MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 137 SFC 992 204 12.0 8.0 76 4.0 9.8 163 5 285.8 287.0 283.3 304.8 6.80 2 950 570 15.6 7.2 57 8.4 10.9 194 29 293.1 294.3 286.2 312.5 6.73 3 900 1029 15.5 9.9 69 5.6 12.1 209 16 297.5 299.1 289.5 322.5 8.55 4 850 1514 14.7 10.1 74 4.7 11.9 229 16 301.6 303.2 291.3 328.6 9.14 5 800 2025 11.6 7.6 77 3.9 9.2 252 15 303.5 305.0 291.2 328.1 8.23 6 750 2562 8.4 6.2 86 2.2 7.2 263 15 305.7 307.2 291.7 329.8 7.98 7 700 3130 6.2 2.6 78 3.6 4.2 240 16 309.3 310.6 291.6 329.6 6.59 8 650 3735 2.8 0.4 84 2.4 1.5 230 18 312.2 313.3 292.0 331.2 6.09 9 600 4378 -1.6 -3.1 90 1.5 -2.4 240 22 314.2 315.2 291.8 330.3 5.08 10 550 5066 -6.2 -9.0 81 2.8 -7.4 241 26 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.1 3.52 11 500 5805 -10.0 -17.3 55 7.3 -12.5 240 31 320.9 321.2 291.0 327.5 1.96 12 450 6610 -14.9 -24.9 42 10.0 -17.5 239 34 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.5 1.13 13 400 7490 -21.4 -28.5 53 7.1 -22.9 242 32 327.2 327.4 291.8 330.5 0.91 14 350 8459 -28.4 -35.3 52 6.9 -29.5 248 32 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.5 0.54 15 300 9550 -35.5 -40.1 62 4.6 -36.0 255 35 335.4 335.4 293.5 336.9 0.39 16 250 10790 -46.3 -50.5 63 4.1 -46.6 263 47 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.15 17 200 12239 -54.2 -64.6 27 10.4 -54.5 267 60 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14037 -65.2 -77.3 17 12.1 -65.3 274 52 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16462 -71.1 -86.1 9 15.1 -71.1 281 29 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.91 m Freezing level: 618.30 mb = 4142.85 m = 13591.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.35 mb = 3981.85 m = 13063.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.88 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.74 mb = 716.78 m = 2351.63 ft T: 15.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 0.56 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.49 mb = 3679.02 m = 12070.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.06 C = 100.50 F Cap Strength: 8.54 C Lifted Index: 9.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.28 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 31.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10428.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.29 mb = 1481.48 m = 4860.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.5 neg: -21.4 tot: 122.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 28.17 m/s