MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.53,-92.07 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -92.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 978 227 19.9 17.3 85 2.5 18.2 229 6 294.9 297.2 292.2 331.7 12.84 2 950 473 19.6 16.5 82 3.1 17.5 216 25 297.1 299.4 292.6 333.4 12.55 3 900 938 17.9 15.7 87 2.2 16.4 222 37 299.9 302.2 293.4 336.6 12.52 4 850 1426 14.9 13.6 92 1.3 14.1 226 37 301.8 303.9 293.3 336.0 11.60 5 800 1937 11.5 11.3 98 0.2 11.4 228 36 303.5 305.4 293.0 334.9 10.58 6 750 2475 8.6 8.3 98 0.3 8.4 231 33 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.6 9.19 7 700 3044 5.7 5.3 97 0.5 5.5 233 33 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.2 7.98 8 650 3647 2.0 1.6 97 0.4 1.8 231 34 311.3 312.5 292.2 331.8 6.64 9 600 4290 -1.4 -1.8 97 0.4 -1.6 228 37 314.5 315.6 292.3 332.2 5.60 10 550 4979 -5.3 -5.9 96 0.6 -5.5 228 39 317.8 318.7 292.3 332.3 4.49 11 500 5722 -9.4 -10.5 92 1.0 -9.9 230 41 321.6 322.2 292.5 332.9 3.45 12 450 6530 -14.1 -15.7 88 1.6 -14.6 231 42 325.6 326.1 292.8 334.1 2.51 13 400 7414 -20.0 -22.1 83 2.2 -20.5 233 45 329.1 329.4 293.0 334.8 1.62 14 350 8390 -27.1 -29.8 78 2.7 -27.6 237 50 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.5 0.92 15 300 9481 -36.3 -39.4 73 3.1 -36.6 242 55 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.42 16 250 10714 -47.9 -51.3 68 3.4 -48.1 244 61 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12144 -59.1 -63.9 54 4.8 -59.2 234 61 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 18 150 13953 -58.8 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.0 243 54 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16450 -66.1 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.2 244 31 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.40 m Freezing level: 620.18 mb = 4030.55 m = 13223.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.42 mb = 3982.49 m = 13065.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.05 mb = 544.81 m = 1787.42 ft T: 19.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 4.75 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1452.92 m = 4766.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.75 C = 80.14 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.94 mb = 1014.66 m = 3328.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.94 mb = 2288.76 m = 7508.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 456.94 mb = 6412.52 m = 21038.19 ft B at Equ Level: 92.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 296.94 mb = 9549.95 m = 31331.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 4.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 156.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 3.37 Bulk Shear: 27.60 m/s