MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.66,-98.50 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 552 SFC 945 598 18.0 -1.2 27 19.2 8.5 210 15 295.9 296.6 284.1 306.9 3.70 3 900 1010 13.2 -3.9 30 17.1 5.4 214 22 295.1 295.6 283.2 304.5 3.17 4 850 1485 8.6 -5.0 38 13.6 2.6 222 25 295.1 295.7 283.1 304.4 3.09 5 800 1987 9.8 -15.9 15 25.7 0.5 274 28 301.6 301.9 283.8 306.0 1.38 6 750 2521 8.6 -18.2 13 26.8 -0.8 292 26 305.9 306.1 285.2 309.9 1.22 7 700 3087 5.3 -10.4 31 15.7 -1.2 294 28 308.4 308.9 287.5 316.3 2.48 8 650 3689 1.9 -8.9 44 10.9 -2.7 302 28 311.1 311.7 288.9 320.7 2.99 9 600 4330 -2.0 -12.2 45 10.2 -6.0 297 34 313.8 314.3 289.3 321.9 2.49 10 550 5015 -6.3 -16.0 46 9.7 -9.7 299 38 316.6 317.0 289.7 323.2 1.99 11 500 5753 -11.0 -21.6 41 10.6 -14.1 301 41 319.6 319.9 290.0 324.3 1.36 12 450 6553 -17.1 -26.2 45 9.0 -19.3 298 46 321.7 321.9 290.3 325.2 1.00 13 400 7424 -23.8 -34.1 38 10.3 -25.5 299 49 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.1 0.54 14 350 8384 -31.0 -42.0 33 10.9 -32.2 299 54 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.27 15 300 9457 -39.8 -50.1 33 10.3 -40.5 303 55 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 16 250 10676 -49.0 -58.8 31 9.8 -49.3 303 64 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 17 200 12119 -54.8 -70.8 12 16.0 -55.1 305 69 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.01 18 150 13931 -60.7 -80.0 6 19.3 -60.9 302 56 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.00 19 100 16416 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 285 41 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.78 m Freezing level: 625.37 mb = 4004.35 m = 13137.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.05 mb = 2185.75 m = 7170.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.36 % Est. max temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.06 mb = 2993.49 m = 9821.05 ft T: 5.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 2.51 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 497.85 mb = 5786.11 m = 18983.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.43 C = 106.57 F Cap Strength: 13.59 C Lifted Index: 14.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.83 C Showalter Index: 14.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.59 C Cross Totals Index: 5.99 C K Index: -1.11 Risk: None Sweat Index: 239.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13112.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.41 mb = 3140.81 m = 10304.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.3 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 318.3 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 141.62 m/s