MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.68,-93.62 Latitude: 41.68 Longitude: -93.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 971 278 22.8 17.2 71 5.6 19.0 230 4 298.4 300.7 293.2 335.6 12.81 2 950 473 23.2 15.2 61 8.0 17.9 239 14 300.7 302.8 292.9 334.6 11.52 3 900 942 19.4 13.8 70 5.6 15.7 224 20 301.5 303.5 292.9 334.2 11.11 4 850 1431 15.1 12.5 85 2.6 13.4 215 25 302.0 304.0 292.7 333.9 10.80 5 800 1941 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.6 218 27 302.6 304.4 292.4 332.4 10.06 6 750 2478 8.0 7.5 97 0.5 7.7 231 36 305.3 306.9 292.1 331.5 8.72 7 700 3044 4.7 2.9 88 1.9 3.7 239 41 307.7 309.0 291.2 328.3 6.74 8 650 3646 1.4 -0.9 85 2.3 0.2 243 45 310.5 311.5 291.0 327.6 5.50 9 600 4285 -2.9 -8.3 66 5.4 -5.3 239 49 312.7 313.4 289.9 323.6 3.41 10 550 4969 -6.7 -26.6 19 19.9 -11.9 240 50 316.1 316.3 288.3 318.8 0.79 11 500 5707 -10.4 -40.7 6 30.3 -15.7 243 44 320.4 320.4 289.1 321.2 0.22 12 450 6509 -16.1 -42.2 9 26.0 -20.1 242 47 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.21 13 400 7383 -22.5 -46.2 10 23.6 -25.4 238 51 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.15 14 350 8347 -30.5 -48.4 16 18.0 -32.0 235 57 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.13 15 300 9424 -38.5 -57.2 12 18.7 -39.4 232 59 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.06 16 250 10652 -47.4 -60.6 21 13.2 -47.8 234 64 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.04 17 200 12103 -52.6 -72.4 7 19.8 -52.9 230 60 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13928 -60.0 -80.1 6 20.1 -60.2 240 56 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16415 -66.4 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.5 253 33 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.18 m Freezing level: 634.11 mb = 3848.88 m = 12627.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.21 mb = 3667.87 m = 12033.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.78 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.90 mb = 990.46 m = 3249.51 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 16.80 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.22 mb = 1689.93 m = 5544.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 36.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 483.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.46 mb = 1525.66 m = 5005.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.46 mb = 1883.69 m = 6180.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.46 mb = 9998.71 m = 32803.75 ft B at Equ Level: 482.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.46 mb = 12248.84 m = 40185.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.9 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 6.02 Bulk Shear: 80.21 m/s