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: 42.0,-89.8 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -89.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 992 238 17.6 13.6 77 4.1 15.1 219 9 291.4 293.2 288.5 319.4 9.88 2 950 606 13.5 10.1 80 3.4 11.5 229 14 290.9 292.3 286.8 314.2 8.21 3 900 1062 12.6 9.3 80 3.3 10.7 242 21 294.5 296.0 288.2 318.2 8.21 4 850 1541 12.1 12.0 99 0.1 12.0 254 21 298.8 300.7 291.5 329.2 10.40 5 800 2048 9.5 8.7 95 0.8 9.0 253 23 301.2 302.9 291.0 327.4 8.85 6 750 2581 6.5 4.8 88 1.8 5.5 252 25 303.7 305.0 290.3 325.3 7.20 7 700 3144 2.9 -1.7 72 4.5 0.7 258 23 305.7 306.6 288.9 320.5 4.84 8 650 3741 0.3 -18.6 23 18.9 -5.9 273 23 309.4 309.6 286.7 313.8 1.36 9 600 4378 -3.2 -23.3 20 20.1 -9.1 285 24 312.4 312.5 287.3 315.7 0.97 10 550 5059 -8.4 -30.4 15 22.0 -13.4 294 28 314.1 314.2 287.4 316.0 0.55 11 500 5790 -13.4 -38.6 10 25.2 -17.7 303 30 316.7 316.8 288.0 317.7 0.27 12 450 6582 -19.1 -42.9 10 23.8 -22.3 308 33 319.2 319.2 288.7 319.9 0.19 13 400 7447 -25.6 -47.1 12 21.5 -27.8 307 34 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.2 0.14 14 350 8399 -32.8 -51.4 14 18.5 -34.2 309 32 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.8 0.10 15 300 9467 -39.8 -59.2 11 19.4 -40.6 317 28 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.4 0.04 16 250 10692 -48.0 -64.5 13 16.5 -48.4 324 19 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 17 200 12135 -54.4 -68.6 16 14.2 -54.6 332 35 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13968 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 315 43 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16490 -63.9 -86.0 3 22.1 -64.1 305 33 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.29 m Freezing level: 645.16 mb = 3802.52 m = 12475.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.94 mb = 3202.68 m = 10507.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.59 % Est. max temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.14 mb = 747.77 m = 2453.29 ft T: 13.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 15.38 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.58 mb = 2389.60 m = 7839.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Cap Strength: 5.29 C Lifted Index: 4.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.86 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 32.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9394.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.62 mb = 1121.23 m = 3678.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.4 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 302.4 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 39.23 m/s