MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.32,-100.84 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -100.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 474 SFC 911 834 6.1 2.8 79 3.3 4.5 307 5 286.8 287.7 281.9 301.3 5.13 3 900 941 22.2 -5.1 16 27.3 8.9 317 20 304.3 304.9 286.5 313.4 2.90 4 850 1437 21.1 -4.9 17 26.0 8.2 324 26 308.2 308.8 288.1 318.1 3.12 5 800 1957 16.9 -4.4 23 21.3 6.3 312 20 309.1 309.8 288.7 320.0 3.44 6 750 2501 12.9 -8.0 23 20.9 3.4 276 17 310.6 311.2 288.6 319.6 2.80 7 700 3075 8.6 -10.9 24 19.4 0.3 258 20 312.0 312.4 288.6 319.7 2.38 8 650 3682 3.6 -12.5 30 16.2 -2.9 265 27 313.1 313.5 288.9 320.4 2.24 9 600 4325 -1.4 -15.2 34 13.8 -6.5 254 31 314.4 314.8 289.0 320.9 1.95 10 550 5010 -6.9 -21.3 31 14.4 -11.2 249 33 315.9 316.2 288.8 320.2 1.27 11 500 5746 -12.1 -29.8 22 17.6 -16.1 251 41 318.2 318.4 288.9 320.5 0.65 12 450 6541 -18.1 -37.6 16 19.5 -21.3 254 46 320.5 320.5 289.3 321.7 0.33 13 400 7410 -23.7 -46.4 11 22.6 -26.3 261 58 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.15 14 350 8373 -29.9 -44.7 22 14.8 -31.4 264 75 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.20 15 300 9453 -38.2 -43.0 61 4.7 -38.7 269 81 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.6 0.29 16 250 10679 -48.1 -55.4 42 7.3 -48.4 276 100 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 17 200 12121 -55.7 -70.2 15 14.5 -55.9 280 102 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.01 18 150 13929 -60.9 -81.7 5 20.8 -61.1 277 64 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16401 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.6 270 52 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.81 m Freezing level: 614.25 mb = 4141.50 m = 13587.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.06 mb = 3133.28 m = 10279.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.53 mb = 1280.16 m = 4199.95 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 0.42 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 508.89 mb = 5609.96 m = 18405.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.30 C = 97.35 F Cap Strength: 7.31 C Lifted Index: 6.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.32 C Showalter Index: 5.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 33.23 C Cross Totals Index: 7.22 C K Index: 8.87 Risk: None Sweat Index: 91.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8984.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 595.79 mb = 4380.21 m = 14370.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 4.2 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.6 neg: -46.8 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 81.96 m/s