MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 30 SEP 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 183 SFC 996 215 19.5 16.5 83 3.0 17.6 47 2 293.0 295.1 290.9 327.0 11.96 2 950 630 23.6 12.2 49 11.4 16.3 106 6 301.2 302.9 291.5 329.1 9.44 3 900 1099 20.0 10.0 53 10.0 13.8 28 9 302.1 303.7 291.0 327.6 8.59 4 850 1588 15.8 5.1 49 10.7 9.7 7 10 302.7 303.9 289.4 322.2 6.49 5 800 2099 12.7 -3.7 32 16.3 4.8 5 7 304.7 305.4 287.4 315.9 3.65 6 750 2638 11.0 -15.5 14 26.5 0.8 52 7 308.5 308.8 286.5 313.5 1.52 7 700 3210 8.7 -17.4 14 26.1 -1.0 73 10 312.1 312.3 287.6 316.7 1.39 8 650 3817 4.8 -24.3 10 29.1 -4.3 86 7 314.4 314.6 287.8 317.3 0.82 9 600 4463 1.1 -29.2 8 30.3 -7.2 54 5 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.4 0.57 10 550 5157 -3.3 -36.9 5 33.6 -10.7 22 8 320.2 320.2 289.1 321.3 0.29 11 500 5902 -8.0 -41.2 5 33.1 -14.2 34 7 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.21 12 450 6710 -14.7 -41.8 8 27.1 -19.1 27 7 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.5 0.22 13 400 7588 -21.4 -40.0 17 18.6 -24.2 350 8 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.29 14 350 8557 -29.3 -42.4 27 13.1 -30.8 320 7 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.26 15 300 9637 -38.5 -47.9 36 9.4 -39.2 273 10 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.17 16 250 10866 -46.6 -59.8 21 13.2 -47.1 301 19 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.05 17 200 12316 -54.4 -67.3 19 12.9 -54.6 300 13 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 14135 -60.3 -80.0 6 19.7 -60.5 249 19 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16625 -66.3 -86.8 4 20.5 -66.4 274 14 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.90 m Freezing level: 587.25 mb = 4640.29 m = 15223.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.88 mb = 2897.26 m = 9505.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.05 mb = 601.89 m = 1974.70 ft T: 23.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.75 mb = 3330.54 m = 10926.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.07 C = 102.33 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.02 C Showalter Index: 7.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 13.16 C K Index: 2.86 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6117.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.90 mb = 1820.10 m = 5971.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 42.9 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 72.9 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 169.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -16.8 tot: -9.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.76 Bulk Shear: 4.49 m/s