MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 43.99,-91.86 Latitude: 43.99 Longitude: -91.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 970 325 6.7 2.7 75 4.0 4.8 284 12 282.3 283.1 279.4 295.6 4.79 2 950 501 7.9 1.4 64 6.5 4.8 296 29 285.2 286.0 280.4 297.8 4.46 3 900 947 6.7 -3.3 49 10.0 2.4 316 43 288.4 289.0 280.4 298.0 3.32 4 850 1412 2.3 -5.3 57 7.6 -0.7 315 45 288.6 289.1 280.2 297.4 3.03 5 800 1898 -1.5 -10.2 52 8.6 -4.6 313 46 289.5 289.9 279.6 296.1 2.20 6 750 2408 -4.4 -14.4 46 10.0 -7.5 311 45 291.8 292.1 279.9 296.8 1.67 7 700 2948 -8.2 -18.3 44 10.2 -10.9 307 45 293.4 293.7 280.2 297.4 1.29 8 650 3518 -11.9 -25.3 32 13.4 -14.8 301 46 295.5 295.6 280.4 297.9 0.75 9 600 4126 -16.2 -26.2 42 10.0 -18.2 301 45 297.4 297.5 281.3 299.8 0.75 10 550 4774 -21.0 -39.5 17 18.5 -23.2 298 41 299.2 299.3 281.3 300.0 0.22 11 500 5468 -27.5 -36.4 43 8.9 -28.5 296 42 299.6 299.6 281.6 300.7 0.34 12 450 6216 -33.9 -45.2 31 11.3 -34.7 296 37 300.6 300.6 281.8 301.1 0.15 13 400 7029 -39.8 -54.2 20 14.4 -40.4 289 30 303.2 303.2 282.8 303.4 0.06 14 350 7932 -43.9 -60.7 14 16.9 -44.3 282 36 309.6 309.6 285.2 309.7 0.03 15 300 8965 -44.6 -66.0 7 21.4 -45.2 282 45 322.5 322.5 289.5 322.6 0.02 16 250 10184 -44.5 -73.6 2 29.1 -45.2 279 48 339.9 339.9 294.3 339.9 0.01 17 200 11675 -45.4 -76.2 2 30.8 -46.2 280 45 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 18 150 13575 -48.9 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 267 37 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.01 19 100 16200 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 268 27 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5390.44 m Freezing level: 819.64 mb = 1706.87 m = 5599.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 861.95 mb = 1298.31 m = 4259.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.60 % Est. max temperature: 13.53 C = 56.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.17 mb = 835.82 m = 2742.16 ft T: 6.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 1.95 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.09 mb = 2271.51 m = 7452.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.54 C = 59.97 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 14.36 Risk: None Sweat Index: 191.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14647.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.49 mb = 1753.81 m = 5753.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.9 neg: -37.7 tot: 139.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 22.81 m/s