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: 42.21,-91.26 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -91.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 971 283 19.0 14.7 76 4.3 16.2 4 2 294.6 296.5 290.5 325.8 10.87 2 950 474 19.3 13.4 69 5.9 15.5 306 3 296.7 298.6 290.6 326.3 10.19 3 900 937 15.6 9.6 67 6.1 12.0 245 5 297.6 299.1 289.3 322.0 8.36 4 850 1418 11.8 4.6 61 7.2 7.9 243 9 298.5 299.7 287.8 317.0 6.27 5 800 1922 7.5 2.0 68 5.6 4.6 241 11 299.2 300.2 287.3 315.6 5.52 6 750 2449 3.3 -2.9 64 6.2 0.4 228 13 300.1 300.9 286.2 312.6 4.11 7 700 3004 -0.9 -5.2 72 4.3 -2.8 243 17 301.5 302.2 286.3 312.8 3.70 8 650 3591 -4.9 -7.3 83 2.4 -5.9 254 19 303.4 304.0 286.7 313.9 3.40 9 600 4217 -8.2 -15.0 58 6.8 -10.5 247 20 306.6 307.0 286.4 313.0 1.98 10 550 4887 -12.4 -19.6 55 7.1 -14.5 246 24 309.3 309.6 286.8 314.2 1.47 11 500 5608 -16.9 -27.6 39 10.7 -19.1 240 31 312.4 312.6 287.1 315.1 0.79 12 450 6391 -22.1 -28.2 58 6.1 -23.3 241 39 315.4 315.6 288.2 318.3 0.83 13 400 7248 -25.6 -28.7 75 3.1 -26.2 234 63 321.7 321.8 290.2 324.8 0.89 14 350 8212 -29.5 -32.4 76 2.8 -30.0 216 91 328.9 329.1 292.2 331.6 0.72 15 300 9292 -38.6 -41.7 72 3.2 -38.9 212 96 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.33 16 250 10514 -49.7 -52.9 68 3.3 -49.8 212 104 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 17 200 11956 -52.6 -73.0 7 20.4 -52.9 235 76 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13808 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 244 47 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16361 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.4 247 36 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5574.32 m Freezing level: 710.75 mb = 2884.86 m = 9464.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.33 mb = 2521.18 m = 8271.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.18 % Est. max temperature: 23.27 C = 73.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.20 mb = 830.72 m = 2725.42 ft T: 16.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 13.70 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.07 mb = 1695.77 m = 5563.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.27 C = 73.88 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 29.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 432.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.82 mb = 1479.00 m = 4852.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.82 mb = 1933.83 m = 6344.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 418.82 mb = 6913.36 m = 22681.36 ft B at Equ Level: 431.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.82 mb = 9546.66 m = 31320.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.4 neg: -2.3 tot: 39.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 12.86 Bulk Shear: 33.61 m/s