MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 169 SFC 992 234 16.2 15.5 96 0.7 15.7 188 7 289.9 291.9 289.2 321.4 11.21 2 950 610 19.7 17.0 85 2.7 17.9 226 29 297.2 299.5 293.0 334.7 12.96 3 900 1075 16.6 14.7 88 1.9 15.3 229 23 298.6 300.7 292.4 332.8 11.73 4 850 1560 14.2 7.1 62 7.1 10.0 253 16 301.0 302.4 289.7 323.2 7.46 5 800 2069 11.5 3.0 56 8.5 6.9 241 14 303.4 304.5 289.2 321.3 5.93 6 750 2605 7.6 2.1 68 5.5 4.6 239 15 304.8 305.9 289.6 322.8 5.93 7 700 3170 4.4 -4.6 52 9.0 0.2 227 18 307.3 308.0 288.5 319.4 3.88 8 650 3769 1.0 -12.6 35 13.6 -4.2 216 22 310.1 310.6 287.9 317.4 2.24 9 600 4407 -3.0 -13.8 43 10.7 -7.0 209 26 312.6 313.0 288.6 319.8 2.20 10 550 5089 -7.6 -17.3 46 9.6 -10.8 207 27 315.0 315.4 289.0 321.0 1.80 11 500 5825 -10.6 -30.5 18 19.9 -15.2 216 23 320.1 320.3 289.5 322.3 0.60 12 450 6630 -14.7 -42.9 7 28.2 -19.1 240 20 324.7 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.19 13 400 7510 -21.2 -48.0 7 26.9 -24.4 243 24 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.12 14 350 8479 -28.6 -53.7 7 25.1 -30.6 242 29 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.07 15 300 9564 -37.0 -57.7 10 20.7 -38.1 240 34 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 16 250 10801 -45.4 -63.6 11 18.2 -46.0 247 50 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.03 17 200 12260 -53.8 -71.6 9 17.9 -54.1 246 65 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 14067 -62.4 -80.6 7 18.1 -62.6 249 67 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16528 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 251 37 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.46 m Freezing level: 637.14 mb = 3933.05 m = 12903.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.79 mb = 3195.33 m = 10483.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.34 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.72 mb = 318.76 m = 1045.78 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 13.35 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 992.42 mb = 234.15 m = 768.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.75 C = 62.15 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: 0.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 4.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 17.68 C K Index: 22.93 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.59 mb = 945.98 m = 3103.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.59 mb = 2620.10 m = 8596.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 498.59 mb = 5846.99 m = 19182.80 ft B at Equ Level: 122.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.59 mb = 8507.43 m = 27911.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.1 neg: -5.4 tot: 86.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1696.51 Bulk Shear: 0.07 m/s