MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.32,-90.13 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -90.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 992 161 20.6 0.8 27 19.8 10.5 192 17 294.5 295.2 284.0 306.6 4.09 2 950 528 15.7 -1.8 30 17.5 7.3 196 24 293.1 293.7 282.8 303.5 3.53 3 900 984 14.1 -5.0 26 19.1 5.5 229 39 296.0 296.6 283.3 304.8 2.92 4 850 1464 12.0 -4.2 32 16.2 4.5 242 36 298.7 299.3 284.8 308.7 3.30 5 800 1966 7.4 -2.8 48 10.2 2.6 238 39 299.0 299.7 285.5 310.7 3.88 6 750 2498 8.4 -13.4 20 21.9 -0.0 253 31 305.7 306.1 285.9 311.5 1.81 7 700 3064 5.6 -8.9 34 14.5 -0.6 257 30 308.7 309.2 287.9 317.6 2.79 8 650 3666 2.4 -12.6 32 15.0 -3.5 268 33 311.7 312.1 288.4 318.9 2.23 9 600 4307 -2.1 -18.5 27 16.4 -7.5 277 35 313.7 314.0 288.3 318.7 1.48 10 550 4992 -7.1 -21.9 30 14.8 -11.4 268 35 315.7 315.9 288.6 319.8 1.20 11 500 5727 -12.2 -26.0 31 13.8 -15.7 267 48 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.3 0.92 12 450 6523 -18.1 -31.4 30 13.4 -20.7 267 57 320.5 320.7 289.6 322.7 0.61 13 400 7391 -24.2 -41.6 19 17.3 -26.5 267 59 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.25 14 350 8351 -30.9 -47.5 18 16.6 -32.4 267 53 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.15 15 300 9424 -40.3 -53.9 22 13.7 -41.0 269 55 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.08 16 250 10640 -49.7 -61.4 24 11.7 -50.0 276 62 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.04 17 200 12071 -57.0 -66.6 29 9.6 -57.1 284 69 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 18 150 13873 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 274 55 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16367 -64.8 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 250 32 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.98 m Freezing level: 622.96 mb = 4013.02 m = 13165.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.74 mb = 2489.65 m = 8168.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.74 % Est. max temperature: 24.93 C = 76.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.68 mb = 2633.80 m = 8640.97 ft T: 7.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 3.04 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 521.00 mb = 5409.74 m = 17748.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.20 C = 109.77 F Cap Strength: 13.24 C Lifted Index: 13.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.52 C Showalter Index: 10.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 8.06 C K Index: 5.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 196.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13522.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.20 mb = 2922.55 m = 9588.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.9 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 284.9 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 311.3 neg: -2.3 tot: 309.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 121.66 m/s