MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510031200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510031200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 40.3,-88.4 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 146 SFC 990 230 26.3 17.7 59 8.6 20.4 185 10 300.3 302.6 293.9 338.2 12.96 2 950 594 22.1 16.3 70 5.7 18.2 186 13 299.6 301.9 293.3 335.8 12.39 3 900 1061 17.5 15.5 88 2.1 16.2 187 14 299.6 301.9 293.3 335.8 12.39 4 850 1547 13.5 12.6 94 0.9 12.9 206 15 300.3 302.3 292.3 332.1 10.85 5 800 2056 10.9 9.5 91 1.4 10.0 217 19 302.8 304.5 291.9 330.6 9.36 6 750 2593 8.1 6.5 89 1.6 7.1 225 19 305.3 306.9 291.6 329.8 8.10 7 700 3160 4.9 3.1 88 1.8 3.9 235 21 307.9 309.2 291.4 328.9 6.87 8 650 3761 1.5 -0.4 88 1.8 0.5 237 24 310.6 311.7 291.3 328.5 5.74 9 600 4402 -2.2 -4.7 83 2.4 -3.4 246 24 313.5 314.4 291.1 327.8 4.51 10 550 5090 -6.0 -8.0 86 2.0 -6.9 243 28 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.3 3.81 11 500 5829 -10.6 -22.7 36 12.2 -14.0 245 28 320.1 320.4 290.1 324.4 1.23 12 450 6632 -15.3 -40.5 10 25.1 -19.4 242 27 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.9 0.25 13 400 7510 -21.4 -47.4 8 26.0 -24.5 242 28 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.13 14 350 8477 -29.5 -50.5 11 20.9 -31.4 235 33 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.11 15 300 9559 -37.2 -56.8 11 19.6 -38.3 231 48 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.06 16 250 10795 -45.4 -64.4 10 18.9 -46.0 238 56 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 17 200 12255 -53.6 -72.3 8 18.7 -53.9 246 72 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 14065 -62.2 -79.6 8 17.4 -62.4 251 76 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16528 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.9 250 48 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.70 m Freezing level: 630.12 mb = 4016.11 m = 13176.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.68 mb = 3839.51 m = 12596.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.25 % Est. max temperature: 26.78 C = 80.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.67 mb = 1313.74 m = 4310.13 ft T: 15.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 10.39 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.14 mb = 1357.90 m = 4454.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.06 C = 78.90 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 34.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 537.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.04 mb = 1319.85 m = 4330.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.04 mb = 1467.14 m = 4813.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.04 mb = 10074.10 m = 33051.10 ft B at Equ Level: 534.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.04 mb = 12642.99 m = 41479.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 16.97 Bulk Shear: 31.69 m/s