MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.60,-95.48 Latitude: 40.60 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 968 314 22.7 17.5 73 5.1 19.2 254 4 298.6 301.0 293.5 336.8 13.14 2 950 479 22.2 16.7 71 5.5 18.5 246 11 299.7 302.1 293.5 336.9 12.69 3 900 946 18.1 15.3 84 2.8 16.2 221 17 300.1 302.4 293.3 335.9 12.22 4 850 1433 13.7 13.5 99 0.2 13.6 220 20 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.3 11.53 5 800 1943 11.1 9.3 88 1.8 10.0 240 27 303.0 304.7 291.8 330.4 9.21 6 750 2479 8.5 3.9 73 4.6 5.9 237 34 305.8 307.1 290.7 326.4 6.76 7 700 3049 6.4 -2.2 54 8.6 2.1 239 35 309.6 310.5 290.0 324.1 4.65 8 650 3651 0.9 -2.1 80 3.0 -0.6 235 39 309.9 310.9 290.5 325.6 5.04 9 600 4288 -3.5 -15.6 39 12.0 -7.8 232 43 312.0 312.4 288.2 318.2 1.89 10 550 4971 -6.6 -33.6 10 27.0 -12.5 235 47 316.3 316.3 288.0 317.7 0.41 11 500 5710 -9.6 -50.7 2 41.0 -15.5 240 45 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.6 0.07 12 450 6513 -16.0 -41.9 9 25.9 -20.0 243 50 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.0 0.21 13 400 7387 -23.0 -45.6 11 22.6 -25.7 241 57 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.16 14 350 8349 -30.2 -54.0 8 23.8 -32.0 236 61 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.07 15 300 9428 -38.3 -56.7 13 18.4 -39.2 238 62 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.06 16 250 10653 -48.3 -57.8 33 9.5 -48.6 239 72 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.06 17 200 12106 -51.5 -73.2 6 21.6 -52.0 239 63 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13936 -59.2 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.5 242 59 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16420 -66.6 -86.3 5 19.7 -66.7 252 35 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.56 m Freezing level: 640.24 mb = 3775.06 m = 12385.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.47 mb = 3508.51 m = 11510.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.17 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.98 mb = 965.30 m = 3166.97 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 12.75 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1302.76 m = 4274.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.46 C = 76.03 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 28.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 705.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.36 mb = 1241.13 m = 4071.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.36 mb = 1389.34 m = 4558.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.36 mb = 10801.49 m = 35437.52 ft B at Equ Level: 701.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.36 mb = 12978.63 m = 42580.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 9.60 Bulk Shear: 73.45 m/s