MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.52,-87.88 Latitude: 41.52 Longitude: -87.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 982 209 17.4 15.4 88 2.0 16.1 176 6 292.1 294.1 290.0 324.0 11.28 2 950 490 17.9 14.6 81 3.3 15.8 212 21 295.3 297.3 290.9 327.1 11.06 3 900 952 15.7 14.4 92 1.3 14.8 255 27 297.7 299.8 292.0 331.2 11.53 4 850 1437 15.1 10.6 75 4.4 12.3 253 30 301.9 303.7 291.7 330.1 9.51 5 800 1949 12.0 8.9 81 3.2 10.1 243 35 304.0 305.6 291.9 330.8 8.97 6 750 2487 8.3 6.8 91 1.5 7.4 236 34 305.5 307.1 291.9 330.5 8.29 7 700 3053 4.5 4.0 96 0.5 4.2 230 36 307.4 308.8 291.6 329.6 7.28 8 650 3653 0.5 -0.2 95 0.7 0.2 229 43 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.6 5.82 9 600 4291 -3.7 -6.5 81 2.8 -4.9 232 48 311.9 312.6 290.0 324.3 3.92 10 550 4973 -8.1 -13.9 63 5.7 -10.2 236 53 314.4 314.9 289.4 322.2 2.38 11 500 5706 -12.7 -26.1 32 13.4 -16.0 240 57 317.6 317.8 289.0 320.7 0.91 12 450 6502 -17.5 -34.0 22 16.4 -20.5 240 56 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.48 13 400 7373 -23.2 -30.7 50 7.5 -24.6 242 53 324.8 324.9 291.0 327.5 0.74 14 350 8337 -29.9 -36.0 55 6.1 -30.8 241 52 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.3 0.51 15 300 9414 -39.6 -44.3 60 4.8 -39.9 244 48 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.25 16 250 10632 -50.4 -56.0 51 5.6 -50.6 242 47 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.08 17 200 12057 -54.4 -67.6 18 13.2 -54.6 246 64 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13898 -57.8 -81.1 4 23.3 -58.0 247 54 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16393 -67.3 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.4 243 42 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.27 m Freezing level: 643.72 mb = 3733.53 m = 12248.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.36 mb = 3673.52 m = 12052.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.82 mb = 455.63 m = 1494.82 ft T: 17.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 10.07 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.71 mb = 1909.69 m = 6265.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.12 mb = 960.00 m = 3149.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.12 mb = 3725.79 m = 12223.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 444.12 mb = 6599.50 m = 21651.64 ft B at Equ Level: 78.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 344.12 mb = 8455.42 m = 27740.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.6 neg: -14.2 tot: 150.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 82.71 m/s