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: 41.02,-94.42 Latitude: 41.02 Longitude: -94.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 960 383 22.0 17.1 74 4.9 18.7 234 5 298.6 300.9 293.3 336.1 12.88 2 950 475 22.9 16.2 66 6.7 18.4 236 12 300.5 302.7 293.4 336.5 12.28 3 900 944 19.1 14.8 76 4.3 16.3 223 21 301.2 303.4 293.3 336.0 11.83 4 850 1433 14.6 13.2 91 1.5 13.7 218 24 301.5 303.6 293.0 334.8 11.28 5 800 1942 10.9 10.1 95 0.8 10.4 228 28 302.8 304.6 292.2 331.7 9.75 6 750 2479 8.4 6.8 90 1.5 7.5 235 39 305.7 307.2 291.9 330.7 8.31 7 700 3047 5.3 3.1 85 2.3 4.1 238 40 308.4 309.7 291.5 329.3 6.83 8 650 3649 1.4 -0.5 87 1.9 0.4 243 39 310.5 311.6 291.2 328.1 5.67 9 600 4289 -2.6 -9.1 61 6.5 -5.3 237 45 313.1 313.7 289.8 323.4 3.21 10 550 4974 -6.5 -27.4 17 20.9 -11.9 236 49 316.4 316.6 288.4 319.0 0.74 11 500 5713 -9.8 -47.0 3 37.1 -15.6 241 44 321.0 321.1 289.2 321.5 0.11 12 450 6516 -16.0 -44.2 7 28.1 -20.1 242 46 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.7 0.17 13 400 7389 -23.0 -46.4 10 23.3 -25.7 241 53 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.15 14 350 8352 -30.2 -52.1 10 21.9 -32.0 235 59 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.09 15 300 9432 -38.2 -56.7 13 18.5 -39.2 233 59 331.5 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.06 16 250 10658 -47.9 -58.4 29 10.5 -48.2 236 66 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12111 -51.9 -73.6 6 21.7 -52.3 237 59 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 13936 -59.4 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.6 240 58 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16417 -66.5 -86.2 5 19.7 -66.7 246 32 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.90 m Freezing level: 632.72 mb = 3870.42 m = 12698.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.73 mb = 3689.43 m = 12104.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.86 C = 78.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.57 mb = 1005.27 m = 3298.08 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 17.52 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.87 mb = 1543.41 m = 5063.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.21 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 657.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.30 mb = 1439.40 m = 4722.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.30 mb = 1690.71 m = 5546.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.30 mb = 10808.03 m = 35459.00 ft B at Equ Level: 647.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.30 mb = 12983.23 m = 42595.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 3.2 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 9.70 Bulk Shear: 67.79 m/s