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,-91.99 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -91.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 988 216 6.3 0.9 68 5.4 3.9 183 9 280.4 281.1 277.6 291.9 4.12 2 950 546 15.0 -3.5 28 18.6 6.5 219 37 292.4 293.0 282.0 301.6 3.10 3 900 1001 13.5 -2.4 33 16.0 6.0 235 32 295.5 296.1 283.8 306.0 3.55 4 850 1479 10.4 -2.8 39 13.2 4.2 233 22 297.0 297.7 284.5 308.0 3.65 5 800 1979 7.6 -6.0 37 13.6 1.7 241 25 299.3 299.8 284.8 308.6 3.05 6 750 2511 8.0 -15.2 18 23.2 -0.6 258 28 305.3 305.6 285.4 310.3 1.56 7 700 3077 5.3 -8.4 36 13.7 -0.6 267 25 308.4 308.9 287.9 317.6 2.90 8 650 3678 1.6 -8.2 48 9.8 -2.6 275 28 310.8 311.4 289.0 320.9 3.17 9 600 4318 -2.0 -11.4 49 9.4 -5.8 278 33 313.8 314.3 289.5 322.5 2.66 10 550 5005 -6.1 -16.4 44 10.3 -9.7 279 36 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.3 1.93 11 500 5743 -11.1 -24.4 33 13.3 -14.7 286 42 319.5 319.7 289.7 323.2 1.06 12 450 6543 -16.6 -34.9 19 18.4 -20.0 293 50 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.44 13 400 7416 -23.5 -38.2 25 14.7 -25.6 296 52 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.35 14 350 8376 -31.2 -42.4 33 11.1 -32.4 295 50 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.26 15 300 9448 -40.2 -47.8 44 7.6 -40.7 294 47 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.17 16 250 10664 -49.1 -59.4 29 10.3 -49.4 292 56 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.05 17 200 12100 -56.9 -64.9 36 8.0 -57.1 294 59 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 13899 -61.7 -79.9 7 18.2 -61.9 285 52 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16389 -65.5 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.6 269 30 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.15 m Freezing level: 627.46 mb = 3966.50 m = 13013.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.67 mb = 2362.09 m = 7749.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.48 % Est. max temperature: 23.39 C = 74.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.83 mb = 918.84 m = 3014.55 ft T: 13.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 508.40 mb = 5613.94 m = 18418.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.80 C = 112.64 F Cap Strength: 16.03 C Lifted Index: 16.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.87 C Showalter Index: 12.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.50 C Cross Totals Index: 8.29 C K Index: 4.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 209.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14468.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.58 mb = 2570.35 m = 8432.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 361.4 neg: -57.7 tot: 303.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 76.82 m/s