MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 17 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 101 SFC 988 209 23.2 12.8 52 10.4 16.5 189 11 297.4 299.1 290.2 324.8 9.42 2 950 543 18.2 10.8 62 7.4 13.7 193 14 295.7 297.2 288.9 320.5 8.57 3 900 1003 15.6 10.9 74 4.6 12.7 215 23 297.6 299.2 290.0 324.3 9.16 4 850 1489 14.6 10.6 77 4.0 12.1 215 24 301.4 303.2 291.5 329.4 9.46 5 800 1999 11.8 7.9 77 3.9 9.5 209 23 303.8 305.3 291.4 328.9 8.41 6 750 2538 9.7 2.4 60 7.3 5.7 215 24 307.1 308.2 290.5 325.7 6.08 7 700 3107 6.5 -1.1 58 7.6 2.6 224 29 309.7 310.6 290.3 325.3 5.04 8 650 3712 3.1 -1.2 73 4.3 0.9 228 33 312.5 313.5 291.6 329.5 5.41 9 600 4356 -0.9 -3.9 80 3.0 -2.4 232 37 315.1 316.0 291.8 330.3 4.78 10 550 5046 -4.9 -11.5 60 6.6 -7.6 236 37 318.2 318.8 291.0 327.7 2.88 11 500 5789 -9.0 -17.0 52 8.0 -11.8 243 33 322.1 322.5 291.4 328.9 2.01 12 450 6595 -14.9 -22.9 51 7.9 -17.1 247 33 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.1 1.35 13 400 7474 -21.8 -27.5 60 5.7 -23.0 245 37 326.7 326.9 291.8 330.3 1.00 14 350 8442 -28.4 -31.4 75 3.0 -29.0 246 36 330.4 330.6 292.6 333.3 0.79 15 300 9530 -36.0 -39.0 74 3.0 -36.4 244 43 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.2 0.43 16 250 10769 -46.5 -50.1 67 3.6 -46.7 238 49 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.16 17 200 12209 -56.8 -62.3 50 5.5 -56.9 236 46 342.8 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.04 18 150 14008 -63.3 -82.0 6 18.7 -63.4 247 39 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16451 -69.8 -86.8 7 17.0 -69.9 269 29 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.01 m Freezing level: 611.26 mb = 4211.17 m = 13816.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.31 mb = 3883.31 m = 12740.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.05 mb = 1517.87 m = 4979.83 ft T: 14.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 4.31 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.18 mb = 2999.88 m = 9842.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.92 C = 94.86 F Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lifted Index: 5.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.90 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 26.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7312.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.26 mb = 1535.69 m = 5038.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.4 neg: -8.1 tot: 104.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 47.43 m/s