MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.09,-90.34 Latitude: 39.09 Longitude: -90.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 997 169 7.3 0.8 63 6.5 4.3 193 5 280.7 281.3 277.6 291.9 4.05 2 950 573 13.0 -2.3 34 15.3 5.9 263 18 290.4 291.0 281.4 300.3 3.39 3 900 1024 9.7 -9.6 25 19.3 2.2 259 15 291.5 291.9 280.3 297.7 2.05 4 850 1496 7.9 -36.4 3 44.3 -2.0 247 17 294.4 294.4 279.1 295.1 0.20 5 800 1992 5.7 -25.1 9 30.8 -2.9 270 20 297.2 297.3 281.0 299.3 0.62 6 750 2518 4.1 -16.6 20 20.7 -3.0 279 25 301.0 301.2 283.5 305.4 1.38 7 700 3077 2.9 -6.6 50 9.5 -1.3 290 30 305.7 306.3 287.4 316.0 3.32 8 650 3674 0.3 -6.1 62 6.4 -2.6 292 36 309.3 310.0 289.0 321.1 3.73 9 600 4312 -2.6 -12.0 48 9.4 -6.2 289 38 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.4 2.55 10 550 4998 -6.2 -17.4 41 11.2 -10.0 289 40 316.7 317.0 289.5 322.6 1.77 11 500 5736 -11.0 -23.7 34 12.7 -14.5 289 41 319.6 319.8 289.8 323.5 1.13 12 450 6536 -16.9 -26.9 42 9.9 -19.3 289 47 321.9 322.1 290.3 325.2 0.94 13 400 7407 -24.0 -33.0 43 9.0 -25.5 287 51 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.9 0.59 14 350 8365 -31.2 -43.3 29 12.1 -32.4 293 53 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.24 15 300 9441 -39.0 -50.5 29 11.5 -39.8 299 57 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.12 16 250 10666 -47.9 -56.5 37 8.6 -48.2 295 55 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 17 200 12107 -56.0 -67.5 22 11.5 -56.2 282 54 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13912 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 282 50 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16415 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 262 30 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.48 m Freezing level: 644.25 mb = 3747.55 m = 12294.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 873.71 mb = 1268.73 m = 4162.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.40 % Est. max temperature: 21.14 C = 70.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.63 mb = 999.77 m = 3280.03 ft T: 9.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 5.23 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 493.46 mb = 5835.90 m = 19146.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.46 C = 115.64 F Cap Strength: 18.53 C Lifted Index: 19.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.69 C Showalter Index: 20.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -6.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.89 C Cross Totals Index: -25.38 C K Index: -27.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 182.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16374.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.03 mb = 2388.15 m = 7835.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.4 neg: -12.3 tot: 170.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 49.41 m/s