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,-88.1 Latitude: 41.80 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 997 215 18.2 16.9 92 1.3 17.3 29 2 291.6 293.7 290.6 326.1 12.21 2 950 633 21.3 12.5 57 8.8 15.7 45 9 298.9 300.6 290.9 327.1 9.65 3 900 1100 18.4 12.8 70 5.6 14.8 28 9 300.5 302.4 292.0 331.0 10.37 4 850 1587 14.7 8.5 67 6.1 11.0 16 17 301.5 303.0 290.6 326.0 8.24 5 800 2097 12.3 -2.4 36 14.7 5.1 32 14 304.3 305.0 287.6 316.6 4.01 6 750 2635 10.9 -10.0 22 21.0 2.0 70 15 308.5 308.9 287.5 316.1 2.38 7 700 3207 7.9 -13.3 21 21.2 -0.6 70 15 311.2 311.6 287.9 317.6 1.95 8 650 3812 3.8 -20.0 16 23.8 -4.3 61 11 313.2 313.5 287.8 317.3 1.20 9 600 4457 0.2 -26.0 12 26.1 -7.4 50 10 316.3 316.5 288.4 319.0 0.77 10 550 5147 -3.7 -33.3 8 29.6 -10.7 39 10 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.42 11 500 5893 -8.1 -36.7 8 28.5 -14.0 35 5 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.3 0.33 12 450 6700 -14.8 -36.5 14 21.6 -18.8 310 4 324.6 324.6 290.6 326.0 0.37 13 400 7578 -21.7 -38.0 22 16.2 -24.3 293 8 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.1 0.36 14 350 8544 -29.8 -40.9 33 11.1 -31.2 290 15 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.31 15 300 9624 -37.9 -44.4 51 6.5 -38.4 309 19 332.0 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.25 16 250 10856 -47.4 -53.4 50 6.0 -47.7 319 23 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.11 17 200 12297 -55.3 -67.4 21 12.1 -55.5 282 19 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 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: 5703.77 m Freezing level: 597.92 mb = 4485.37 m = 14715.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.24 mb = 3075.01 m = 10088.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.20 mb = 379.85 m = 1246.21 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 14.91 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.49 mb = 2865.09 m = 9399.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.16 C = 97.09 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: 4.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.32 C Showalter Index: 5.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 16.68 C K Index: 10.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 141.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6322.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.62 mb = 1451.26 m = 4761.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.0 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 76.0 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.4 neg: -0.8 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 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: 9.60 Bulk Shear: 3.57 m/s