MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510041200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510041200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 4 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 172 SFC 995 215 17.8 15.5 86 2.3 16.3 193 4 291.3 293.3 289.6 323.0 11.18 2 950 616 23.4 13.4 53 10.0 16.8 249 13 300.9 302.8 292.0 330.9 10.19 3 900 1085 20.1 11.9 59 8.1 14.8 236 9 302.2 304.0 292.0 331.2 9.79 4 850 1575 16.0 10.0 67 6.1 12.3 211 12 302.9 304.6 291.7 329.9 9.08 5 800 2086 11.6 8.8 83 2.8 9.9 216 13 303.5 305.2 291.8 330.3 8.95 6 750 2623 8.0 3.7 74 4.3 5.6 219 13 305.3 306.5 290.4 325.4 6.66 7 700 3188 4.4 -3.4 57 7.8 0.7 231 9 307.4 308.2 288.9 320.6 4.26 8 650 3789 1.5 -12.4 35 13.9 -4.0 221 6 310.6 311.1 288.1 317.9 2.26 9 600 4428 -2.0 -18.5 27 16.5 -7.5 214 8 313.8 314.1 288.3 318.8 1.48 10 550 5116 -4.3 -29.4 12 25.1 -10.7 219 2 319.0 319.1 289.1 321.2 0.61 11 500 5859 -9.6 -31.0 16 21.4 -14.5 28 3 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.4 0.58 12 450 6661 -16.0 -33.1 21 17.1 -19.4 28 7 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.0 0.52 13 400 7540 -20.9 -37.2 22 16.2 -23.6 35 11 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.3 0.39 14 350 8510 -28.6 -43.9 22 15.2 -30.3 342 6 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.0 0.22 15 300 9593 -37.8 -52.0 21 14.2 -38.7 297 12 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 16 250 10822 -47.6 -58.5 28 10.9 -48.0 294 17 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 17 200 12264 -56.0 -69.0 18 13.0 -56.2 307 34 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 14062 -63.2 -81.2 7 18.0 -63.3 302 46 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16512 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.8 284 25 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.58 m Freezing level: 628.70 mb = 4060.90 m = 13322.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.82 mb = 3271.93 m = 10734.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.89 mb = 507.88 m = 1666.25 ft T: 21.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 12.32 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.74 mb = 2235.76 m = 7335.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.44 C = 86.78 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: 2.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 27.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5340.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.75 mb = 1656.89 m = 5435.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -9.6 tot: 12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 39.39 Bulk Shear: 1.05 m/s