MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.75,-91.58 Latitude: 40.75 Longitude: -91.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 981 204 23.1 16.0 64 7.1 18.4 225 5 297.8 300.0 292.2 331.9 11.74 2 950 484 21.5 6.1 37 15.4 12.6 224 7 299.0 300.1 287.9 317.4 6.22 3 900 949 17.7 0.4 31 17.3 8.8 242 8 299.8 300.6 286.4 312.9 4.37 4 850 1433 13.9 0.2 39 13.7 6.9 272 13 300.7 301.5 286.9 314.4 4.55 5 800 1941 10.4 -5.7 32 16.1 3.1 265 20 302.3 302.8 286.0 311.9 3.12 6 750 2473 6.1 -7.1 38 13.2 0.4 251 24 303.2 303.7 286.2 312.4 2.99 7 700 3033 1.5 -11.3 38 12.7 -3.4 254 26 304.1 304.5 285.8 311.3 2.31 8 650 3624 -2.4 -20.3 24 17.9 -7.8 255 29 306.2 306.4 285.3 310.0 1.17 9 600 4255 -5.9 -25.5 20 19.6 -11.0 263 33 309.3 309.4 286.0 312.0 0.80 10 550 4931 -10.1 -27.1 23 17.1 -14.2 258 40 312.1 312.3 287.0 314.7 0.75 11 500 5656 -16.0 -20.7 67 4.6 -17.3 250 50 313.5 313.8 288.2 318.4 1.47 12 450 6446 -19.0 -21.5 81 2.4 -19.7 235 59 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.5 1.53 13 400 7312 -24.9 -27.5 79 2.6 -25.4 229 63 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.1 1.00 14 350 8270 -31.5 -34.5 75 3.0 -31.9 224 70 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.5 0.59 15 300 9343 -39.8 -43.2 70 3.4 -40.1 218 78 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.28 16 250 10562 -49.5 -53.2 65 3.7 -49.7 222 98 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12004 -51.4 -75.2 4 23.8 -51.8 244 69 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 13853 -57.1 -81.7 3 24.7 -57.3 255 47 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16388 -62.2 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 249 32 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.01 m Freezing level: 681.33 mb = 3253.86 m = 10675.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.13 mb = 2526.01 m = 8287.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.50 C = 79.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.33 mb = 1097.88 m = 3601.93 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 19.00 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.10 mb = 2985.75 m = 9795.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.22 C = 84.59 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Showalter Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 16.21 C K Index: 17.40 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 78.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9034.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.63 mb = 2433.18 m = 7982.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.3 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 284.3 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 68.40 m/s