MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.66,-92.57 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -92.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 972 274 21.0 16.8 77 4.2 18.2 247 4 296.6 298.8 292.4 332.5 12.44 2 950 470 20.4 16.6 79 3.8 17.8 243 10 297.9 300.2 292.9 334.4 12.59 3 900 935 16.4 15.5 94 0.9 15.8 245 11 298.4 300.7 292.9 334.5 12.38 4 850 1420 13.1 12.8 98 0.3 12.9 254 10 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.0 10.99 5 800 1926 8.7 7.3 91 1.4 7.9 258 8 300.4 301.9 290.0 324.2 8.04 6 750 2457 5.0 -3.5 54 8.5 1.1 267 8 302.0 302.7 286.8 314.0 3.95 7 700 3015 0.2 -7.4 56 7.6 -3.0 270 6 302.8 303.3 286.2 312.4 3.13 8 650 3603 -5.1 -6.6 89 1.5 -5.7 275 6 303.2 303.8 286.8 314.2 3.59 9 600 4228 -8.4 -8.7 98 0.3 -8.5 265 15 306.4 307.0 287.7 316.7 3.31 10 550 4898 -12.2 -16.2 72 3.9 -13.5 265 25 309.6 310.0 287.4 315.9 1.97 11 500 5621 -16.2 -23.3 54 7.1 -17.9 262 37 313.3 313.5 287.8 317.3 1.17 12 450 6408 -19.4 -22.4 77 3.0 -20.1 237 55 318.9 319.1 289.9 323.7 1.41 13 400 7278 -22.8 -24.5 86 1.7 -23.2 205 72 325.4 325.6 291.7 330.0 1.31 14 350 8243 -29.8 -32.6 77 2.7 -30.3 207 87 328.5 328.7 292.0 331.1 0.71 15 300 9322 -39.0 -42.1 72 3.1 -39.2 206 92 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.32 16 250 10542 -49.2 -53.3 62 4.1 -49.4 209 92 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 11994 -52.0 -73.9 6 21.9 -52.4 235 72 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 13839 -55.5 -82.6 2 27.1 -55.8 251 59 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16386 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 246 32 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.97 m Freezing level: 697.69 mb = 3042.07 m = 9980.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.71 mb = 2601.62 m = 8535.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.05 % Est. max temperature: 24.58 C = 76.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.01 mb = 811.58 m = 2662.64 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 22.03 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1124.83 m = 3690.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.40 C = 74.12 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -6.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -5.51 C Showalter Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.23 C Cross Totals Index: 28.97 C K Index: 34.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1324.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.92 mb = 1020.91 m = 3349.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.92 mb = 1262.47 m = 4141.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.92 mb = 10648.94 m = 34937.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1317.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.92 mb = 13590.62 m = 44588.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.3 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 288.3 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.6 neg: -10.1 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 140.08 Bulk Shear: 9.45 m/s