MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 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 129 SFC 991 205 16.2 8.5 60 7.7 11.9 192 9 290.1 291.4 285.4 310.2 7.06 2 950 563 16.0 7.9 59 8.1 11.4 215 32 293.5 294.7 286.6 313.8 7.05 3 900 1023 16.5 11.5 72 5.0 13.4 223 20 298.5 300.3 290.7 326.3 9.52 4 850 1509 14.5 11.0 79 3.6 12.3 235 16 301.4 303.1 291.7 330.1 9.72 5 800 2020 12.0 6.8 71 5.2 8.9 246 17 303.9 305.3 290.9 327.2 7.76 6 750 2557 9.0 4.9 76 4.0 6.6 246 17 306.3 307.7 291.3 328.4 7.28 7 700 3127 6.4 4.7 89 1.7 5.4 230 19 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.1 7.67 8 650 3732 2.4 1.8 96 0.6 2.1 225 24 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.6 6.73 9 600 4374 -1.7 -2.4 95 0.7 -2.0 230 27 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.1 5.36 10 550 5062 -5.9 -8.1 84 2.2 -6.9 234 30 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.3 3.76 11 500 5802 -10.3 -17.0 58 6.7 -12.6 235 34 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.3 2.02 12 450 6607 -15.1 -24.4 45 9.2 -17.6 235 34 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.3 1.18 13 400 7486 -21.5 -28.0 56 6.5 -22.9 235 35 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.5 0.96 14 350 8457 -27.3 -31.6 67 4.3 -28.1 247 37 331.9 332.0 293.0 334.7 0.78 15 300 9548 -36.0 -41.7 56 5.7 -36.6 253 43 334.6 334.7 293.3 335.9 0.33 16 250 10787 -45.4 -52.3 46 6.9 -45.7 255 44 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.12 17 200 12240 -55.2 -60.9 49 5.7 -55.4 256 53 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.05 18 150 14041 -63.4 -74.6 20 11.2 -63.6 264 44 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16476 -70.2 -87.1 7 17.0 -70.2 268 26 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.35 m Freezing level: 620.41 mb = 4111.96 m = 13490.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.76 mb = 4049.63 m = 13286.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.52 mb = 1180.17 m = 3871.89 ft T: 15.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 2.90 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.93 mb = 3388.37 m = 11116.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.54 C = 97.77 F Cap Strength: 7.05 C Lifted Index: 7.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.05 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.25 C K Index: 34.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8957.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.73 mb = 1521.68 m = 4992.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.2 neg: -28.4 tot: 87.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.13 Bulk Shear: 8.19 m/s