MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.48,-96.46 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -96.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 964 364 15.4 5.3 51 10.0 9.9 310 14 291.5 292.5 284.7 308.2 5.81 2 950 491 13.5 4.6 55 9.0 8.8 311 18 290.9 291.9 284.2 307.0 5.59 3 900 942 9.1 3.7 69 5.5 6.3 317 25 290.9 291.9 284.1 306.8 5.53 4 850 1415 8.0 0.2 58 7.8 4.2 331 34 294.5 295.3 284.5 307.9 4.55 5 800 1913 5.8 -0.7 63 6.5 2.7 319 29 297.3 298.1 285.6 310.8 4.53 6 750 2438 2.9 -5.5 54 8.4 -0.8 294 29 299.7 300.3 285.3 309.9 3.37 7 700 2993 -1.1 -7.4 62 6.3 -3.7 284 34 301.3 301.9 285.7 310.9 3.13 8 650 3578 -6.0 -12.2 61 6.2 -8.2 270 41 302.2 302.6 285.1 309.4 2.31 9 600 4201 -10.0 -12.4 82 2.4 -10.8 262 50 304.6 305.0 286.1 312.3 2.46 10 550 4868 -12.8 -14.4 88 1.6 -13.4 259 58 308.8 309.3 287.5 316.1 2.27 11 500 5588 -17.4 -19.2 85 1.9 -17.9 252 58 311.9 312.2 287.9 317.4 1.67 12 450 6368 -23.8 -26.1 81 2.3 -24.2 245 69 313.3 313.5 287.6 316.7 1.01 13 400 7217 -29.9 -32.5 78 2.6 -30.3 235 82 316.1 316.2 288.2 318.3 0.62 14 350 8151 -38.3 -41.5 72 3.2 -38.5 237 86 317.1 317.2 288.1 318.2 0.29 15 300 9195 -44.2 -57.1 23 12.9 -44.6 250 93 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.3 0.06 16 250 10404 -49.0 -65.7 13 16.7 -49.4 256 97 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.02 17 200 11863 -48.8 -76.0 3 27.2 -49.3 266 94 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 13735 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 248 68 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16299 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 251 49 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5530.71 m Freezing level: 713.43 mb = 2843.64 m = 9329.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.58 mb = 2313.43 m = 7589.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.73 % Est. max temperature: 20.27 C = 68.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.61 mb = 1614.20 m = 5295.87 ft T: 7.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 1.40 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.82 mb = 2813.00 m = 9228.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lifted Index: 6.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.50 C Showalter Index: 6.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 17.52 C K Index: 19.16 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11489.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.77 mb = 1722.20 m = 5650.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.1 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 302.1 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 5.7 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.5 neg: -53.1 tot: -18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 123.07 m/s