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: 41.15,-94.50 Latitude: 41.15 Longitude: -94.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 960 387 21.8 16.9 73 5.0 18.5 242 6 298.5 300.8 293.2 335.4 12.70 2 950 475 22.4 16.3 68 6.1 18.2 243 12 299.9 302.1 293.3 336.0 12.32 3 900 943 18.6 14.9 79 3.7 16.1 226 22 300.7 302.8 293.2 335.7 11.93 4 850 1431 14.1 13.4 96 0.7 13.6 219 25 300.9 303.0 292.9 334.5 11.43 5 800 1940 10.8 10.0 95 0.8 10.3 233 30 302.7 304.5 292.1 331.5 9.70 6 750 2477 8.5 6.9 90 1.6 7.5 236 40 305.8 307.3 291.9 330.9 8.32 7 700 3045 5.8 1.8 76 4.0 3.6 239 39 308.9 310.0 291.2 328.0 6.23 8 650 3647 1.1 -1.0 86 2.1 0.0 241 39 310.2 311.3 290.9 327.3 5.48 9 600 4286 -3.0 -14.4 41 11.5 -7.2 236 46 312.7 313.1 288.6 319.5 2.08 10 550 4969 -6.5 -32.9 10 26.5 -12.4 236 49 316.4 316.5 288.1 318.0 0.43 11 500 5709 -9.8 -47.3 3 37.5 -15.6 240 43 321.1 321.1 289.2 321.5 0.11 12 450 6512 -16.2 -42.9 8 26.7 -20.1 241 47 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.19 13 400 7385 -23.1 -45.5 11 22.4 -25.7 240 54 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.16 14 350 8347 -30.3 -52.3 10 22.0 -32.0 235 61 327.9 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.09 15 300 9426 -38.3 -57.3 12 18.9 -39.3 232 60 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.06 16 250 10652 -47.8 -58.7 28 10.9 -48.2 235 67 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.06 17 200 12105 -51.7 -73.6 6 21.8 -52.1 237 59 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13931 -59.3 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.5 240 57 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16414 -66.3 -87.2 4 20.9 -66.4 245 33 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.38 m Freezing level: 636.28 mb = 3822.56 m = 12541.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.86 mb = 3648.87 m = 11971.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.89 % Est. max temperature: 25.64 C = 78.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.05 mb = 1018.66 m = 3342.02 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 17.99 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.49 mb = 1425.70 m = 4677.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.22 C = 75.60 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 607.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.13 mb = 1359.33 m = 4459.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.13 mb = 1508.76 m = 4949.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.13 mb = 10594.68 m = 34759.03 ft B at Equ Level: 604.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.13 mb = 12699.36 m = 41664.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 9.06 Bulk Shear: 67.06 m/s