MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.40,-124.38 Latitude: 40.40 Longitude: -124.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 114 10.4 9.8 96 0.5 10.0 7 4 283.2 284.5 283.0 304.1 7.59 1 1000 149 9.8 9.4 98 0.4 9.6 4 3 283.0 284.2 282.8 303.4 7.44 2 950 578 12.5 1.9 49 10.5 7.2 336 13 289.8 290.6 282.7 303.2 4.63 3 900 1031 11.8 0.0 44 11.8 6.1 312 12 293.7 294.5 283.9 306.2 4.25 4 850 1508 9.9 7.0 82 3.0 8.2 289 15 296.5 297.9 288.1 318.1 7.39 5 800 2010 8.1 6.1 87 2.0 7.0 276 20 299.8 301.2 289.3 321.7 7.41 6 750 2542 6.3 4.0 85 2.3 5.0 272 28 303.4 304.7 289.9 323.8 6.79 7 700 3106 4.1 0.0 75 4.1 2.0 268 36 307.0 308.1 289.9 323.9 5.48 8 650 3706 1.5 -4.9 62 6.4 -1.5 266 42 310.7 311.4 289.8 323.5 4.08 9 600 4347 -2.0 -9.6 56 7.6 -5.2 265 48 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.7 3.07 10 550 5033 -5.9 -19.4 34 13.5 -10.3 268 54 317.0 317.3 289.4 322.1 1.49 11 500 5773 -10.0 -26.5 25 16.5 -14.3 274 58 320.8 321.0 289.9 323.9 0.88 12 450 6575 -15.5 -27.4 35 11.9 -18.3 280 64 323.8 323.9 290.8 326.9 0.90 13 400 7453 -22.1 -40.1 18 18.0 -24.7 283 70 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.29 14 350 8417 -30.6 -42.5 30 11.9 -31.9 285 70 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.26 15 300 9492 -39.5 -50.6 30 11.0 -40.2 281 70 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.12 16 250 10717 -47.2 -60.2 21 13.0 -47.6 273 67 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 17 200 12161 -56.1 -69.7 17 13.6 -56.3 282 64 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13949 -64.6 -77.9 15 13.2 -64.7 263 61 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16404 -66.0 -85.7 5 19.8 -66.1 268 41 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.10 m Freezing level: 628.37 mb = 3983.54 m = 13069.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.39 mb = 3444.23 m = 11299.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.54 % Est. max temperature: 23.51 C = 74.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.11 mb = 181.88 m = 596.71 ft T: 10.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 0.90 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 591.80 mb = 4455.55 m = 14617.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.59 C = 106.85 F Cap Strength: 14.63 C Lifted Index: 16.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.36 C Showalter Index: 7.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.93 C Cross Totals Index: 16.98 C K Index: 22.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13024.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.30 mb = 1514.45 m = 4968.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.9 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 302.9 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.3 neg: -36.2 tot: 66.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 138.35 m/s