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: 42.2,-89.0 Latitude: 42.20 Longitude: -89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 991 243 17.2 12.1 72 5.1 14.1 215 8 291.1 292.7 287.6 316.5 8.98 2 950 603 13.3 9.6 78 3.8 11.2 224 15 290.7 292.1 286.5 313.2 7.90 3 900 1058 12.7 5.9 63 6.8 8.9 240 24 294.6 295.7 286.5 313.4 6.48 4 850 1537 11.6 11.4 99 0.1 11.5 255 24 298.3 300.1 291.0 327.5 10.02 5 800 2043 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.1 260 24 301.1 302.7 291.1 327.8 9.05 6 750 2576 6.5 5.1 90 1.5 5.7 257 27 303.7 305.0 290.5 325.7 7.35 7 700 3139 2.6 0.9 88 1.7 1.7 257 28 305.3 306.4 289.7 323.1 5.82 8 650 3734 -0.5 -10.4 47 9.8 -4.5 264 25 308.4 308.9 287.7 316.8 2.67 9 600 4371 -3.2 -22.1 22 18.9 -8.8 276 24 312.4 312.6 287.5 316.1 1.09 10 550 5052 -8.4 -29.1 17 20.7 -13.3 287 27 314.2 314.3 287.5 316.3 0.63 11 500 5783 -13.4 -37.7 11 24.3 -17.6 297 27 316.7 316.8 288.0 317.8 0.30 12 450 6576 -19.0 -41.8 12 22.7 -22.2 305 29 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.1 0.22 13 400 7440 -25.6 -45.8 13 20.1 -27.8 303 31 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.3 0.16 14 350 8393 -32.8 -50.9 15 18.1 -34.1 303 30 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.0 0.10 15 300 9462 -39.6 -58.1 12 18.5 -40.5 309 25 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 16 250 10686 -48.3 -63.6 15 15.3 -48.7 320 18 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 17 200 12129 -54.7 -70.1 13 15.4 -54.9 330 36 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13956 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.5 311 40 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16478 -63.9 -86.0 3 22.1 -64.0 301 33 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.79 m Freezing level: 658.66 mb = 3631.15 m = 11913.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.51 mb = 3295.32 m = 10811.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.42 % Est. max temperature: 24.84 C = 76.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.17 mb = 880.88 m = 2889.98 ft T: 12.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.73 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.18 mb = 2749.85 m = 9021.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Cap Strength: 6.67 C Lifted Index: 6.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.79 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10437.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.59 mb = 1317.10 m = 4321.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.6 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 297.6 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 42.42 m/s