MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 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 167 SFC 992 234 21.9 12.0 54 9.9 15.7 170 9 295.7 297.3 289.2 321.4 8.91 2 950 609 19.9 10.9 56 9.0 14.3 204 23 297.3 298.9 289.5 322.5 8.64 3 900 1072 16.3 7.8 57 8.5 11.3 200 24 298.3 299.7 288.8 320.1 7.41 4 850 1554 12.2 2.6 52 9.6 7.1 200 23 298.9 299.9 287.1 315.1 5.44 5 800 2061 11.7 -10.3 20 22.0 2.5 203 23 303.6 304.0 285.5 310.5 2.18 6 750 2598 9.8 -17.3 13 27.1 -0.1 204 22 307.2 307.4 285.8 311.5 1.31 7 700 3166 6.2 -20.2 13 26.3 -2.7 205 18 309.3 309.5 286.4 313.0 1.10 8 650 3768 3.3 -27.8 8 31.1 -5.5 204 18 312.7 312.8 287.0 314.7 0.60 9 600 4412 0.2 -33.1 6 33.3 -8.0 199 20 316.4 316.4 288.0 317.8 0.39 10 550 5104 -4.0 -28.4 13 24.4 -10.5 191 21 319.3 319.5 289.3 321.7 0.67 11 500 5846 -10.1 -29.4 19 19.4 -14.7 202 22 320.8 320.9 289.7 323.1 0.67 12 450 6650 -13.8 -43.8 6 30.0 -18.6 206 22 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.5 0.17 13 400 7537 -18.4 -50.8 4 32.5 -22.3 206 21 331.1 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.09 14 350 8518 -25.9 -53.0 6 27.2 -28.4 208 16 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 15 300 9616 -34.3 -50.4 18 16.1 -35.5 230 19 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.6 0.13 16 250 10865 -44.4 -51.5 45 7.1 -44.7 249 30 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.13 17 200 12325 -53.7 -70.3 11 16.6 -53.9 253 41 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 14121 -64.6 -80.3 10 15.8 -64.7 257 47 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 19 100 16558 -70.4 -85.5 9 15.1 -70.5 247 25 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.58 m Freezing level: 597.43 mb = 4447.79 m = 14592.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.89 mb = 2576.79 m = 8453.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.99 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.77 mb = 1477.37 m = 4846.96 ft T: 12.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 12.05 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.48 mb = 3300.52 m = 10828.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.22 C = 97.19 F Cap Strength: 6.58 C Lifted Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.14 C Showalter Index: 9.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.28 C Cross Totals Index: 12.70 C K Index: -1.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8445.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.69 mb = 1816.81 m = 5960.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.5 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 230.5 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.2 neg: -11.3 tot: 43.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.15 Bulk Shear: 1.44 m/s