MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 6 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 146 SFC 990 234 21.4 14.0 63 7.3 16.7 175 7 295.4 297.2 290.2 324.8 10.21 2 950 593 22.0 13.6 59 8.4 16.5 189 22 299.5 301.4 291.6 329.8 10.35 3 900 1059 17.4 12.5 73 4.9 14.3 189 22 299.4 301.2 291.5 329.1 10.15 4 850 1544 14.6 -0.2 36 14.8 7.1 202 22 301.4 302.3 287.1 314.9 4.44 5 800 2054 12.7 -5.8 27 18.5 4.1 215 20 304.7 305.3 286.9 314.3 3.10 6 750 2592 9.7 -13.6 18 23.4 0.5 218 19 307.1 307.5 286.4 312.9 1.78 7 700 3161 6.7 -20.8 12 27.4 -2.5 224 19 309.9 310.1 286.5 313.3 1.04 8 650 3764 2.9 -21.3 15 24.2 -5.0 229 20 312.2 312.4 287.3 315.8 1.07 9 600 4406 -1.1 -22.7 18 21.6 -7.7 223 22 314.8 315.0 288.2 318.3 1.03 10 550 5095 -4.3 -20.0 28 15.6 -9.4 216 23 318.9 319.2 289.9 323.8 1.42 11 500 5839 -8.6 -20.0 39 11.4 -12.2 212 24 322.6 322.9 291.1 327.9 1.56 12 450 6647 -13.7 -31.5 21 17.8 -17.7 217 26 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.2 0.61 13 400 7533 -19.0 -51.3 4 32.3 -22.8 228 25 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.08 14 350 8511 -26.1 -54.8 5 28.6 -28.6 227 29 333.5 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.06 15 300 9607 -34.7 -55.7 10 21.1 -36.0 224 36 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.07 16 250 10852 -44.8 -54.9 31 10.1 -45.2 232 48 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.09 17 200 12310 -54.6 -69.8 14 15.3 -54.8 237 61 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 14114 -63.1 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.2 247 54 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16563 -70.0 -85.8 8 15.8 -70.1 245 32 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.56 m Freezing level: 614.26 mb = 4222.54 m = 13853.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.02 mb = 2691.36 m = 8829.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.32 mb = 1170.03 m = 3838.63 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 16.93 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.17 mb = 2579.12 m = 8461.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.03 C = 91.46 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: 10.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.18 C Cross Totals Index: 8.42 C K Index: -4.42 Risk: None Sweat Index: 115.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5973.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.31 mb = 1580.94 m = 5186.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 85.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 12.46 m/s