MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.71,-90.45 Latitude: 42.71 Longitude: -90.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 970 289 19.3 16.7 85 2.6 17.6 209 7 295.1 297.3 291.9 330.7 12.42 2 950 465 18.3 12.7 70 5.5 14.8 211 9 295.7 297.5 289.9 323.9 9.77 3 900 927 16.0 5.5 50 10.5 10.1 244 17 298.0 299.1 287.6 316.5 6.29 4 850 1409 12.1 1.5 48 10.6 6.6 253 20 298.8 299.8 286.7 313.8 5.03 5 800 1913 7.4 1.2 65 6.2 4.2 260 19 299.0 300.0 286.9 314.6 5.24 6 750 2440 3.9 -4.9 53 8.8 -0.0 248 17 300.8 301.4 285.9 311.5 3.54 7 700 2997 0.3 -10.7 43 11.0 -4.0 245 20 302.8 303.2 285.4 310.3 2.41 8 650 3587 -3.1 -15.3 38 12.2 -7.2 248 24 305.5 305.8 285.8 311.2 1.79 9 600 4215 -7.1 -18.0 42 10.9 -10.5 247 29 307.9 308.1 286.4 312.9 1.54 10 550 4888 -11.4 -23.3 37 11.9 -14.5 241 35 310.6 310.8 286.8 314.1 1.06 11 500 5611 -15.9 -33.9 20 17.9 -19.2 238 45 313.6 313.7 287.1 315.1 0.44 12 450 6396 -21.4 -35.9 26 14.5 -23.7 237 60 316.3 316.4 288.0 317.8 0.40 13 400 7253 -27.4 -42.3 23 14.9 -29.0 234 71 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.2 0.23 14 350 8199 -34.4 -48.3 23 14.0 -35.4 231 80 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.9 0.14 15 300 9260 -41.8 -55.8 20 14.1 -42.4 231 85 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.7 0.07 16 250 10480 -45.9 -67.1 7 21.1 -46.5 233 73 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.02 17 200 11954 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.3 236 60 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.00 18 150 13804 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.5 240 48 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16352 -60.4 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 256 29 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.04 m Freezing level: 696.05 mb = 3043.24 m = 9984.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.45 mb = 2435.36 m = 7989.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.01 % Est. max temperature: 23.20 C = 73.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.52 mb = 624.00 m = 2047.23 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 16.89 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.85 mb = 1975.65 m = 6481.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.47 C = 74.24 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: 0.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 17.48 C K Index: 18.61 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.76 mb = 1709.91 m = 5609.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.76 mb = 2828.35 m = 9279.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 524.76 mb = 5244.15 m = 17205.02 ft B at Equ Level: 27.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 434.76 mb = 6646.70 m = 21806.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.7 neg: -3.0 tot: 52.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 43.65 m/s