MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.35,-90.64 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -90.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 994 193 5.8 1.6 74 4.2 3.9 215 5 279.4 280.2 277.3 291.4 4.32 2 950 571 12.2 -2.3 36 14.5 5.6 263 18 289.5 290.1 281.1 299.4 3.40 3 900 1020 8.8 -6.9 32 15.6 2.4 271 22 290.5 291.0 280.5 298.0 2.53 4 850 1490 6.4 -24.2 9 30.6 -2.1 263 17 292.9 293.0 279.0 294.9 0.63 5 800 1984 4.3 -25.7 9 30.1 -3.7 281 19 295.8 295.9 280.3 297.7 0.59 6 750 2507 2.8 -22.4 14 25.2 -4.6 299 24 299.6 299.7 282.3 302.3 0.85 7 700 3063 1.7 -6.7 54 8.4 -1.9 304 32 304.4 305.0 287.0 314.7 3.31 8 650 3660 1.3 -8.8 47 10.1 -3.0 302 37 310.4 311.0 288.8 320.0 3.02 9 600 4301 -1.6 -13.2 41 11.6 -6.1 297 41 314.2 314.7 289.3 321.8 2.30 10 550 4988 -6.7 -17.0 44 10.3 -10.2 296 42 316.2 316.5 289.5 322.3 1.84 11 500 5723 -12.2 -21.4 46 9.3 -14.8 293 42 318.2 318.5 289.6 322.9 1.38 12 450 6519 -17.9 -26.8 46 8.9 -20.0 288 45 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.0 0.95 13 400 7390 -23.4 -36.8 28 13.4 -25.5 292 49 324.6 324.6 290.6 326.1 0.41 14 350 8351 -31.3 -41.7 35 10.4 -32.4 298 53 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.28 15 300 9423 -40.1 -51.9 27 11.8 -40.8 301 55 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.11 16 250 10638 -50.2 -60.0 31 9.7 -50.5 302 61 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.05 17 200 12073 -54.7 -70.7 12 16.0 -55.0 302 73 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.01 18 150 13893 -59.5 -80.9 5 21.4 -59.7 289 59 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16395 -64.3 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 279 23 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5581.49 m Freezing level: 628.08 mb = 3941.07 m = 12929.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 873.46 mb = 1266.23 m = 4154.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.40 % Est. max temperature: 19.53 C = 67.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.72 mb = 732.54 m = 2403.32 ft T: 10.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 4.55 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 512.79 mb = 5528.13 m = 18136.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.98 C = 111.16 F Cap Strength: 18.35 C Lifted Index: 18.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.74 C Showalter Index: 20.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 6.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.55 C Cross Totals Index: -12.08 C K Index: -14.11 Risk: None Sweat Index: 76.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15594.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.18 mb = 2208.02 m = 7244.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.0 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 322.0 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.6 neg: -28.7 tot: 149.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 60.40 m/s