MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.79,-90.12 Latitude: 40.79 Longitude: -90.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 980 204 20.2 17.4 84 2.8 18.4 182 7 295.0 297.3 292.2 331.9 12.87 2 950 473 17.9 16.9 94 1.0 17.2 197 13 295.4 297.7 292.3 332.2 12.82 3 900 935 15.4 13.6 89 1.8 14.3 251 7 297.4 299.4 291.5 329.2 10.96 4 850 1417 12.8 5.6 61 7.2 8.8 297 5 299.6 300.8 288.6 319.5 6.73 5 800 1924 10.1 -7.0 29 17.1 2.5 293 7 301.9 302.4 285.5 310.6 2.82 6 750 2456 6.2 -10.7 28 16.9 -0.6 256 13 303.3 303.7 285.4 310.4 2.25 7 700 3017 2.9 -17.1 21 19.9 -4.0 247 17 305.7 305.9 285.4 310.3 1.43 8 650 3611 -1.9 -15.4 35 13.5 -6.6 262 21 306.8 307.1 286.2 312.5 1.78 9 600 4240 -7.4 -12.7 66 5.2 -9.3 266 32 307.5 308.0 287.1 315.2 2.41 10 550 4913 -10.7 -13.2 82 2.5 -11.6 254 42 311.4 311.9 288.6 319.5 2.52 11 500 5643 -13.2 -15.3 84 2.1 -13.9 235 41 316.9 317.3 290.2 324.6 2.32 12 450 6436 -19.0 -21.3 82 2.3 -19.6 225 47 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.7 1.56 13 400 7303 -24.3 -26.9 79 2.6 -24.9 216 55 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.0 1.05 14 350 8262 -30.8 -33.8 75 3.0 -31.3 221 78 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.63 15 300 9335 -40.8 -44.0 71 3.2 -41.1 224 96 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.26 16 250 10549 -48.1 -57.3 34 9.1 -48.4 236 90 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 17 200 12007 -50.9 -75.7 4 24.8 -51.4 236 60 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13849 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.4 -58.5 247 58 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16376 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 254 39 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.05 m Freezing level: 670.17 mb = 3371.49 m = 11061.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 759.12 mb = 2356.41 m = 7730.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.68 % Est. max temperature: 25.62 C = 78.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.98 mb = 554.50 m = 1819.21 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 21.88 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1133.08 m = 3717.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.46 C = 74.22 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 18.85 C K Index: 11.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 118.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 588.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.77 mb = 889.56 m = 2918.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.77 mb = 2030.12 m = 6660.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.77 mb = 9566.00 m = 31384.15 ft B at Equ Level: 588.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.77 mb = 12013.95 m = 39415.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.7 neg: -34.2 tot: 23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 13.82 Bulk Shear: 42.61 m/s