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: 42.0,-87.4 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -87.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 176 20.1 18.5 90 1.6 19.0 57 3 293.1 295.5 292.1 331.5 13.49 1 1000 190 20.0 18.2 89 1.8 18.8 53 3 293.1 295.5 291.9 330.9 13.26 2 950 633 20.6 13.2 62 7.4 15.9 33 10 298.1 299.9 291.0 327.5 10.08 3 900 1099 17.4 13.5 78 3.9 14.9 20 11 299.5 301.4 292.1 331.3 10.90 4 850 1584 14.4 5.6 56 8.8 9.3 24 15 301.2 302.4 289.1 321.2 6.71 5 800 2095 13.9 -10.2 18 24.1 3.5 56 15 306.0 306.4 286.4 312.9 2.19 6 750 2636 11.4 -8.6 24 20.0 2.5 69 17 309.0 309.5 287.9 317.5 2.66 7 700 3208 7.8 -12.8 22 20.6 -0.5 64 15 311.1 311.5 288.0 317.8 2.04 8 650 3813 3.4 -20.1 16 23.5 -4.5 52 12 312.8 313.0 287.7 316.8 1.19 9 600 4456 -0.3 -26.3 12 26.0 -7.7 42 10 315.8 315.9 288.2 318.4 0.74 10 550 5146 -3.8 -33.3 8 29.5 -10.8 27 11 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.1 0.42 11 500 5892 -8.3 -35.8 9 27.5 -14.1 3 7 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.2 0.36 12 450 6698 -15.2 -35.4 16 20.2 -19.0 325 6 324.2 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.42 13 400 7576 -21.7 -38.2 21 16.5 -24.3 304 9 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.35 14 350 8542 -29.9 -40.5 35 10.6 -31.2 299 17 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.32 15 300 9620 -38.2 -45.4 47 7.2 -38.7 302 19 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.22 16 250 10852 -47.4 -54.4 45 6.9 -47.7 316 23 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.09 17 200 12293 -55.2 -66.8 22 11.6 -55.4 285 21 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14103 -60.3 -78.6 7 18.3 -60.5 272 23 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16598 -65.2 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.3 278 15 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.24 m Freezing level: 603.95 mb = 4405.18 m = 14452.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.33 mb = 3109.50 m = 10201.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.22 mb = 380.10 m = 1247.02 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 18.41 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.19 mb = 2722.56 m = 8932.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.31 C = 97.36 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.73 C Showalter Index: 7.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 13.89 C K Index: 7.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 103.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6045.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.15 mb = 1268.98 m = 4163.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 42.9 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 72.9 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.3 neg: -3.9 tot: 37.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.85 Bulk Shear: 3.12 m/s