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: 41.20,-93.60 Latitude: 41.20 Longitude: -93.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 295 23.2 16.7 67 6.5 18.8 204 7 298.9 301.2 293.1 335.1 12.41 2 950 476 23.9 15.7 60 8.2 18.4 213 20 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.4 11.88 3 900 945 19.6 14.2 71 5.4 16.0 217 26 301.7 303.8 293.1 335.2 11.36 4 850 1434 14.8 13.3 90 1.5 13.8 217 27 301.7 303.8 293.1 335.2 11.35 5 800 1944 10.9 10.0 94 0.9 10.3 233 30 302.7 304.5 292.1 331.4 9.66 6 750 2482 8.9 6.0 82 2.8 7.2 236 37 306.2 307.7 291.7 330.0 7.86 7 700 3050 5.2 3.0 86 2.1 4.0 237 37 308.2 309.5 291.5 329.1 6.81 8 650 3652 1.5 -1.1 83 2.6 0.2 245 37 310.7 311.7 291.0 327.6 5.44 9 600 4292 -2.2 -5.0 82 2.7 -3.5 240 42 313.5 314.4 291.0 327.5 4.41 10 550 4979 -5.9 -9.7 75 3.8 -7.5 239 48 317.0 317.7 291.1 327.8 3.32 11 500 5719 -10.2 -48.8 3 38.5 -15.9 243 47 320.6 320.6 289.0 320.9 0.09 12 450 6521 -16.0 -46.8 5 30.8 -20.1 243 44 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.7 0.13 13 400 7395 -22.9 -47.0 9 24.1 -25.6 241 49 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.14 14 350 8359 -30.1 -53.7 8 23.6 -31.9 233 54 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 15 300 9438 -38.1 -57.1 12 19.0 -39.1 232 56 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.06 16 250 10665 -47.9 -58.3 29 10.4 -48.2 236 62 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12118 -52.2 -71.6 8 19.4 -52.6 236 56 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13940 -60.0 -80.4 5 20.4 -60.2 237 58 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16416 -67.6 -84.9 7 17.4 -67.7 247 34 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.96 m Freezing level: 629.90 mb = 3909.20 m = 12825.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.37 mb = 3684.09 m = 12086.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.30 % Est. max temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.93 mb = 1118.91 m = 3670.93 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 8.94 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.57 mb = 1628.93 m = 5344.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.35 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 563.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.80 mb = 1535.87 m = 5038.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.80 mb = 1790.17 m = 5873.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.80 mb = 10801.82 m = 35438.61 ft B at Equ Level: 552.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.80 mb = 12618.56 m = 41398.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 192.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 9.88 Bulk Shear: 57.00 m/s