MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 149 SFC 990 234 19.4 15.7 79 3.7 17.0 172 9 293.4 295.5 290.5 325.9 11.39 2 950 594 21.3 15.4 69 5.9 17.4 190 30 298.8 300.9 292.4 332.6 11.63 3 900 1060 17.1 13.7 80 3.4 14.9 197 30 299.1 301.1 292.0 331.3 11.01 4 850 1546 15.2 2.3 42 12.9 8.2 216 24 302.1 303.1 288.1 318.1 5.32 5 800 2058 13.9 -9.0 20 22.9 3.8 217 19 305.9 306.4 286.6 313.5 2.41 6 750 2597 10.3 -12.4 19 22.7 1.1 221 18 307.8 308.2 286.8 314.1 1.97 7 700 3167 7.2 -17.5 15 24.7 -1.7 225 19 310.5 310.8 287.1 315.1 1.38 8 650 3771 2.8 -12.8 31 15.5 -3.4 225 20 312.1 312.5 288.5 319.3 2.20 9 600 4412 -1.8 -11.8 46 10.0 -5.8 222 23 314.0 314.5 289.5 322.4 2.57 10 550 5099 -5.1 -18.0 36 12.9 -9.5 220 22 318.0 318.4 289.9 323.7 1.69 11 500 5842 -8.9 -23.0 31 14.1 -13.0 217 20 322.1 322.4 290.6 326.3 1.20 12 450 6649 -13.7 -36.4 13 22.6 -18.1 227 19 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.38 13 400 7533 -19.7 -49.9 5 30.2 -23.3 232 20 329.4 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.10 14 350 8509 -26.8 -52.3 7 25.6 -29.1 224 28 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.09 15 300 9604 -35.1 -52.0 16 16.9 -36.3 227 40 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 16 250 10846 -45.2 -59.5 19 14.3 -45.8 232 51 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 17 200 12302 -54.7 -70.5 13 15.8 -54.9 241 64 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 14105 -62.8 -81.7 6 19.0 -62.9 244 55 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16559 -69.5 -86.0 7 16.5 -69.5 243 34 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.03 m Freezing level: 619.79 mb = 4158.04 m = 13641.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.90 mb = 2809.90 m = 9218.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.87 mb = 714.05 m = 2342.67 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 19.10 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.55 mb = 2392.66 m = 7849.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.08 C = 91.54 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.64 C Showalter Index: 8.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 11.25 C K Index: 1.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5192.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.35 mb = 1286.05 m = 4219.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.7 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 244.7 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.8 neg: -8.3 tot: 131.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.52 Bulk Shear: 14.19 m/s