MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.57,-92.68 Latitude: 40.57 Longitude: -92.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 973 280 16.3 16.1 99 0.2 16.1 229 5 291.7 293.8 290.4 325.4 11.90 2 950 481 19.3 16.0 81 3.3 17.1 260 16 296.8 299.0 292.2 331.9 12.16 3 900 945 16.5 10.4 67 6.1 12.8 277 15 298.6 300.2 290.1 324.4 8.84 4 850 1429 12.8 8.5 75 4.3 10.2 257 23 299.6 301.1 289.9 323.7 8.21 5 800 1936 10.7 1.9 54 8.8 6.1 251 28 302.6 303.6 288.5 319.1 5.49 6 750 2471 7.7 -3.4 45 11.1 2.4 248 34 304.9 305.7 287.8 317.2 3.97 7 700 3034 3.2 -5.4 53 8.6 -0.7 247 42 306.0 306.7 287.9 317.3 3.66 8 650 3630 -0.1 -20.0 21 19.9 -6.4 245 53 308.8 309.1 286.3 312.8 1.20 9 600 4267 -3.2 -25.5 16 22.3 -9.3 237 59 312.4 312.6 287.1 315.1 0.80 10 550 4949 -7.2 -33.6 10 26.4 -12.9 238 58 315.5 315.6 287.8 317.0 0.41 11 500 5684 -12.4 -32.8 16 20.4 -16.6 239 62 318.0 318.0 288.6 319.7 0.48 12 450 6479 -18.4 -31.3 31 12.9 -20.9 237 62 320.1 320.3 289.5 322.3 0.62 13 400 7347 -24.2 -34.8 37 10.6 -25.9 236 70 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.3 0.50 14 350 8305 -31.4 -43.7 29 12.2 -32.7 237 77 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.2 0.23 15 300 9376 -40.7 -46.6 53 5.9 -41.1 238 82 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.19 16 250 10587 -50.3 -57.1 44 6.8 -50.5 240 91 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.07 17 200 12031 -52.5 -73.0 7 20.4 -52.9 245 73 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13873 -56.9 -82.3 3 25.4 -57.2 251 60 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16389 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.8 248 39 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.24 m Freezing level: 651.67 mb = 3610.16 m = 11844.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.58 mb = 2900.29 m = 9515.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.10 % Est. max temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.00 mb = 302.08 m = 991.08 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 14.78 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.59 mb = 1846.47 m = 6057.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.49 C = 79.69 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: 0.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: 2.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 25.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.95 mb = 1271.20 m = 4170.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.95 mb = 3023.26 m = 9918.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 630.95 mb = 3866.61 m = 12685.57 ft B at Equ Level: 22.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 530.95 mb = 5221.06 m = 17129.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 5.6 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.8 neg: -18.6 tot: 108.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 121.81 m/s