MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 150 SFC 990 234 16.6 15.6 94 1.0 16.0 184 7 290.5 292.5 289.5 322.4 11.32 2 950 593 21.2 15.2 69 6.0 17.2 202 34 298.7 300.7 292.3 332.1 11.47 3 900 1058 17.1 14.5 85 2.5 15.4 209 33 299.1 301.2 292.5 333.0 11.63 4 850 1544 14.6 4.9 52 9.7 9.2 227 24 301.5 302.6 288.9 320.6 6.39 5 800 2054 12.4 -1.9 37 14.4 5.2 235 19 304.4 305.1 287.8 317.1 4.14 6 750 2592 10.0 -17.6 12 27.6 -0.0 234 18 307.4 307.7 285.9 311.6 1.27 7 700 3161 6.8 -18.0 15 24.8 -2.0 222 18 310.0 310.3 286.9 314.4 1.33 8 650 3764 2.8 -17.4 21 20.2 -4.3 213 21 312.2 312.5 287.8 317.2 1.50 9 600 4405 -2.8 -11.0 53 8.2 -6.1 214 24 312.9 313.4 289.3 321.8 2.75 10 550 5089 -6.2 -20.3 32 14.0 -10.6 218 21 316.7 317.0 289.2 321.4 1.39 11 500 5829 -10.3 -31.4 16 21.0 -15.0 226 18 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.4 0.56 12 450 6634 -14.4 -42.6 7 28.2 -18.8 245 18 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.20 13 400 7515 -20.7 -45.4 9 24.7 -23.9 240 23 328.1 328.2 291.4 328.8 0.17 14 350 8487 -28.3 -52.5 8 24.2 -30.4 238 29 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.08 15 300 9574 -36.5 -58.1 9 21.6 -37.7 240 38 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 16 250 10813 -45.3 -63.7 11 18.4 -45.9 247 49 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.03 17 200 12271 -54.0 -71.2 10 17.2 -54.3 245 59 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 14075 -63.0 -79.6 9 16.6 -63.1 247 64 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16530 -69.5 -86.0 7 16.5 -69.6 250 40 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.40 m Freezing level: 624.63 mb = 4089.03 m = 13415.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.37 mb = 2587.51 m = 8489.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.26 mb = 357.10 m = 1171.57 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 21.43 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.34 mb = 2029.23 m = 6657.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: 0.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: 5.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 15.22 C K Index: 5.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 253.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.89 mb = 1182.95 m = 3881.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.89 mb = 4379.50 m = 14368.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 551.89 mb = 5062.28 m = 16608.32 ft B at Equ Level: 36.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 461.89 mb = 6434.37 m = 21109.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.3 neg: -5.0 tot: 146.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.99 Bulk Shear: 7.43 m/s