MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510010000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510010000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 41.8,-88.2 Latitude: 41.80 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 193 SFC 997 219 16.2 9.4 64 6.8 12.3 112 8 289.6 290.9 285.5 310.7 7.45 2 950 630 17.2 6.0 48 11.2 11.0 138 22 294.7 295.8 286.2 312.6 6.17 3 900 1091 16.7 5.2 47 11.5 10.2 167 9 298.7 299.8 287.7 316.9 6.16 4 850 1578 16.5 -0.9 30 17.4 7.6 167 7 303.4 304.2 287.5 316.3 4.21 5 800 2090 13.6 -4.1 29 17.7 5.1 167 6 305.7 306.3 287.6 316.6 3.53 6 750 2629 9.8 -8.9 26 18.7 1.7 169 8 307.2 307.7 287.2 315.5 2.61 7 700 3197 5.4 -14.1 23 19.6 -2.0 180 5 308.5 308.8 286.9 314.4 1.83 8 650 3797 1.8 -22.0 15 23.8 -5.6 205 2 311.0 311.2 286.9 314.4 1.01 9 600 4437 -1.8 -26.6 13 24.8 -8.7 241 3 314.0 314.1 287.6 316.5 0.72 10 550 5123 -6.0 -33.9 9 27.8 -12.2 226 9 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.4 0.40 11 500 5861 -10.9 -37.6 9 26.8 -15.9 221 18 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.9 0.30 12 450 6661 -17.0 -39.0 13 22.0 -20.6 220 20 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.9 0.29 13 400 7531 -24.1 -41.5 18 17.4 -26.3 226 26 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.25 14 350 8491 -30.0 -33.5 72 3.5 -30.5 239 24 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.7 0.65 15 300 9570 -38.9 -42.1 72 3.2 -39.2 221 33 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10790 -48.6 -54.8 49 6.2 -48.8 225 41 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.09 17 200 12248 -51.5 -69.0 11 17.5 -51.8 265 37 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14079 -59.7 -80.1 5 20.4 -59.9 274 25 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16580 -64.9 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 234 13 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.87 m Freezing level: 624.88 mb = 4118.76 m = 13512.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.51 mb = 2879.49 m = 9447.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.93 mb = 1082.54 m = 3551.61 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 2.26 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.70 mb = 3950.05 m = 12959.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.34 C = 101.02 F Cap Strength: 9.91 C Lifted Index: 9.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.91 C Showalter Index: 7.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 9.95 C K Index: 6.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 32.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11601.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.70 mb = 1977.91 m = 6489.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.6 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 217.6 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.6 neg: -9.3 tot: 57.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.57 Bulk Shear: 22.42 m/s