MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 5 OCT 25 Station: 40.6,-88.6 Latitude: 40.60 Longitude: -88.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 993 234 13.5 12.2 92 1.3 12.7 161 4 287.2 288.8 286.2 312.4 9.01 2 950 612 20.6 12.7 60 7.9 15.5 208 21 298.1 299.9 290.7 326.5 9.74 3 900 1076 16.6 9.1 61 7.5 12.1 202 23 298.7 300.1 289.5 322.4 8.08 4 850 1559 12.0 7.7 75 4.3 9.5 200 23 298.7 300.1 289.2 321.5 7.76 5 800 2064 10.7 -11.9 19 22.6 1.7 201 24 302.6 302.9 284.8 308.6 1.91 6 750 2600 9.6 -18.6 12 28.2 -0.4 206 21 306.9 307.2 285.6 310.8 1.17 7 700 3168 6.3 -25.5 8 31.8 -3.3 210 19 309.4 309.5 285.9 311.8 0.69 8 650 3771 3.6 -27.5 8 31.0 -5.3 205 19 313.0 313.1 287.1 315.1 0.61 9 600 4416 0.5 -26.7 11 27.1 -7.3 195 19 316.6 316.8 288.5 319.2 0.72 10 550 5108 -4.1 -29.2 12 25.2 -10.6 196 20 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.5 0.62 11 500 5849 -10.1 -35.0 11 24.9 -15.2 200 20 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.1 0.39 12 450 6654 -13.5 -45.3 5 31.7 -18.4 200 17 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.15 13 400 7542 -18.3 -50.8 4 32.5 -22.2 206 15 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.09 14 350 8522 -26.1 -51.9 7 25.8 -28.6 230 11 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.09 15 300 9619 -34.6 -49.4 21 14.7 -35.8 249 16 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.14 16 250 10865 -44.2 -54.2 32 10.0 -44.7 256 25 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.7 0.10 17 200 12325 -54.0 -69.9 12 15.9 -54.2 266 38 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.02 18 150 14122 -64.6 -81.0 9 16.4 -64.7 265 44 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.00 19 100 16554 -71.1 -85.6 10 14.5 -71.1 260 25 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.10 m Freezing level: 594.96 mb = 4485.59 m = 14716.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 759.52 mb = 2495.63 m = 8187.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.00 % Est. max temperature: 25.47 C = 77.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.72 mb = 400.17 m = 1312.88 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 17.91 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.41 mb = 2977.36 m = 9768.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.80 C = 94.64 F Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lifted Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.93 C Showalter Index: 5.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.79 C K Index: -2.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 157.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7951.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.99 mb = 1499.64 m = 4920.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.4 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 231.4 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.6 neg: -7.1 tot: 52.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.63 Bulk Shear: 3.70 m/s