MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 144 SFC 990 235 27.1 12.6 41 14.5 17.8 187 13 301.1 302.8 291.3 328.6 9.30 2 950 593 22.6 11.5 49 11.1 15.6 187 18 300.2 301.8 290.7 326.7 9.01 3 900 1059 18.0 10.4 61 7.6 13.3 188 18 300.1 301.7 290.6 326.0 8.83 4 850 1544 13.4 7.9 69 5.5 10.2 188 19 300.2 301.7 289.8 323.5 7.88 5 800 2053 12.1 -3.1 35 15.1 4.7 208 20 304.0 304.7 287.3 315.7 3.81 6 750 2590 9.6 -15.4 15 25.0 0.2 211 20 307.0 307.3 286.1 312.0 1.54 7 700 3158 6.3 -20.0 13 26.3 -2.6 215 21 309.4 309.6 286.4 313.1 1.11 8 650 3761 2.9 -25.7 10 28.6 -5.5 219 22 312.3 312.4 287.0 314.8 0.73 9 600 4403 -0.7 -30.9 8 30.3 -8.4 216 21 315.3 315.4 287.8 317.0 0.48 10 550 5093 -3.9 -28.3 13 24.4 -10.4 213 22 319.4 319.5 289.3 321.8 0.67 11 500 5838 -8.6 -24.0 27 15.5 -13.0 216 25 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.4 1.10 12 450 6646 -13.8 -33.2 18 19.4 -17.9 213 28 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.52 13 400 7531 -18.8 -51.2 4 32.4 -22.7 217 27 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.09 14 350 8512 -25.2 -54.1 5 28.9 -27.9 222 29 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.0 0.07 15 300 9611 -34.3 -55.4 10 21.2 -35.7 231 33 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.07 16 250 10857 -44.8 -54.5 33 9.7 -45.2 235 42 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.09 17 200 12316 -54.3 -68.7 15 14.4 -54.5 240 54 346.8 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14116 -64.0 -81.1 8 17.2 -64.1 244 54 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16559 -70.0 -85.8 8 15.8 -70.0 235 29 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.54 m Freezing level: 609.48 mb = 4281.44 m = 14046.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 747.01 mb = 2623.28 m = 8606.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.43 % Est. max temperature: 26.95 C = 80.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.86 mb = 2044.17 m = 6706.52 ft T: 12.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 16.56 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.06 mb = 2994.60 m = 9824.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.68 C = 94.42 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: 4.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Showalter Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.99 C Cross Totals Index: 16.45 C K Index: 3.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 240.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6627.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.11 mb = 2010.22 m = 6595.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.8 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 238.8 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 9.35 m/s