MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.81,-88.12 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -88.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 980 218 22.9 17.1 70 5.7 19.0 225 8 297.8 300.1 292.9 334.5 12.66 2 950 483 19.6 16.3 81 3.3 17.4 225 10 297.1 299.3 292.4 332.8 12.34 3 900 946 15.8 12.2 79 3.6 13.6 231 13 297.8 299.6 290.8 326.9 9.99 4 850 1430 13.6 6.3 61 7.3 9.4 238 18 300.4 301.7 289.2 321.3 7.06 5 800 1938 10.7 -6.9 28 17.6 2.9 242 22 302.5 303.1 285.8 311.4 2.85 6 750 2471 6.2 -5.8 42 12.0 0.8 238 28 303.4 304.0 286.6 313.5 3.30 7 700 3031 2.3 -12.6 32 14.9 -3.4 240 34 305.0 305.4 285.9 311.6 2.07 8 650 3625 -1.0 -26.0 13 25.0 -7.7 246 34 307.9 308.0 285.4 310.2 0.71 9 600 4258 -4.7 -32.8 9 28.1 -10.9 245 39 310.7 310.8 286.1 312.1 0.40 10 550 4938 -8.5 -29.7 16 21.2 -13.4 247 51 314.0 314.1 287.5 316.1 0.59 11 500 5669 -13.4 -31.6 20 18.1 -17.2 248 61 316.6 316.7 288.3 318.6 0.55 12 450 6462 -18.6 -35.2 22 16.5 -21.5 244 64 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.4 0.43 13 400 7329 -24.3 -31.5 51 7.2 -25.6 239 72 323.4 323.5 290.5 325.8 0.69 14 350 8289 -31.4 -34.9 71 3.5 -31.9 236 84 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.5 0.56 15 300 9363 -39.6 -42.9 71 3.2 -39.9 232 90 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.29 16 250 10578 -51.3 -55.1 64 3.8 -51.5 244 112 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.09 17 200 12013 -52.3 -75.3 5 23.0 -52.7 246 69 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13859 -56.3 -81.1 3 24.8 -56.6 244 55 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16390 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 248 38 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.04 m Freezing level: 665.06 mb = 3446.30 m = 11306.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.04 mb = 2579.26 m = 8462.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.73 mb = 939.49 m = 3082.29 ft T: 15.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 23.12 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1575.92 m = 5170.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.10 C = 78.98 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: 2.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: 18.47 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 398.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.33 mb = 1162.43 m = 3813.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.33 mb = 2228.49 m = 7311.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.33 mb = 8862.71 m = 29076.79 ft B at Equ Level: 397.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.33 mb = 11938.59 m = 39168.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.9 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 273.9 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 87.71 m/s