MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 1 OCT 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 188 SFC 997 215 23.0 13.7 56 9.3 17.0 82 8 296.4 298.2 290.3 325.1 9.90 2 950 629 17.5 11.6 68 5.9 13.8 107 12 294.9 296.5 289.0 321.0 9.06 3 900 1091 16.7 2.5 38 14.2 9.1 111 20 298.7 299.7 286.7 313.9 5.09 4 850 1575 15.3 -5.2 24 20.4 5.7 118 18 302.2 302.7 285.9 311.6 3.06 5 800 2087 13.6 -0.7 37 14.3 6.2 135 13 305.6 306.4 288.6 319.5 4.53 6 750 2626 9.6 -5.5 34 15.2 2.5 154 9 307.0 307.7 287.9 317.6 3.37 7 700 3194 5.8 -11.2 28 17.0 -1.2 147 4 308.9 309.3 287.5 316.3 2.32 8 650 3795 1.8 -18.9 20 20.7 -5.2 146 3 311.0 311.2 287.2 315.4 1.32 9 600 4435 -1.4 -28.2 11 26.7 -8.5 182 6 314.4 314.6 287.6 316.6 0.63 10 550 5123 -5.0 -34.3 8 29.3 -11.6 191 9 318.2 318.2 288.6 319.5 0.38 11 500 5864 -9.3 -37.2 8 27.9 -14.9 213 11 321.7 321.8 289.6 322.9 0.31 12 450 6669 -15.5 -39.3 11 23.9 -19.5 239 15 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.28 13 400 7544 -22.6 -37.9 24 15.2 -24.9 238 17 325.6 325.7 290.9 326.9 0.37 14 350 8508 -30.3 -41.5 33 11.2 -31.5 243 26 328.0 328.0 291.5 329.1 0.29 15 300 9595 -35.8 -39.1 72 3.3 -36.2 247 27 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.5 0.43 16 250 10833 -47.1 -50.5 67 3.5 -47.2 238 26 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.15 17 200 12271 -54.9 -66.0 24 11.1 -55.1 268 27 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14095 -60.1 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 305 20 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16595 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.7 302 5 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.72 m Freezing level: 622.29 mb = 4149.42 m = 13613.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.61 mb = 3012.11 m = 9882.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.76 mb = 1389.99 m = 4560.27 ft T: 15.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 13.51 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.34 mb = 3259.54 m = 10693.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.69 C = 96.24 F Cap Strength: 7.21 C Lifted Index: 7.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.41 C Showalter Index: 12.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 4.14 C K Index: 2.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 47.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9278.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.48 mb = 1760.92 m = 5777.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 147.3 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 177.3 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.3 neg: -5.0 tot: 44.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 9.22 m/s