MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 30 SEP 25 Station: 41.6,-88.1 Latitude: 41.60 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 999 201 16.2 15.6 97 0.5 15.8 41 2 289.4 291.4 289.0 320.9 11.24 2 950 632 21.3 13.2 60 8.0 16.1 49 9 298.8 300.6 291.2 328.3 10.10 3 900 1099 18.3 12.8 70 5.5 14.8 32 10 300.4 302.3 292.0 331.0 10.40 4 850 1586 14.6 8.5 67 6.1 10.9 19 18 301.4 302.9 290.5 325.8 8.23 5 800 2095 12.0 -1.6 39 13.6 5.2 27 15 303.9 304.7 287.7 316.9 4.25 6 750 2634 10.9 -11.1 20 22.0 1.7 64 15 308.4 308.8 287.2 315.4 2.18 7 700 3206 8.1 -13.5 20 21.6 -0.6 68 14 311.4 311.8 288.0 317.7 1.92 8 650 3812 3.9 -20.4 15 24.3 -4.3 62 11 313.3 313.6 287.8 317.2 1.16 9 600 4456 0.2 -26.8 11 27.0 -7.5 51 10 316.3 316.4 288.3 318.8 0.71 10 550 5147 -3.7 -33.3 8 29.6 -10.7 46 11 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.42 11 500 5893 -8.0 -37.7 7 29.8 -14.0 46 6 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.30 12 450 6700 -14.8 -36.4 14 21.6 -18.8 321 3 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.38 13 400 7579 -21.7 -38.7 20 16.9 -24.4 303 7 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.34 14 350 8545 -29.7 -40.9 33 11.2 -31.0 297 13 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.31 15 300 9624 -37.9 -45.0 48 7.1 -38.5 314 18 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.23 16 250 10856 -47.3 -53.5 49 6.3 -47.6 323 23 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.10 17 200 12298 -55.2 -67.8 19 12.7 -55.4 283 19 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14106 -60.9 -77.8 9 16.9 -61.0 278 22 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16599 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.4 269 14 401.7 401.7 305.4 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.70 m Freezing level: 597.92 mb = 4484.64 m = 14713.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.71 mb = 3056.50 m = 10027.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.06 mb = 266.66 m = 874.85 ft T: 16.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 15.55 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.52 mb = 2874.81 m = 9431.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.43 C = 97.58 F Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lifted Index: 4.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.79 C Showalter Index: 5.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.55 C Cross Totals Index: 16.48 C K Index: 9.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 144.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6711.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.34 mb = 1364.99 m = 4478.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.4 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 76.4 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.22 Bulk Shear: 3.76 m/s