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,-88.0 Latitude: 41.80 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 998 210 18.7 17.2 91 1.4 17.7 32 2 292.0 294.2 291.0 327.4 12.50 2 950 633 21.2 12.8 59 8.3 15.8 44 9 298.7 300.5 291.0 327.4 9.84 3 900 1099 18.2 13.0 71 5.2 14.8 27 10 300.3 302.2 292.0 331.1 10.50 4 850 1586 14.5 8.8 68 5.7 11.0 17 17 301.3 302.9 290.6 326.2 8.37 5 800 2096 12.5 -3.6 32 16.1 4.7 35 14 304.5 305.2 287.3 315.8 3.66 6 750 2635 11.1 -9.9 22 21.0 2.0 69 16 308.6 309.1 287.5 316.3 2.40 7 700 3207 8.0 -13.6 20 21.6 -0.6 69 15 311.3 311.7 287.9 317.5 1.90 8 650 3812 3.8 -20.5 15 24.3 -4.4 60 12 313.2 313.5 287.8 317.1 1.15 9 600 4456 0.1 -26.2 12 26.3 -7.5 49 10 316.2 316.4 288.3 318.8 0.75 10 550 5147 -3.7 -33.3 8 29.6 -10.7 39 11 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.42 11 500 5893 -8.1 -36.7 8 28.5 -14.0 31 5 323.1 323.2 290.1 324.3 0.33 12 450 6700 -14.8 -36.4 14 21.6 -18.8 315 4 324.6 324.6 290.6 326.0 0.38 13 400 7578 -21.7 -38.2 21 16.5 -24.3 296 8 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.35 14 350 8544 -29.8 -40.7 34 10.9 -31.1 292 15 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.31 15 300 9623 -38.0 -44.7 49 6.7 -38.5 309 19 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.24 16 250 10855 -47.4 -53.7 49 6.3 -47.7 319 23 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12297 -55.2 -67.6 20 12.3 -55.5 282 19 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14104 -60.7 -78.3 8 17.6 -60.9 277 22 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16599 -65.1 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 272 14 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.63 m Freezing level: 598.77 mb = 4473.31 m = 14676.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.85 mb = 3067.72 m = 10064.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.13 C = 82.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.05 mb = 390.04 m = 1279.63 ft T: 19.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 15.32 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.59 mb = 2818.43 m = 9246.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.12 C = 97.02 F Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lifted Index: 3.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.21 C Showalter Index: 4.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 16.91 C K Index: 9.79 Risk: None Sweat Index: 144.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5699.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.30 mb = 1404.81 m = 4608.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 45.7 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 75.7 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 40.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.44 Bulk Shear: 3.76 m/s