MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.48,-91.05 Latitude: 40.48 Longitude: -91.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 982 198 24.2 17.4 65 6.9 19.5 203 9 299.0 301.3 293.4 336.3 12.80 2 950 482 21.0 16.5 76 4.5 17.9 207 11 298.5 300.8 293.0 334.9 12.52 3 900 948 16.5 15.5 93 1.1 15.8 213 11 298.5 300.8 292.9 334.6 12.37 4 850 1432 13.4 9.3 76 4.1 10.9 247 9 300.2 301.8 290.5 325.8 8.70 5 800 1940 10.3 -1.3 45 11.5 4.5 294 10 302.1 302.9 287.2 315.3 4.36 6 750 2472 5.9 -8.3 35 14.2 -0.0 276 12 303.0 303.5 285.9 311.5 2.73 7 700 3032 1.8 -12.9 33 14.7 -3.7 257 18 304.5 304.9 285.7 311.0 2.03 8 650 3624 -1.7 -20.1 23 18.4 -7.3 256 22 307.1 307.3 285.7 311.0 1.19 9 600 4256 -5.6 -25.8 19 20.1 -10.9 264 28 309.6 309.7 286.1 312.2 0.78 10 550 4933 -9.7 -20.6 41 10.9 -12.9 257 47 312.6 312.8 287.8 317.1 1.35 11 500 5661 -14.7 -17.8 77 3.1 -15.7 249 53 315.1 315.4 289.2 321.3 1.88 12 450 6454 -17.4 -19.6 83 2.2 -18.1 238 58 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.4 1.80 13 400 7328 -22.5 -24.8 81 2.3 -23.1 220 68 325.8 326.0 291.7 330.2 1.28 14 350 8294 -29.9 -32.8 76 2.9 -30.4 214 75 328.4 328.5 292.0 330.9 0.69 15 300 9373 -38.5 -41.8 71 3.3 -38.8 211 82 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.4 0.32 16 250 10598 -49.4 -52.8 67 3.5 -49.5 214 89 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.11 17 200 12026 -53.7 -72.4 8 18.6 -54.0 245 81 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13860 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.0 254 50 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16387 -63.3 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 250 45 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.87 m Freezing level: 673.63 mb = 3344.29 m = 10971.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.42 mb = 2467.20 m = 8094.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.34 mb = 1067.58 m = 3502.50 ft T: 15.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 25.33 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.59 mb = 1180.61 m = 3873.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.31 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.09 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 22.78 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1004.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.72 mb = 1092.64 m = 3584.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.72 mb = 1335.59 m = 4381.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.72 mb = 10866.86 m = 35652.00 ft B at Equ Level: 993.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.72 mb = 13459.34 m = 44157.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.6 neg: -24.6 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 18.80 Bulk Shear: 53.42 m/s