MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 30 SEP 25 Station: 41.8,-88.2 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 186 SFC 996 219 29.2 17.0 48 12.2 20.9 57 6 302.7 305.0 294.1 339.3 12.35 2 950 636 22.5 14.9 62 7.6 17.5 48 7 300.0 302.1 292.6 333.1 11.28 3 900 1103 17.9 13.7 76 4.3 15.1 43 8 300.0 302.0 292.3 332.2 10.98 4 850 1589 13.8 9.4 75 4.4 11.1 32 11 300.6 302.2 290.7 326.3 8.72 5 800 2100 14.1 -9.2 19 23.3 3.9 71 15 306.2 306.6 286.6 313.7 2.38 6 750 2641 11.0 -8.7 24 19.6 2.2 84 19 308.5 309.0 287.7 316.9 2.64 7 700 3212 7.7 -12.7 22 20.4 -0.6 91 13 311.0 311.4 288.0 317.6 2.05 8 650 3817 3.3 -18.1 19 21.4 -4.2 93 9 312.8 313.0 287.9 317.5 1.42 9 600 4460 0.1 -28.0 10 28.1 -7.7 93 6 316.2 316.4 288.2 318.5 0.64 10 550 5150 -4.2 -36.6 6 32.3 -11.2 79 8 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.2 0.30 11 500 5894 -8.7 -40.0 6 31.2 -14.6 38 5 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.3 0.24 12 450 6700 -14.8 -43.8 6 29.0 -19.3 295 7 324.6 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.17 13 400 7578 -22.0 -41.1 16 19.1 -24.6 294 12 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.26 14 350 8544 -29.6 -34.2 64 4.6 -30.3 321 13 328.9 329.0 292.0 331.1 0.60 15 300 9629 -36.9 -44.7 44 7.8 -37.6 324 18 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.24 16 250 10862 -47.6 -57.3 32 9.8 -47.9 327 33 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.07 17 200 12297 -55.8 -65.4 29 9.6 -56.0 286 25 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 14110 -59.6 -79.0 6 19.4 -59.8 272 16 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16615 -64.8 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 295 10 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.49 m Freezing level: 598.79 mb = 4477.05 m = 14688.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.07 mb = 3093.50 m = 10149.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.15 mb = 1747.77 m = 5734.08 ft T: 13.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 25.57 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.91 mb = 2508.52 m = 8229.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.43 C = 93.98 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 0.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.52 C Cross Totals Index: 18.11 C K Index: 11.51 Risk: None Sweat Index: 139.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 208.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.76 mb = 1641.31 m = 5384.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 459.76 mb = 6536.16 m = 21443.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.76 mb = 9403.68 m = 30851.60 ft B at Equ Level: 99.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.76 mb = 11405.26 m = 37418.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.4 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 101.4 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 43.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 50.07 Bulk Shear: 2.05 m/s