MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.14,-88.87 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -88.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 SFC 973 249 15.6 15.1 97 0.5 15.3 308 6 291.1 293.0 289.6 322.7 11.19 2 950 448 14.0 13.7 98 0.3 13.8 316 13 291.4 293.3 289.0 321.0 10.44 3 900 903 11.2 10.8 98 0.4 11.0 320 16 293.0 294.7 288.4 319.0 9.09 4 850 1379 8.7 7.9 95 0.8 8.2 305 15 295.2 296.7 288.1 318.0 7.87 5 800 1878 5.4 4.6 95 0.8 5.0 298 17 296.9 298.1 287.6 316.4 6.66 6 750 2403 2.0 1.6 97 0.4 1.8 291 16 298.7 299.8 287.3 315.7 5.74 7 700 2957 -1.0 -1.3 97 0.4 -1.2 282 13 301.4 302.3 287.5 316.3 4.96 8 650 3545 -4.0 -4.5 96 0.5 -4.2 267 10 304.5 305.2 287.9 317.4 4.21 9 600 4173 -7.1 -8.1 93 1.0 -7.5 230 8 307.9 308.5 288.3 318.8 3.47 10 550 4848 -10.6 -11.9 90 1.3 -11.1 193 12 311.5 312.0 288.9 320.5 2.79 11 500 5575 -15.0 -16.8 86 1.8 -15.6 166 19 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.5 2.05 12 450 6364 -19.9 -22.2 82 2.3 -20.5 181 34 318.2 318.5 289.7 323.1 1.43 13 400 7227 -25.4 -28.2 77 2.8 -25.9 197 62 322.0 322.2 290.3 325.3 0.94 14 350 8185 -30.6 -33.7 75 3.0 -31.1 192 79 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.63 15 300 9266 -37.4 -40.7 71 3.3 -37.7 191 101 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.36 16 250 10502 -45.6 -51.8 49 6.3 -45.9 197 111 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.13 17 200 11961 -52.2 -71.0 9 18.9 -52.5 217 94 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13817 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.6 237 58 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16369 -60.3 -85.1 2 24.8 -60.6 237 32 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5559.77 m Freezing level: 716.74 mb = 2771.24 m = 9091.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.66 mb = 2734.28 m = 8970.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.39 % Est. max temperature: 20.65 C = 69.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.10 mb = 306.68 m = 1006.17 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 6.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.04 mb = 763.63 m = 2505.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.09 C = 62.77 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 31.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.00 mb = 745.65 m = 2446.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.00 mb = 791.61 m = 2597.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 582.00 mb = 4409.58 m = 14466.96 ft B at Equ Level: 122.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 432.00 mb = 6663.01 m = 21860.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.0 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 281.0 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -28.4 tot: -28.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.30 Bulk Shear: 28.55 m/s