MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.07,-88.31 Latitude: 41.07 Longitude: -88.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 989 197 11.2 2.5 55 8.7 6.9 283 9 285.2 286.0 280.6 298.3 4.62 2 950 536 11.1 -0.1 46 11.1 5.8 296 28 288.4 289.1 281.3 299.9 4.00 3 900 984 6.8 -1.3 56 8.0 3.1 299 31 288.5 289.2 281.2 299.7 3.87 4 850 1449 2.2 -2.1 73 4.3 0.4 299 31 288.5 289.2 281.2 299.6 3.87 5 800 1935 -1.2 -11.0 47 9.8 -4.6 313 29 289.8 290.2 279.6 296.0 2.06 6 750 2447 -3.5 -23.1 20 19.7 -8.4 321 31 292.8 293.0 279.2 295.3 0.79 7 700 2988 -6.4 -27.4 17 21.0 -11.1 316 33 295.4 295.5 280.1 297.3 0.58 8 650 3563 -9.8 -30.3 17 20.5 -13.8 313 37 297.9 298.0 281.1 299.4 0.47 9 600 4176 -13.7 -36.6 13 22.9 -17.3 312 41 300.3 300.3 281.8 301.2 0.28 10 550 4831 -18.1 -37.6 16 19.5 -20.8 315 45 302.7 302.7 282.8 303.6 0.27 11 500 5535 -22.8 -40.1 19 17.3 -24.9 320 51 305.2 305.2 283.8 306.0 0.23 12 450 6301 -26.4 -48.6 11 22.1 -28.3 326 66 310.0 310.0 285.5 310.4 0.10 13 400 7145 -30.4 -58.1 5 27.6 -32.0 328 81 315.5 315.5 287.3 315.6 0.04 14 350 8085 -34.7 -58.7 7 24.0 -35.9 329 91 322.0 322.0 289.4 322.2 0.04 15 300 9149 -40.3 -63.7 6 23.4 -41.2 326 88 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.6 0.02 16 250 10380 -42.8 -71.4 3 28.6 -43.6 316 66 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.01 17 200 11879 -44.3 -75.4 2 31.1 -45.2 303 46 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 18 150 13779 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 299 41 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16362 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -58.9 282 37 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5428.06 m Freezing level: 817.74 mb = 1762.38 m = 5782.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 846.27 mb = 1484.23 m = 4869.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.84 % Est. max temperature: 14.74 C = 58.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.87 mb = 1289.01 m = 4228.97 ft T: 3.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 4.61 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.45 mb = 2295.23 m = 7530.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.89 C = 64.21 F Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lifted Index: 6.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 6.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 2.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 112.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15770.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.51 mb = 1820.26 m = 5971.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.9 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 343.9 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 158.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 44.93 m/s