MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510051200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z THU 9 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 231 SFC 1000 234 13.1 3.7 53 9.4 8.3 45 7 286.3 287.2 281.5 300.4 4.98 2 950 664 12.8 1.2 45 11.6 7.1 53 15 290.2 291.0 282.5 302.9 4.39 3 900 1114 8.6 0.4 56 8.2 4.6 54 10 290.4 291.1 282.5 303.0 4.36 4 850 1583 5.4 -10.9 30 16.2 -0.6 42 9 291.8 292.1 280.3 297.7 1.96 5 800 2078 6.4 -39.8 2 46.2 -3.3 58 9 297.9 298.0 280.7 298.5 0.15 6 750 2606 5.2 -36.6 3 41.8 -4.2 29 7 302.2 302.3 282.6 303.0 0.22 7 700 3165 2.1 -21.9 15 24.0 -5.1 344 4 304.8 305.0 284.5 307.9 0.95 8 650 3760 0.5 -31.4 7 31.9 -7.4 95 1 309.5 309.6 285.7 311.0 0.42 9 600 4397 -2.9 -42.5 3 39.7 -10.2 54 1 312.8 312.8 286.5 313.4 0.15 10 550 5079 -8.0 -37.9 7 29.9 -13.7 325 7 314.6 314.6 287.3 315.5 0.26 11 500 5813 -11.2 -48.2 3 37.0 -16.5 334 10 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.8 0.10 12 450 6612 -17.6 -38.0 15 20.4 -21.0 327 18 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.32 13 400 7481 -24.2 -48.0 9 23.9 -26.6 310 14 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.1 0.12 14 350 8438 -32.0 -53.5 10 21.5 -33.4 296 14 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.0 0.08 15 300 9508 -40.2 -56.0 17 15.8 -40.9 300 22 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.06 16 250 10727 -49.3 -61.3 23 12.0 -49.7 288 23 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.04 17 200 12158 -56.4 -69.5 18 13.1 -56.6 280 32 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13978 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.8 284 38 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16487 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 289 30 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5581.82 m Freezing level: 642.86 mb = 3850.93 m = 12634.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.92 mb = 1526.20 m = 5007.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.68 % Est. max temperature: 18.63 C = 65.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.80 mb = 1422.60 m = 4667.28 ft T: 6.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 5.30 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 577.34 mb = 4698.62 m = 15415.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.42 C = 104.76 F Cap Strength: 13.76 C Lifted Index: 16.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.25 C Showalter Index: 19.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.55 C Cross Totals Index: 0.30 C K Index: -18.34 Risk: None Sweat Index: 28.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14489.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.35 mb = 1953.24 m = 6408.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 21.2 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 51.2 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -9.5 tot: -3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.71 Bulk Shear: 5.73 m/s