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: 40.35,-102.28 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -102.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 533 2 900 987 SFC 883 1149 11.0 1.6 52 9.4 6.2 322 17 294.4 295.3 284.8 308.6 4.85 4 850 1461 7.9 0.4 59 7.6 4.2 333 34 294.5 295.3 284.6 308.0 4.62 5 800 1959 5.5 -0.7 65 6.1 2.5 348 37 297.0 297.8 285.5 310.5 4.55 6 750 2483 2.3 -4.0 63 6.3 -0.5 334 31 299.1 299.8 285.5 310.5 3.80 7 700 3037 -1.4 -5.6 73 4.2 -3.2 319 25 300.9 301.6 286.0 311.8 3.58 8 650 3624 -3.5 -13.5 46 9.9 -7.1 293 32 305.0 305.4 285.9 311.6 2.08 9 600 4254 -5.9 -19.3 34 13.4 -10.0 289 43 309.3 309.5 286.7 313.8 1.38 10 550 4928 -11.4 -21.3 44 9.9 -14.2 286 40 310.5 310.8 287.0 314.7 1.27 11 500 5651 -16.7 -23.3 57 6.6 -18.3 280 42 312.7 312.9 287.6 316.7 1.17 12 450 6432 -23.5 -29.1 60 5.6 -24.5 283 43 313.7 313.8 287.5 316.3 0.77 13 400 7281 -29.8 -39.0 41 9.2 -30.9 280 44 316.2 316.3 287.9 317.4 0.33 14 350 8217 -37.0 -54.4 15 17.3 -37.9 281 40 318.8 318.8 288.5 319.1 0.07 15 300 9272 -41.3 -60.5 11 19.2 -42.1 282 48 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.3 0.04 16 250 10498 -44.9 -64.9 9 19.9 -45.6 287 58 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.02 17 200 11978 -48.6 -75.9 3 27.3 -49.2 286 64 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 13838 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.5 287 55 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16376 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 267 32 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5552.62 m Freezing level: 718.93 mb = 2827.16 m = 9275.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.33 mb = 2393.30 m = 7851.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.48 % Est. max temperature: 16.05 C = 60.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.00 mb = 2322.15 m = 7618.50 ft T: 3.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 0.61 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.42 mb = 3533.91 m = 11594.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.54 C = 68.97 F Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lifted Index: 6.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: 6.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.60 C Cross Totals Index: 17.03 C K Index: 20.74 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11679.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.62 mb = 2551.64 m = 8371.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.1 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 328.1 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 5.9 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.2 neg: -7.7 tot: 52.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 57.99 m/s