MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.89,-93.65 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -93.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 973 295 12.9 5.3 60 7.6 8.9 279 14 288.4 289.4 283.2 304.7 5.74 2 950 495 11.3 4.2 62 7.1 7.6 281 23 288.6 289.6 283.0 304.1 5.42 3 900 944 9.8 1.7 57 8.1 5.8 308 27 291.6 292.5 283.6 305.6 4.82 4 850 1419 9.0 -0.1 53 9.1 4.5 315 32 295.6 296.4 284.8 308.8 4.47 5 800 1918 6.3 -0.7 61 7.0 2.9 289 31 297.8 298.7 285.8 311.4 4.54 6 750 2444 2.3 -2.2 72 4.5 0.2 275 30 299.1 299.9 286.1 312.1 4.34 7 700 2997 -1.5 -4.5 80 3.0 -2.8 261 33 300.8 301.6 286.3 312.7 3.92 8 650 3584 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.5 -4.6 249 47 304.0 304.8 287.6 316.6 4.10 9 600 4211 -7.2 -7.5 97 0.3 -7.4 234 47 307.8 308.5 288.4 319.1 3.61 10 550 4884 -11.7 -11.9 98 0.2 -11.8 223 54 310.2 310.8 288.5 319.1 2.79 11 500 5607 -16.6 -17.1 96 0.5 -16.7 228 64 312.8 313.2 288.5 319.4 2.01 12 450 6390 -22.4 -24.9 80 2.5 -22.9 235 69 315.1 315.3 288.4 318.9 1.13 13 400 7243 -29.4 -33.8 65 4.4 -30.0 242 66 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.7 0.55 14 350 8180 -37.4 -42.7 57 5.4 -37.8 253 63 318.3 318.4 288.5 319.3 0.25 15 300 9226 -44.1 -54.5 31 10.4 -44.5 260 81 323.2 323.3 289.8 323.6 0.08 16 250 10438 -47.8 -67.0 9 19.3 -48.2 258 87 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.02 17 200 11896 -50.8 -76.9 3 26.2 -51.2 262 87 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13746 -55.7 -83.9 2 28.2 -56.1 245 72 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16309 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.3 252 37 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5545.65 m Freezing level: 719.55 mb = 2780.47 m = 9122.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.73 mb = 2478.62 m = 8131.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.43 % Est. max temperature: 21.29 C = 70.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.68 mb = 1257.42 m = 4125.36 ft T: 9.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 0.60 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.18 mb = 2892.37 m = 9489.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 77.00 F Cap Strength: 8.10 C Lifted Index: 8.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.11 C Showalter Index: 6.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 16.50 C K Index: 22.49 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12158.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.17 mb = 1723.24 m = 5653.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 6.1 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.4 neg: -55.0 tot: -32.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 108.54 m/s