MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 41.6,-88.0 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 993 204 12.7 6.1 64 6.6 9.2 153 5 286.5 287.5 282.7 303.2 5.95 2 950 578 16.2 6.7 53 9.5 10.9 179 25 293.6 294.8 286.2 312.4 6.50 3 900 1036 14.9 9.6 70 5.4 11.7 197 13 296.9 298.4 289.1 321.1 8.34 4 850 1520 14.5 7.7 64 6.7 10.5 207 10 301.3 302.7 290.1 324.5 7.80 5 800 2030 11.5 7.2 75 4.3 9.0 238 10 303.5 304.9 291.0 327.4 8.00 6 750 2569 10.7 2.5 57 8.1 6.2 277 9 308.1 309.3 290.9 327.0 6.12 7 700 3142 8.1 0.6 59 7.6 4.1 308 8 311.5 312.6 291.5 329.3 5.71 8 650 3750 4.1 -2.5 62 6.6 0.8 294 12 313.6 314.5 291.5 329.1 4.91 9 600 4395 -0.7 -6.1 66 5.5 -3.2 282 13 315.4 316.1 291.2 328.3 4.03 10 550 5084 -5.0 -14.2 48 9.2 -8.5 281 16 318.1 318.6 290.5 325.8 2.31 11 500 5826 -9.6 -18.8 47 9.1 -12.6 285 20 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.2 1.74 12 450 6631 -14.7 -22.6 51 8.0 -16.9 290 25 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.6 1.38 13 400 7513 -20.8 -27.0 57 6.2 -22.2 287 27 328.0 328.2 292.2 331.7 1.05 14 350 8483 -28.7 -33.2 65 4.5 -29.5 285 25 330.0 330.2 292.4 332.5 0.67 15 300 9569 -36.6 -49.7 24 13.1 -37.5 281 28 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.14 16 250 10809 -45.3 -59.6 19 14.3 -45.8 273 35 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 17 200 12261 -54.9 -64.8 28 9.9 -55.1 275 59 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14064 -64.0 -79.2 11 15.2 -64.1 275 64 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16487 -71.6 -85.6 11 14.0 -71.6 285 34 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.74 m Freezing level: 606.93 mb = 4305.27 m = 14124.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.19 mb = 3872.17 m = 12703.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.37 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.07 mb = 1054.24 m = 3458.75 ft T: 14.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 0.44 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.20 mb = 4063.21 m = 13330.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.66 C = 105.19 F Cap Strength: 10.65 C Lifted Index: 10.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.65 C Showalter Index: 4.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 17.36 C K Index: 24.28 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11107.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.04 mb = 1599.10 m = 5246.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -64.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.3 neg: -8.2 tot: 92.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 55.71 m/s