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: 41.3,-88.6 Latitude: 41.30 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 166 SFC 997 190 14.4 12.5 88 1.9 13.3 158 5 287.8 289.4 286.5 313.4 9.16 2 950 607 20.9 12.2 58 8.7 15.4 209 24 298.4 300.1 290.5 325.9 9.42 3 900 1071 16.5 10.2 66 6.3 12.6 208 25 298.5 300.0 289.9 323.9 8.71 4 850 1554 12.1 7.3 73 4.8 9.3 203 26 298.8 300.2 289.0 321.1 7.57 5 800 2060 10.5 -10.1 22 20.6 2.0 201 25 302.3 302.7 285.1 309.3 2.22 6 750 2596 10.0 -29.6 4 39.6 -1.3 206 21 307.4 307.5 284.9 308.9 0.44 7 700 3164 6.3 -20.8 12 27.1 -2.7 209 22 309.4 309.6 286.4 312.9 1.04 8 650 3767 3.6 -27.0 9 30.5 -5.3 209 23 313.0 313.1 287.2 315.2 0.65 9 600 4412 0.6 -25.6 12 26.2 -7.1 202 21 316.9 317.0 288.6 319.6 0.80 10 550 5104 -4.1 -28.1 14 23.9 -10.5 201 20 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.6 0.69 11 500 5845 -10.0 -34.9 11 25.0 -15.2 198 21 320.9 320.9 289.5 322.3 0.39 12 450 6649 -13.4 -45.2 5 31.8 -18.3 196 18 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.15 13 400 7538 -18.2 -50.7 4 32.4 -22.2 205 17 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.09 14 350 8518 -26.5 -51.0 8 24.5 -28.9 221 14 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.10 15 300 9612 -35.1 -49.9 21 14.9 -36.2 241 18 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.13 16 250 10856 -44.5 -53.2 37 8.7 -45.0 253 29 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.11 17 200 12315 -54.3 -69.2 14 14.9 -54.6 262 43 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14110 -64.5 -80.9 9 16.4 -64.7 262 49 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 19 100 16545 -70.6 -85.7 9 15.1 -70.6 255 28 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.11 m Freezing level: 593.32 mb = 4504.14 m = 14777.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.69 mb = 2380.61 m = 7810.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.60 C = 78.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.03 mb = 436.74 m = 1432.86 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 16.94 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.19 mb = 2964.07 m = 9724.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.32 C = 95.58 F Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lifted Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.83 C Showalter Index: 5.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.06 C Cross Totals Index: 17.29 C K Index: 2.28 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7520.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.38 mb = 1461.62 m = 4795.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.0 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 234.0 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.5 neg: -13.2 tot: 70.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.28 Bulk Shear: 4.93 m/s