MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2601030600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2601030600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 6 JAN 26 Station: 38.93,-94.25 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -94.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 978 283 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 74 4 279.6 280.5 278.7 294.2 5.36 2 950 523 5.1 4.5 96 0.5 4.8 163 12 282.3 283.3 280.3 297.8 5.57 3 900 968 10.3 5.1 70 5.3 7.5 206 22 292.2 293.3 285.2 309.8 6.12 4 850 1447 12.0 4.3 59 7.7 7.8 227 21 298.8 299.9 287.8 316.9 6.14 5 800 1952 9.8 0.7 53 9.0 5.1 241 19 301.5 302.5 287.6 316.7 5.04 6 750 2484 5.5 -3.2 53 8.8 1.4 243 18 302.6 303.3 287.1 314.8 4.02 7 700 3045 3.4 -14.9 25 18.2 -3.3 242 25 306.2 306.5 285.9 311.7 1.72 8 650 3642 0.2 -23.3 15 23.4 -6.7 251 32 309.2 309.3 286.1 312.2 0.90 9 600 4278 -3.3 -42.6 3 39.3 -10.5 261 36 312.3 312.4 286.4 312.9 0.15 10 550 4961 -7.7 -45.7 3 38.0 -13.7 268 39 315.0 315.0 287.2 315.4 0.12 11 500 5693 -13.0 -45.0 5 32.0 -17.7 272 40 317.2 317.2 288.0 317.7 0.14 12 450 6486 -19.6 -39.1 16 19.5 -22.5 274 46 318.7 318.7 288.6 319.7 0.29 13 400 7348 -26.1 -43.8 17 17.8 -28.0 269 54 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.20 14 350 8299 -32.8 -46.7 24 13.8 -34.0 269 60 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.1 0.16 15 300 9368 -40.5 -56.3 17 15.7 -41.3 270 64 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.06 16 250 10582 -50.6 -59.1 36 8.6 -50.8 272 84 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.1 0.05 17 200 11994 -62.8 -66.5 61 3.7 -62.9 270 97 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 18 150 13750 -63.2 -77.5 13 14.3 -63.3 270 85 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16268 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 284 56 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.87 m Freezing level: 647.51 mb = 3673.86 m = 12053.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.79 mb = 2650.72 m = 8696.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.92 C = 76.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.17 mb = 317.95 m = 1043.13 ft T: 4.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 5.19 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 978.36 mb = 282.89 m = 928.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.53 C = 41.96 F Cap Strength: 13.34 C Lifted Index: 13.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.93 C Showalter Index: 5.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 17.32 C K Index: 11.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 247.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12609.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.00 mb = 1089.69 m = 3575.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 280.3 neg: -5.5 tot: 274.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 117.92 m/s