MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.3,-102.1 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -102.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 530 2 900 984 SFC 887 1103 11.3 1.7 52 9.6 6.5 320 17 294.4 295.3 284.8 308.7 4.88 4 850 1459 8.0 0.4 59 7.6 4.2 333 36 294.5 295.3 284.6 308.1 4.63 5 800 1957 5.9 -0.5 63 6.5 2.8 346 36 297.5 298.3 285.7 311.2 4.60 6 750 2482 2.7 -3.9 62 6.6 -0.3 333 31 299.5 300.2 285.7 311.0 3.82 7 700 3036 -1.2 -5.8 71 4.6 -3.2 315 25 301.1 301.8 286.0 311.9 3.53 8 650 3624 -2.9 -14.8 39 11.9 -7.0 289 34 305.7 306.0 285.9 311.6 1.86 9 600 4255 -5.9 -19.8 32 13.9 -10.1 289 42 309.3 309.5 286.6 313.6 1.32 10 550 4929 -11.3 -21.8 42 10.5 -14.2 286 38 310.7 310.9 287.0 314.7 1.21 11 500 5652 -16.6 -22.8 59 6.2 -18.1 280 41 312.8 313.0 287.7 316.9 1.22 12 450 6433 -23.4 -27.5 69 4.1 -24.2 281 41 313.8 314.0 287.7 316.8 0.89 13 400 7282 -29.7 -38.4 43 8.7 -30.7 279 44 316.4 316.5 288.0 317.7 0.35 14 350 8219 -36.9 -52.7 18 15.8 -37.8 276 39 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.3 0.08 15 300 9274 -41.5 -60.8 11 19.3 -42.2 279 47 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.0 0.04 16 250 10499 -44.9 -64.3 10 19.3 -45.6 284 57 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.03 17 200 11980 -48.6 -75.9 3 27.3 -49.2 286 63 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 13841 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.7 285 53 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16377 -62.6 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 268 33 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5556.58 m Freezing level: 715.70 mb = 2862.06 m = 9389.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.48 mb = 2433.39 m = 7983.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.61 % Est. max temperature: 16.67 C = 62.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.58 mb = 2303.93 m = 7558.74 ft T: 3.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 0.60 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.41 mb = 3729.08 m = 12234.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.83 C = 73.09 F Cap Strength: 6.47 C Lifted Index: 6.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.20 C Showalter Index: 6.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.60 C Cross Totals Index: 17.00 C K Index: 20.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11523.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.46 mb = 2541.46 m = 8338.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.7 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 327.7 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 5.7 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.3 neg: -11.0 tot: 47.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 52.03 m/s