MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.62,-88.4 Latitude: 41.62 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 993 196 2.3 1.3 93 1.0 1.8 183 4 276.0 276.7 275.4 287.5 4.24 2 950 562 10.6 -2.3 40 12.9 4.8 244 10 288.0 288.6 280.3 297.8 3.39 3 900 1009 6.8 -3.7 47 10.5 2.3 263 13 288.5 289.1 280.4 297.9 3.23 4 850 1475 3.7 -15.0 24 18.7 -2.4 261 19 290.0 290.3 278.7 294.3 1.40 5 800 1965 2.0 -26.4 10 28.4 -5.1 271 24 293.3 293.4 279.1 295.1 0.55 6 750 2484 1.0 -37.0 4 38.0 -6.7 285 26 297.6 297.7 280.6 298.4 0.21 7 700 3036 0.4 -26.1 12 26.5 -6.7 298 29 302.9 303.0 283.4 305.0 0.65 8 650 3628 -1.8 -12.4 44 10.7 -5.7 300 33 307.0 307.4 286.8 314.2 2.26 9 600 4262 -3.8 -15.7 39 12.0 -7.9 299 37 311.7 312.1 288.1 317.8 1.87 10 550 4943 -8.3 -13.8 64 5.5 -10.3 298 41 314.2 314.7 289.3 322.0 2.38 11 500 5676 -12.6 -21.1 49 8.5 -15.0 301 44 317.6 317.9 289.5 322.4 1.42 12 450 6471 -17.8 -27.4 43 9.6 -20.0 304 48 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.0 0.89 13 400 7341 -24.4 -34.2 40 9.8 -26.0 302 52 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.53 14 350 8296 -32.4 -40.9 42 8.5 -33.3 300 53 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.31 15 300 9365 -40.4 -50.1 35 9.7 -40.9 303 58 328.5 328.5 291.4 329.0 0.13 16 250 10584 -48.7 -59.8 27 11.0 -49.1 304 64 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.05 17 200 12026 -55.0 -68.0 18 13.0 -55.3 288 70 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13844 -57.6 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 312 48 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16368 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 275 21 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5539.11 m Freezing level: 691.45 mb = 3137.64 m = 10293.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 875.41 mb = 1234.96 m = 4051.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.94 % Est. max temperature: 16.74 C = 62.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.06 mb = 320.20 m = 1050.50 ft T: 5.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 3.60 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 537.30 mb = 5122.38 m = 16805.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.24 C = 106.24 F Cap Strength: 17.81 C Lifted Index: 19.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.35 C Showalter Index: 20.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 14.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.34 C Cross Totals Index: -2.33 C K Index: -25.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 81.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17146.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.71 mb = 1847.43 m = 6061.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.2 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 322.2 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 89.59 m/s