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: 40.90,-94.91 Latitude: 40.90 Longitude: -94.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 963 357 22.2 17.1 73 5.1 18.7 248 5 298.5 300.8 293.3 335.9 12.84 2 950 477 22.3 16.6 70 5.8 18.4 246 12 299.8 302.1 293.4 336.6 12.57 3 900 945 18.4 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 224 20 300.5 302.7 293.3 336.1 12.12 4 850 1432 13.9 13.4 97 0.5 13.6 219 23 300.7 302.8 292.9 334.4 11.44 5 800 1941 11.0 9.8 92 1.2 10.3 236 29 302.9 304.7 292.1 331.3 9.55 6 750 2478 8.4 6.4 87 2.0 7.2 235 38 305.6 307.1 291.7 329.9 8.05 7 700 3047 6.1 0.3 67 5.7 3.1 240 37 309.2 310.3 290.7 326.6 5.61 8 650 3649 1.0 -1.0 87 1.9 -0.0 240 39 310.0 311.1 290.9 327.1 5.48 9 600 4287 -3.2 -13.7 44 10.5 -7.1 234 45 312.5 312.9 288.6 319.7 2.21 10 550 4970 -6.6 -32.5 11 26.0 -12.4 235 48 316.3 316.4 288.1 317.9 0.45 11 500 5710 -9.8 -47.9 3 38.1 -15.6 240 44 321.1 321.1 289.2 321.4 0.10 12 450 6513 -16.1 -42.9 8 26.8 -20.1 242 48 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.19 13 400 7386 -23.1 -45.7 11 22.6 -25.7 241 56 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.16 14 350 8348 -30.2 -54.0 8 23.8 -32.0 235 61 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.07 15 300 9427 -38.4 -57.5 12 19.1 -39.4 235 61 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.05 16 250 10653 -48.0 -58.7 28 10.7 -48.3 236 69 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.06 17 200 12107 -51.6 -73.4 6 21.9 -52.0 238 60 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 13934 -59.3 -81.3 4 22.0 -59.6 241 58 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16417 -66.2 -86.0 5 19.8 -66.3 249 33 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.55 m Freezing level: 638.41 mb = 3796.77 m = 12456.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.63 mb = 3640.90 m = 11945.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.39 % Est. max temperature: 25.95 C = 78.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.98 mb = 1001.86 m = 3286.90 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 10.05 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.35 mb = 1368.51 m = 4489.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.34 C = 75.81 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 685.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.59 mb = 1306.57 m = 4286.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.59 mb = 1455.78 m = 4776.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.59 mb = 10715.92 m = 35156.80 ft B at Equ Level: 681.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.59 mb = 12861.57 m = 42196.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 150.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 9.96 Bulk Shear: 68.83 m/s