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: 41.7,-88.0 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 998 207 17.2 16.5 95 0.7 16.7 40 2 290.5 292.6 289.9 323.9 11.87 2 950 633 21.1 13.0 60 8.1 16.0 46 9 298.6 300.4 291.0 327.7 9.97 3 900 1099 18.1 12.7 71 5.4 14.7 29 10 300.2 302.1 291.9 330.5 10.31 4 850 1586 14.5 8.8 69 5.7 11.1 18 17 301.3 302.9 290.6 326.2 8.40 5 800 2096 12.3 -3.0 34 15.3 4.8 32 14 304.3 305.0 287.5 316.1 3.82 6 750 2634 11.1 -10.5 21 21.6 1.9 67 15 308.6 309.1 287.4 315.9 2.28 7 700 3206 8.1 -13.7 20 21.8 -0.6 68 15 311.4 311.8 287.9 317.6 1.90 8 650 3812 3.8 -20.5 15 24.3 -4.4 61 12 313.2 313.5 287.8 317.1 1.15 9 600 4456 0.1 -26.9 11 27.0 -7.5 50 10 316.2 316.4 288.3 318.7 0.70 10 550 5147 -3.7 -33.3 8 29.6 -10.7 42 11 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.42 11 500 5893 -8.0 -36.6 8 28.6 -14.0 38 6 323.2 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.33 12 450 6700 -14.8 -36.3 14 21.5 -18.8 321 4 324.6 324.6 290.6 326.0 0.38 13 400 7578 -21.7 -38.2 21 16.5 -24.3 302 7 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.35 14 350 8544 -29.8 -40.9 33 11.1 -31.1 296 14 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.31 15 300 9624 -38.0 -45.0 48 7.0 -38.5 311 18 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.23 16 250 10856 -47.3 -53.6 49 6.3 -47.6 322 23 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 17 200 12297 -55.2 -67.8 19 12.6 -55.4 282 19 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14105 -60.7 -78.3 8 17.6 -60.9 277 22 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16599 -65.2 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.3 270 14 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.54 m Freezing level: 598.77 mb = 4472.95 m = 14674.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.50 mb = 3071.05 m = 10075.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.13 C = 82.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.45 mb = 298.29 m = 978.64 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 14.56 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.12 mb = 2879.71 m = 9447.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.49 C = 97.68 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 4.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.59 C Showalter Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.55 C Cross Totals Index: 16.85 C K Index: 9.61 Risk: None Sweat Index: 146.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6707.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.33 mb = 1374.83 m = 4510.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.0 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 76.0 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -1.1 tot: 38.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.04 Bulk Shear: 3.72 m/s