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: 41.8,-87.7 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -87.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 186 18.9 17.8 93 1.1 18.1 39 2 292.0 294.3 291.3 328.5 12.89 1 1000 189 19.1 17.6 91 1.5 18.1 40 1 292.2 294.5 291.2 328.3 12.72 2 950 633 20.7 13.8 64 6.9 16.3 40 10 298.2 300.1 291.4 328.8 10.49 3 900 1099 17.7 13.6 77 4.1 15.1 25 11 299.8 301.8 292.2 331.8 10.95 4 850 1585 14.2 9.0 71 5.1 11.1 20 17 301.0 302.5 290.6 326.2 8.53 5 800 2095 13.1 -8.4 22 21.5 3.7 44 14 305.2 305.6 286.4 313.1 2.54 6 750 2635 11.3 -10.2 21 21.5 2.0 68 16 308.8 309.3 287.5 316.3 2.34 7 700 3206 8.1 -13.6 20 21.7 -0.6 66 15 311.4 311.8 288.0 317.7 1.91 8 650 3812 3.7 -20.6 15 24.3 -4.4 57 12 313.2 313.4 287.8 317.0 1.14 9 600 4456 -0.1 -27.1 11 27.0 -7.7 48 10 316.0 316.2 288.2 318.4 0.69 10 550 5146 -3.8 -33.3 8 29.5 -10.8 36 11 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.1 0.42 11 500 5892 -8.0 -36.7 8 28.7 -14.0 21 6 323.2 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.33 12 450 6699 -14.9 -35.8 15 20.9 -18.9 326 5 324.5 324.5 290.6 325.9 0.40 13 400 7577 -21.7 -38.2 21 16.5 -24.3 307 8 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.35 14 350 8543 -29.8 -40.7 34 10.9 -31.2 299 15 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.31 15 300 9622 -38.1 -45.3 47 7.2 -38.7 308 19 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.5 0.22 16 250 10854 -47.3 -54.1 46 6.7 -47.6 319 23 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 17 200 12296 -55.1 -67.2 21 12.0 -55.4 284 20 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14104 -60.6 -78.2 8 17.6 -60.8 275 22 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16599 -65.1 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.3 274 14 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.11 m Freezing level: 601.09 mb = 4441.81 m = 14572.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.98 mb = 3077.39 m = 10096.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.30 mb = 326.01 m = 1069.57 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 18.69 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.48 mb = 2673.49 m = 8771.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.88 C = 96.59 F Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lifted Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.96 C Showalter Index: 5.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.19 C Cross Totals Index: 17.08 C K Index: 9.55 Risk: None Sweat Index: 147.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5846.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.64 mb = 1254.79 m = 4116.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 44.8 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 74.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.5 neg: -2.2 tot: 41.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.78 Bulk Shear: 4.27 m/s