MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 159 SFC 991 235 26.7 12.2 41 14.5 17.5 190 14 300.6 302.3 291.0 327.4 9.06 2 950 606 21.2 10.7 51 10.5 14.7 191 18 298.7 300.2 289.9 323.6 8.51 3 900 1070 16.6 9.6 64 6.9 12.4 192 19 298.6 300.1 289.7 323.1 8.37 4 850 1553 12.8 2.4 49 10.4 7.3 201 20 299.6 300.5 287.2 315.5 5.35 5 800 2061 11.8 -1.9 39 13.7 4.9 212 21 303.7 304.4 287.5 316.4 4.16 6 750 2598 9.6 -17.3 13 26.9 -0.2 210 21 307.0 307.2 285.8 311.2 1.31 7 700 3165 5.9 -21.3 12 27.3 -3.0 205 19 309.1 309.2 286.2 312.4 0.99 8 650 3767 3.1 -32.9 5 35.9 -6.0 203 20 312.5 312.5 286.6 313.8 0.37 9 600 4411 -0.3 -33.7 6 33.5 -8.3 205 21 315.8 315.9 287.8 317.1 0.37 10 550 5101 -4.1 -30.3 11 26.1 -10.7 199 21 319.2 319.3 289.1 321.2 0.56 11 500 5844 -9.4 -30.4 16 21.1 -14.3 203 23 321.6 321.8 289.9 323.8 0.61 12 450 6649 -13.9 -40.1 9 26.1 -18.4 209 28 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.7 0.26 13 400 7535 -18.8 -51.2 4 32.4 -22.7 211 26 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.09 14 350 8515 -25.5 -54.3 5 28.8 -28.2 210 23 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.07 15 300 9615 -33.9 -53.6 12 19.7 -35.3 226 28 337.7 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.09 16 250 10864 -44.6 -51.9 44 7.3 -45.0 240 36 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.3 0.13 17 200 12323 -53.7 -68.6 14 14.9 -53.9 243 46 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 14124 -63.8 -80.3 9 16.5 -64.0 249 49 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16566 -70.4 -85.6 9 15.2 -70.5 243 29 391.6 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.92 m Freezing level: 604.22 mb = 4356.20 m = 14291.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.81 mb = 2577.87 m = 8457.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.35 C = 79.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.59 mb = 2044.23 m = 6706.70 ft T: 11.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 11.86 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.27 mb = 3103.59 m = 10182.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.92 C = 94.86 F Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lifted Index: 4.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.81 C Showalter Index: 9.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.15 C Cross Totals Index: 11.74 C K Index: -2.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 91.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7045.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.62 mb = 1960.74 m = 6432.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.6 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 232.6 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.2 neg: -6.5 tot: 22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.77 Bulk Shear: 3.57 m/s