 7.30 8 650 3667 1.9 0.8 92 1.1 1.3 241 20 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.5 6.25 9 600 4308 -2.5 -4.2 88 1.7 -3.3 231 28 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.0 4.67 10 550 4993 -7.1 -10.4 78 3.2 -8.4 231 34 315.6 316.2 290.5 325.9 3.16 11 500 5729 -12.0 -18.8 57 6.8 -14.1 233 36 318.4 318.8 290.0 324.3 1.73 12 450 6527 -17.0 -26.9 42 9.8 -19.3 235 36 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.1 0.94 13 400 7398 -23.9 -31.2 51 7.3 -25.2 238 36 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.5 0.71 14 350 8359 -30.2 -40.0 38 9.8 -31.4 240 40 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.33 15 300 9438 -38.5 -46.8 42 8.2 -39.2 245 42 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.19 16 250 10664 -47.9 -55.6 40 7.8 -48.1 241 46 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 17 200 12108 -54.3 -71.4 10 17.1 -54.6 237 50 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 13933 -59.1 -84.1 3 25.0 -59.3 242 45 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16417 -67.2 -85.5 6 18.3 -67.3 242 29 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.81 m Freezing level: 628.42 mb = 3943.69 m = 12938.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.86 mb = 3843.16 m = 12608.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.99 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.64 mb = 672.18 m = 2205.30 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 1.82 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.22 mb = 1923.69 m = 6311.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 0.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C Showalter Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 35.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5544.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.45 mb = 1353.64 m = 4441.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 322.1 neg: -5.0 tot: 317.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 30.09 m/s