MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.32,-91.50 Latitude: 41.32 Longitude: -91.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 981 207 21.2 18.8 87 2.3 19.6 222 6 295.9 298.5 293.4 336.5 14.08 2 950 484 18.4 15.1 81 3.3 16.3 236 10 295.9 297.9 291.3 328.7 11.41 3 900 947 17.3 2.0 36 15.3 9.2 255 14 299.3 300.2 286.7 313.9 4.89 4 850 1431 13.3 -1.1 37 14.4 6.1 263 17 300.0 300.8 286.2 312.5 4.14 5 800 1936 9.3 -2.8 42 12.1 3.5 273 22 301.1 301.8 286.4 312.9 3.89 6 750 2467 5.2 -7.0 41 12.2 -0.0 262 25 302.2 302.8 285.9 311.5 3.01 7 700 3026 1.6 -11.0 39 12.6 -3.3 249 27 304.3 304.7 285.9 311.7 2.36 8 650 3618 -1.9 -20.1 23 18.2 -7.5 253 31 306.8 307.0 285.6 310.7 1.19 9 600 4249 -5.6 -33.3 9 27.7 -11.5 251 35 309.6 309.7 285.7 311.0 0.39 10 550 4926 -9.5 -31.5 15 22.0 -14.2 242 46 312.8 312.9 286.9 314.6 0.50 11 500 5655 -13.7 -36.7 12 23.0 -17.7 240 56 316.4 316.4 287.9 317.6 0.33 12 450 6447 -19.2 -35.8 21 16.7 -22.0 237 65 319.1 319.2 288.9 320.6 0.40 13 400 7311 -25.4 -39.3 26 13.9 -27.2 236 73 322.0 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.31 14 350 8265 -32.7 -40.7 45 7.9 -33.6 231 86 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.31 15 300 9331 -42.0 -48.5 49 6.5 -42.3 234 98 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.16 16 250 10539 -49.7 -60.8 26 11.0 -50.0 234 98 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.04 17 200 11990 -51.6 -76.2 4 24.7 -52.0 239 65 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 13835 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.8 242 54 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16371 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.3 238 46 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5612.34 m Freezing level: 677.16 mb = 3296.52 m = 10815.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.54 mb = 2460.78 m = 8073.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.19 % Est. max temperature: 25.66 C = 78.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.27 mb = 499.44 m = 1638.57 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 23.95 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.94 mb = 2040.32 m = 6693.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.53 C = 79.75 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: 0.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: 7.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 12.53 C K Index: 13.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.87 mb = 1580.40 m = 5184.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.87 mb = 2912.40 m = 9555.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.87 mb = 4649.90 m = 15255.38 ft B at Equ Level: 28.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 479.87 mb = 5963.74 m = 19565.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 31.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 66.96 m/s