MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.04,-91.46 Latitude: 39.04 Longitude: -91.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 980 229 16.6 16.3 98 0.4 16.4 313 12 291.4 293.5 290.3 325.2 11.95 2 950 497 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 317 21 291.8 293.7 289.4 322.2 10.71 3 900 953 11.8 11.2 96 0.7 11.4 322 20 293.7 295.4 288.9 320.4 9.31 4 850 1430 9.5 8.9 96 0.6 9.1 316 20 296.1 297.6 288.9 320.5 8.42 5 800 1932 7.0 6.4 96 0.6 6.6 308 20 298.6 299.9 288.9 320.7 7.54 6 750 2460 4.0 3.7 98 0.3 3.8 300 18 300.9 302.2 289.0 320.8 6.66 7 700 3019 1.3 1.1 99 0.2 1.2 278 13 303.9 305.0 289.3 321.9 5.94 8 650 3613 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.4 232 13 307.5 308.5 289.9 323.7 5.25 9 600 4248 -4.1 -4.7 96 0.6 -4.4 214 23 311.4 312.3 290.5 325.6 4.51 10 550 4931 -7.6 -8.7 92 1.1 -8.1 213 37 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.6 3.60 11 500 5666 -12.3 -13.9 88 1.6 -12.9 213 52 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.7 2.62 12 450 6465 -17.0 -19.0 85 2.0 -17.6 214 66 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.3 1.90 13 400 7339 -22.6 -25.0 81 2.4 -23.1 214 76 325.7 325.9 291.7 330.1 1.26 14 350 8304 -30.1 -33.1 75 3.0 -30.5 209 71 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.7 0.67 15 300 9381 -39.2 -42.4 71 3.3 -39.5 203 64 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.3 0.30 16 250 10601 -49.1 -55.1 49 6.1 -49.3 197 62 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.09 17 200 12063 -48.8 -78.8 2 30.0 -49.4 246 63 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.00 18 150 13904 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 256 61 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16416 -62.5 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.7 263 37 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.13 m Freezing level: 674.75 mb = 3318.84 m = 10888.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.40 mb = 3281.94 m = 10767.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.60 % Est. max temperature: 22.22 C = 71.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.53 mb = 272.12 m = 892.76 ft T: 16.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 4.77 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.70 mb = 761.33 m = 2497.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.12 C = 64.62 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 3.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 30.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.63 mb = 734.56 m = 2409.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.63 mb = 872.48 m = 2862.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 708.63 mb = 2919.66 m = 9578.81 ft B at Equ Level: 21.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 628.63 mb = 3878.21 m = 12723.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.8 neg: -39.3 tot: -9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 103.60 m/s