MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.75,-88.86 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -88.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 973 275 17.6 16.9 95 0.7 17.2 235 7 293.1 295.3 291.3 328.7 12.54 2 950 481 15.6 15.4 99 0.1 15.5 241 13 293.0 295.1 290.6 326.3 11.69 3 900 939 14.3 10.9 80 3.4 12.2 249 18 296.2 297.9 289.6 322.7 9.13 4 850 1421 13.0 1.7 46 11.3 7.1 250 22 299.7 300.7 287.1 314.9 5.08 5 800 1927 10.0 -1.1 46 11.1 4.5 252 25 301.8 302.6 287.1 315.1 4.41 6 750 2460 6.7 -6.0 40 12.7 1.0 247 28 303.9 304.5 286.7 313.9 3.26 7 700 3022 3.0 -10.6 36 13.6 -2.4 243 31 305.8 306.2 286.5 313.5 2.44 8 650 3616 -1.8 -14.3 38 12.5 -6.2 240 36 307.0 307.3 286.5 313.2 1.94 9 600 4248 -5.3 -23.1 23 17.7 -10.3 240 42 310.0 310.2 286.5 313.3 1.00 10 550 4927 -8.4 -29.9 16 21.5 -13.4 238 45 314.1 314.2 287.5 316.1 0.58 11 500 5659 -12.4 -41.1 7 28.7 -17.1 237 50 317.9 318.0 288.3 318.7 0.21 12 450 6454 -18.6 -40.6 13 22.0 -21.8 237 64 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.7 0.24 13 400 7319 -25.3 -36.5 34 11.2 -26.9 235 67 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.7 0.42 14 350 8273 -32.3 -40.8 43 8.5 -33.2 236 76 325.2 325.2 290.7 326.3 0.31 15 300 9341 -41.4 -46.7 57 5.3 -41.8 235 84 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.19 16 250 10550 -50.2 -59.5 33 9.3 -50.5 242 89 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.05 17 200 11993 -52.9 -74.5 6 21.6 -53.2 242 67 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13834 -56.3 -81.6 3 25.4 -56.6 243 52 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16361 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 255 37 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.53 m Freezing level: 668.50 mb = 3396.43 m = 11143.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.31 mb = 2621.15 m = 8599.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.49 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.86 mb = 366.01 m = 1200.82 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 13.80 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.43 mb = 1767.45 m = 5798.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.18 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: 1.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: 6.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 14.07 C K Index: 13.47 Risk: None Sweat Index: 114.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.33 mb = 1020.49 m = 3348.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.33 mb = 3417.36 m = 11211.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 586.33 mb = 4427.47 m = 14525.66 ft B at Equ Level: 29.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 516.33 mb = 5411.78 m = 17754.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 62.04 m/s