MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510010600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510010600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 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 196 SFC 997 219 17.0 9.8 63 7.1 12.8 114 8 290.3 291.7 286.1 312.0 7.64 2 950 634 18.2 6.0 45 12.2 11.3 140 23 295.6 296.8 286.6 313.7 6.17 3 900 1096 16.8 4.3 43 12.5 9.9 168 11 298.8 299.9 287.4 316.0 5.79 4 850 1582 16.3 -4.3 24 20.5 6.4 167 8 303.2 303.8 286.5 313.3 3.28 5 800 2094 13.7 -5.4 26 19.2 4.7 169 7 305.8 306.4 287.3 315.7 3.18 6 750 2633 9.7 -8.8 26 18.6 1.7 171 7 307.1 307.6 287.2 315.4 2.61 7 700 3201 5.4 -13.3 24 18.7 -1.8 182 3 308.5 308.9 287.0 314.8 1.96 8 650 3801 1.8 -20.7 17 22.5 -5.4 326 1 311.0 311.2 287.0 314.8 1.13 9 600 4441 -1.9 -27.2 12 25.3 -8.7 243 2 313.9 314.0 287.5 316.3 0.68 10 550 5127 -5.8 -35.0 8 29.1 -12.1 235 9 317.2 317.2 288.2 318.5 0.36 11 500 5866 -10.9 -38.9 8 28.0 -16.0 223 17 319.7 319.8 288.9 320.7 0.26 12 450 6664 -17.2 -38.9 13 21.7 -20.7 213 20 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.29 13 400 7535 -24.0 -41.2 19 17.3 -26.2 220 27 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.26 14 350 8493 -31.6 -36.1 64 4.5 -32.2 228 33 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.9 0.50 15 300 9572 -38.2 -41.3 73 3.0 -38.5 218 31 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.34 16 250 10795 -47.3 -54.9 41 7.6 -47.6 230 37 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.09 17 200 12259 -52.0 -67.7 13 15.7 -52.4 264 33 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14089 -59.5 -79.0 6 19.5 -59.7 263 23 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16583 -65.0 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 231 11 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.20 m Freezing level: 625.54 mb = 4114.33 m = 13498.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.19 mb = 2898.55 m = 9509.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.34 mb = 1130.57 m = 3709.19 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 2.68 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.13 mb = 3973.69 m = 13036.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.42 C = 101.16 F Cap Strength: 9.75 C Lifted Index: 8.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.65 C Showalter Index: 9.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.22 C Cross Totals Index: 6.68 C K Index: 4.25 Risk: None Sweat Index: 33.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11269.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.66 mb = 2076.80 m = 6813.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.8 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 216.8 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -23.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.7 neg: -10.0 tot: 58.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 21.92 m/s