MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 10 OCT 25 Station: 41.1,-88.3 Latitude: 41.10 Longitude: -88.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 178 SFC 998 193 22.2 9.8 45 12.4 14.8 218 10 295.5 296.9 288.0 317.7 7.64 2 950 617 15.7 7.5 58 8.2 11.0 218 14 293.1 294.4 286.4 312.9 6.86 3 900 1073 12.6 3.4 53 9.3 7.8 234 19 294.5 295.5 285.4 310.4 5.42 4 850 1552 11.0 9.1 88 1.9 9.9 253 16 297.7 299.2 289.6 322.7 8.58 5 800 2056 8.7 8.3 97 0.5 8.5 258 20 300.5 302.0 290.5 325.9 8.61 6 750 2588 5.9 3.7 86 2.2 4.6 259 22 302.9 304.2 289.6 322.9 6.66 7 700 3151 3.2 0.4 82 2.9 1.8 259 23 306.1 307.1 289.8 323.3 5.63 8 650 3748 -0.0 -5.0 69 5.0 -2.3 258 21 309.0 309.7 289.2 321.6 4.05 9 600 4386 -2.6 -11.6 50 9.1 -6.2 275 20 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.6 2.61 10 550 5070 -7.5 -18.3 42 10.8 -11.0 280 21 315.2 315.5 288.9 320.7 1.64 11 500 5803 -13.4 -23.4 43 10.1 -16.0 277 21 316.8 317.0 288.9 320.7 1.16 12 450 6596 -18.8 -32.9 28 14.1 -21.4 282 24 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.5 0.53 13 400 7462 -25.0 -41.3 21 16.2 -27.1 286 31 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.4 0.26 14 350 8416 -32.7 -46.9 23 14.2 -33.9 287 34 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.16 15 300 9482 -41.1 -54.0 24 12.9 -41.8 290 30 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.7 0.08 16 250 10696 -49.6 -59.8 29 10.2 -49.9 294 27 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.05 17 200 12138 -53.4 -68.9 13 15.5 -53.7 325 33 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 13976 -56.6 -82.1 3 25.5 -56.9 316 32 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16499 -64.6 -86.6 3 22.0 -64.8 304 26 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.36 m Freezing level: 650.16 mb = 3746.39 m = 12291.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.33 mb = 3404.44 m = 11169.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.36 % Est. max temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.83 mb = 1741.43 m = 5713.30 ft T: 10.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 7.34 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.91 mb = 3303.07 m = 10836.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.51 C = 92.32 F Cap Strength: 7.68 C Lifted Index: 6.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.74 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 30.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10650.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.91 mb = 1821.17 m = 5974.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.3 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 291.3 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 65.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 24.71 m/s