MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.77,-89.74 Latitude: 42.77 Longitude: -89.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 969 294 19.5 17.2 87 2.3 17.9 274 6 295.3 297.6 292.3 332.1 12.84 2 950 465 16.8 16.0 95 0.8 16.3 275 6 294.2 296.4 291.4 328.9 12.12 3 900 924 14.1 10.4 79 3.7 11.9 258 15 296.0 297.6 289.3 321.7 8.85 4 850 1405 11.5 5.1 65 6.4 7.9 258 16 298.2 299.3 287.8 317.2 6.48 5 800 1908 8.6 -0.5 53 9.1 4.1 255 18 300.4 301.2 286.8 314.2 4.62 6 750 2440 5.8 -6.4 41 12.1 0.4 246 22 302.8 303.4 286.2 312.6 3.16 7 700 2999 1.5 -6.7 54 8.2 -2.1 242 25 304.1 304.7 286.8 314.3 3.29 8 650 3591 -3.1 -8.1 68 5.0 -5.1 230 31 305.5 306.1 287.2 315.5 3.20 9 600 4219 -7.5 -17.5 44 10.1 -10.6 230 32 307.5 307.8 286.3 312.7 1.61 10 550 4893 -9.7 -34.5 11 24.8 -14.6 237 37 312.6 312.6 286.7 313.9 0.37 11 500 5620 -14.9 -35.3 16 20.4 -18.6 240 48 314.9 314.9 287.5 316.2 0.38 12 450 6410 -19.5 -38.9 16 19.4 -22.4 236 70 318.7 318.8 288.7 319.8 0.29 13 400 7274 -25.3 -38.5 28 13.2 -27.1 228 85 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.4 0.34 14 350 8229 -32.4 -40.9 42 8.5 -33.3 220 90 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.2 0.31 15 300 9295 -42.1 -47.4 57 5.2 -42.5 220 94 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.7 0.18 16 250 10503 -49.7 -61.7 23 12.0 -50.0 224 86 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.04 17 200 11955 -51.0 -75.9 4 24.9 -51.4 236 57 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13804 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.1 244 46 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16348 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 253 31 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5595.25 m Freezing level: 683.65 mb = 3192.63 m = 10474.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.47 mb = 2532.39 m = 8308.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.24 % Est. max temperature: 23.68 C = 74.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.23 mb = 579.91 m = 1902.58 ft T: 16.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 19.56 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1389.22 m = 4557.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.27 C = 72.09 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: 3.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 23.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 182.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.37 mb = 1081.04 m = 3546.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.37 mb = 2676.90 m = 8782.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 448.37 mb = 6437.04 m = 21118.63 ft B at Equ Level: 181.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.37 mb = 9556.62 m = 31353.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 34.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.67 Bulk Shear: 68.42 m/s