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,-88.1 Latitude: 41.70 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 998 208 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.4 36 2 290.1 292.2 289.6 322.9 11.63 2 950 633 21.3 12.7 58 8.6 15.8 47 9 298.8 300.5 290.9 327.2 9.75 3 900 1099 18.3 12.6 69 5.7 14.7 30 10 300.4 302.3 291.9 330.6 10.27 4 850 1586 14.6 8.5 67 6.1 10.9 18 17 301.5 303.0 290.5 325.8 8.21 5 800 2096 12.2 -2.1 37 14.2 5.1 29 14 304.1 304.9 287.6 316.7 4.10 6 750 2635 10.9 -10.5 21 21.5 1.8 67 15 308.5 308.9 287.3 315.8 2.28 7 700 3206 8.0 -13.6 20 21.6 -0.6 69 15 311.3 311.7 287.9 317.6 1.91 8 650 3812 3.8 -20.5 15 24.3 -4.4 62 11 313.2 313.5 287.8 317.1 1.15 9 600 4456 0.2 -26.2 12 26.4 -7.4 50 10 316.3 316.4 288.4 318.9 0.75 10 550 5147 -3.7 -33.3 8 29.6 -10.7 43 11 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.42 11 500 5893 -8.1 -36.7 8 28.5 -14.0 41 6 323.1 323.2 290.1 324.4 0.33 12 450 6700 -14.8 -36.5 14 21.6 -18.8 315 3 324.6 324.6 290.6 326.0 0.37 13 400 7579 -21.7 -38.2 21 16.5 -24.3 298 7 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.35 14 350 8545 -29.7 -40.9 33 11.2 -31.0 293 14 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.31 15 300 9624 -37.9 -44.7 49 6.7 -38.5 311 19 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.24 16 250 10856 -47.4 -53.5 49 6.1 -47.7 321 23 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12298 -55.2 -67.6 20 12.4 -55.4 282 19 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14105 -60.8 -78.4 8 17.6 -61.0 277 22 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 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: 5703.74 m Freezing level: 597.92 mb = 4485.00 m = 14714.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.00 mb = 3053.79 m = 10018.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.15 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.04 mb = 293.18 m = 961.88 ft T: 17.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 14.81 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.61 mb = 2920.02 m = 9580.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.56 C = 97.80 F Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lifted Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.70 C Showalter Index: 5.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 16.60 C K Index: 9.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 142.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6238.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.19 mb = 1415.70 m = 4644.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.3 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 76.3 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 38.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.81 Bulk Shear: 3.65 m/s