MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.02,-92.86 Latitude: 41.02 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 974 270 21.6 17.8 79 3.8 19.0 197 4 297.0 299.4 293.2 335.4 13.28 2 950 483 19.9 8.3 47 11.6 13.1 215 8 297.4 298.7 288.3 318.6 7.26 3 900 947 17.0 2.5 38 14.6 9.2 229 9 299.1 300.0 286.8 314.2 5.08 4 850 1431 13.8 -1.3 35 15.1 6.3 258 12 300.6 301.4 286.4 312.9 4.08 5 800 1938 10.3 -2.8 40 13.1 4.0 275 20 302.2 302.9 286.7 314.0 3.88 6 750 2470 5.5 -3.5 52 9.0 1.3 277 22 302.5 303.3 286.9 314.5 3.92 7 700 3028 0.5 -5.3 65 5.8 -2.0 274 23 303.1 303.8 286.9 314.4 3.69 8 650 3619 -2.1 -18.6 27 16.6 -7.3 264 30 306.6 306.9 285.7 311.0 1.35 9 600 4250 -5.9 -23.2 24 17.3 -10.7 261 36 309.2 309.4 286.2 312.5 0.98 10 550 4927 -9.7 -29.4 18 19.8 -14.2 251 42 312.6 312.7 287.0 314.7 0.61 11 500 5654 -14.4 -34.2 17 19.8 -18.1 243 53 315.5 315.6 287.8 317.0 0.42 12 450 6445 -19.7 -37.2 20 17.5 -22.4 238 65 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.8 0.35 13 400 7308 -26.0 -37.8 32 11.8 -27.6 234 77 321.3 321.3 289.5 322.6 0.37 14 350 8260 -33.1 -39.9 50 6.9 -33.8 230 92 324.2 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.34 15 300 9324 -41.6 -48.1 49 6.6 -42.0 228 102 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.16 16 250 10536 -49.1 -61.4 23 12.2 -49.5 231 105 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.04 17 200 11991 -51.0 -77.7 3 26.7 -51.4 239 64 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.00 18 150 13834 -57.5 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 250 50 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16371 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 244 34 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.81 m Freezing level: 689.44 mb = 3153.11 m = 10344.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.95 mb = 2678.15 m = 8786.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.24 % Est. max temperature: 25.99 C = 78.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.46 mb = 754.07 m = 2473.96 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 22.48 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2702.96 m = 8867.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 6.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.17 C Cross Totals Index: 13.03 C K Index: 21.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 77.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8418.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.22 mb = 2186.57 m = 7173.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.6 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 284.6 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 80.11 m/s