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: 40.55,-90.71 Latitude: 40.55 Longitude: -90.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 980 213 23.9 17.4 67 6.6 19.5 203 9 298.8 301.1 293.3 336.1 12.81 2 950 484 20.8 16.5 76 4.3 17.9 207 11 298.3 300.6 293.0 334.8 12.55 3 900 949 16.4 15.5 95 0.9 15.8 215 11 298.4 300.6 292.9 334.5 12.41 4 850 1433 13.0 10.3 83 2.8 11.3 247 10 299.8 301.5 290.9 327.0 9.27 5 800 1941 10.1 -2.9 40 13.1 3.9 291 11 302.0 302.7 286.6 313.7 3.85 6 750 2473 5.8 -7.0 39 12.8 0.3 275 14 302.9 303.4 286.1 312.2 3.01 7 700 3033 1.9 -11.7 36 13.6 -3.3 254 19 304.6 305.1 285.9 311.7 2.24 8 650 3626 -1.4 -22.1 19 20.7 -7.5 254 22 307.4 307.6 285.6 310.7 1.00 9 600 4258 -5.5 -24.0 22 18.5 -10.5 260 28 309.8 310.0 286.4 312.9 0.92 10 550 4934 -9.6 -23.6 31 14.1 -13.3 258 44 312.7 312.9 287.5 316.2 1.03 11 500 5663 -14.3 -22.7 49 8.4 -16.5 251 52 315.6 315.8 288.6 319.7 1.23 12 450 6456 -17.7 -19.9 82 2.3 -18.3 239 57 321.0 321.4 290.9 327.0 1.75 13 400 7330 -22.3 -24.6 82 2.3 -22.9 222 69 325.9 326.2 291.9 330.5 1.30 14 350 8296 -29.7 -32.5 76 2.8 -30.1 216 77 328.7 328.9 292.1 331.3 0.71 15 300 9376 -38.5 -41.8 71 3.3 -38.8 212 80 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.4 0.33 16 250 10601 -49.4 -52.9 67 3.5 -49.5 214 90 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12027 -54.1 -72.8 8 18.7 -54.4 245 82 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13861 -57.6 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 254 50 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16387 -63.6 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 249 45 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.37 m Freezing level: 670.58 mb = 3381.61 m = 11094.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.42 mb = 2511.55 m = 8239.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.39 % Est. max temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.32 mb = 1040.84 m = 3414.80 ft T: 15.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 25.34 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1120.06 m = 3674.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.03 C = 75.25 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.93 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.35 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 24.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 958.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.49 mb = 1067.82 m = 3503.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.49 mb = 1212.20 m = 3976.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.49 mb = 10795.88 m = 35419.12 ft B at Equ Level: 953.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.49 mb = 13350.81 m = 43801.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.0 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 283.0 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.6 neg: -21.3 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 18.13 Bulk Shear: 52.84 m/s