MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 41.8,-88.1 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 SFC 997 215 28.0 16.2 49 11.8 20.0 202 6 301.4 303.5 293.3 335.7 11.66 2 950 639 22.3 15.0 63 7.3 17.5 205 7 299.8 301.9 292.5 333.0 11.34 3 900 1106 17.7 14.0 79 3.7 15.3 206 7 299.8 301.8 292.4 332.6 11.23 4 850 1592 13.7 12.0 90 1.7 12.6 216 7 300.5 302.4 292.0 331.2 10.45 5 800 2100 10.0 5.6 74 4.4 7.5 250 10 301.8 303.2 289.7 323.2 7.15 6 750 2634 8.6 -7.7 31 16.3 1.4 254 12 305.9 306.5 287.1 314.9 2.85 7 700 3201 5.6 -13.6 23 19.3 -1.8 245 8 308.7 309.1 287.1 314.9 1.90 8 650 3803 2.2 -14.9 27 17.1 -4.2 250 6 311.4 311.8 287.9 317.4 1.84 9 600 4443 -1.7 -19.6 24 17.9 -7.5 270 7 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.7 1.34 10 550 5129 -6.4 -20.4 32 14.1 -10.8 261 10 316.5 316.8 289.1 321.1 1.37 11 500 5867 -10.6 -28.3 22 17.7 -14.9 253 9 320.1 320.3 289.6 322.8 0.74 12 450 6668 -16.4 -34.6 19 18.2 -19.8 282 6 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.3 0.45 13 400 7542 -22.7 -39.3 20 16.6 -25.1 319 7 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.7 0.32 14 350 8508 -29.5 -47.2 16 17.7 -31.2 318 8 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.15 15 300 9596 -35.6 -60.6 6 25.0 -36.9 341 12 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 16 250 10836 -46.2 -57.4 27 11.2 -46.6 330 15 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.07 17 200 12278 -57.1 -64.7 38 7.6 -57.2 303 24 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.03 18 150 14067 -62.5 -79.2 9 16.7 -62.7 296 25 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16532 -67.1 -85.5 6 18.3 -67.2 268 14 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.66 m Freezing level: 622.04 mb = 4160.95 m = 13651.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.88 mb = 2880.27 m = 9449.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.11 mb = 1700.00 m = 5577.36 ft T: 12.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 20.88 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.16 mb = 1659.57 m = 5444.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 17.04 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 228.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.57 mb = 1596.17 m = 5236.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.57 mb = 1745.45 m = 5726.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 754.57 mb = 2583.99 m = 8477.56 ft B at Equ Level: 19.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.57 mb = 11247.62 m = 36901.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.7 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 275.7 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -4.7 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 54.21 Bulk Shear: 4.22 m/s