MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 41.7,-88.2 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -88.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 SFC 998 207 21.8 17.7 78 4.1 19.0 45 5 295.1 297.4 292.2 331.9 12.86 2 950 636 20.4 11.9 58 8.5 15.1 64 13 297.9 299.6 290.2 324.9 9.26 3 900 1101 17.7 10.8 64 6.9 13.4 53 11 299.7 301.4 290.7 326.4 9.08 4 850 1587 14.3 8.4 68 5.9 10.7 28 15 301.1 302.6 290.3 325.2 8.15 5 800 2097 13.2 -5.8 26 19.0 4.4 56 14 305.2 305.8 287.1 314.9 3.09 6 750 2637 11.2 -9.1 23 20.3 2.3 75 16 308.8 309.3 287.8 316.9 2.56 7 700 3208 7.6 -11.7 24 19.3 -0.3 79 15 311.0 311.4 288.2 318.2 2.24 8 650 3814 4.0 -20.4 15 24.3 -4.3 75 13 313.4 313.7 287.9 317.4 1.16 9 600 4458 0.2 -26.8 11 27.1 -7.4 72 11 316.4 316.5 288.3 318.9 0.71 10 550 5149 -4.1 -33.0 8 28.9 -10.9 55 11 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.43 11 500 5893 -8.8 -38.5 7 29.7 -14.6 39 6 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.3 0.27 12 450 6699 -14.9 -42.0 8 27.0 -19.3 287 6 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.3 0.21 13 400 7576 -22.3 -40.5 18 18.1 -24.9 297 10 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.28 14 350 8540 -30.1 -43.0 28 12.8 -31.5 300 17 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.25 15 300 9621 -37.4 -45.5 43 8.0 -38.1 327 22 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.22 16 250 10852 -47.9 -54.5 46 6.7 -48.1 331 26 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.09 17 200 12292 -54.8 -67.3 20 12.5 -55.1 277 17 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.02 18 150 14107 -60.6 -78.2 8 17.6 -60.8 283 19 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16597 -66.1 -86.6 4 20.6 -66.2 293 8 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.06 m Freezing level: 597.11 mb = 4498.29 m = 14757.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.29 mb = 3133.94 m = 10281.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.11 mb = 725.72 m = 2380.94 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 11.55 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.38 mb = 3004.90 m = 9858.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.89 C = 98.40 F Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lifted Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Showalter Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 17.21 C K Index: 12.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 135.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6418.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.18 mb = 1534.91 m = 5035.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 61.2 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 91.2 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.6 neg: -7.2 tot: 32.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 18.61 Bulk Shear: 0.96 m/s