MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 18.4 16.1 87 2.3 17.0 179 10 292.4 294.5 290.5 325.7 11.73 2 950 589 20.9 14.7 68 6.2 16.8 192 36 298.3 300.4 291.9 330.7 11.10 3 900 1054 17.3 12.2 72 5.2 14.1 202 34 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.5 9.94 4 850 1540 14.8 5.5 54 9.3 9.5 214 27 301.7 302.9 289.2 321.6 6.68 5 800 2051 13.4 -9.9 19 23.3 3.4 220 21 305.4 305.8 286.2 312.5 2.24 6 750 2590 10.5 -14.5 16 25.0 0.8 224 17 308.0 308.3 286.5 313.4 1.66 7 700 3160 7.1 -10.1 28 17.2 -0.2 228 18 310.4 310.9 288.3 318.5 2.54 8 650 3764 2.6 -9.7 40 12.3 -2.6 228 20 311.9 312.4 289.0 320.9 2.82 9 600 4405 -2.1 -12.3 46 10.2 -6.1 226 23 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.8 2.48 10 550 5092 -5.3 -22.1 25 16.7 -10.4 227 20 317.8 318.0 289.3 321.8 1.19 11 500 5833 -10.0 -26.9 24 17.0 -14.3 227 18 320.9 321.1 289.9 323.9 0.84 12 450 6638 -14.3 -42.8 7 28.6 -18.8 233 17 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.19 13 400 7521 -19.9 -48.4 6 28.5 -23.4 227 21 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.12 14 350 8496 -26.7 -56.5 4 29.9 -29.2 230 30 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.05 15 300 9588 -36.0 -51.5 19 15.5 -37.1 231 42 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 16 250 10827 -45.3 -63.4 11 18.2 -45.9 239 50 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.03 17 200 12284 -54.6 -70.0 13 15.4 -54.9 240 62 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 14090 -62.1 -80.3 7 18.2 -62.3 246 60 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16552 -69.0 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 245 39 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.32 m Freezing level: 622.46 mb = 4117.26 m = 13507.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.77 mb = 3034.13 m = 9954.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.08 mb = 524.60 m = 1721.12 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 18.16 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.17 mb = 2577.15 m = 8455.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.91 C = 93.04 F Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lifted Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: 5.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.75 C Cross Totals Index: 15.46 C K Index: 13.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 189.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6303.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.34 mb = 1338.87 m = 4392.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.0 neg: -12.7 tot: 155.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 19.55 m/s