MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 41.74,-93.59 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 976 281 10.4 9.0 91 1.4 9.6 302 12 285.5 286.8 283.8 306.1 7.40 2 950 504 8.3 8.0 98 0.3 8.2 308 21 285.6 286.9 283.5 305.4 7.10 3 900 950 6.6 5.7 94 0.9 6.1 325 34 288.3 289.4 283.9 306.3 6.37 4 850 1416 3.3 2.9 97 0.4 3.1 322 36 289.6 290.6 283.6 305.5 5.55 5 800 1905 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 322 42 291.2 292.1 283.3 304.8 4.71 6 750 2420 -2.6 -4.6 86 2.0 -3.4 308 45 293.7 294.4 283.2 304.4 3.62 7 700 2964 -5.3 -10.6 66 5.4 -7.2 292 47 296.6 297.1 283.0 304.0 2.43 8 650 3542 -8.9 -12.7 74 3.8 -10.2 278 47 298.8 299.2 283.7 305.7 2.21 9 600 4157 -12.7 -15.2 81 2.5 -13.5 265 41 301.4 301.7 284.4 307.5 1.95 10 550 4817 -16.5 -18.5 84 2.1 -17.0 256 31 304.6 304.9 285.2 309.7 1.61 11 500 5525 -21.3 -23.6 82 2.3 -21.8 251 19 307.1 307.3 285.6 310.8 1.14 12 450 6297 -25.5 -27.7 82 2.2 -25.9 217 18 311.1 311.3 286.8 314.1 0.87 13 400 7137 -33.2 -34.6 87 1.5 -33.3 217 34 311.9 312.0 286.6 313.7 0.51 14 350 8065 -36.9 -57.4 10 20.5 -37.9 230 61 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.2 0.05 15 300 9123 -40.4 -66.2 5 25.8 -41.2 238 73 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.5 0.02 16 250 10354 -44.0 -71.1 3 27.1 -44.7 245 81 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.6 0.01 17 200 11838 -47.2 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.9 244 69 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 18 150 13710 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 243 58 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16295 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 284 22 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5448.12 m Freezing level: 798.67 mb = 1919.09 m = 6296.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 801.08 mb = 1894.57 m = 6215.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.91 % Est. max temperature: 15.20 C = 59.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.91 mb = 452.51 m = 1484.58 ft T: 8.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 974.46 m = 3197.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.17 C = 55.70 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 3.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 22.13 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.89 mb = 814.39 m = 2671.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.89 mb = 1512.86 m = 4963.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 749.89 mb = 2421.25 m = 7943.65 ft B at Equ Level: 21.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 669.89 mb = 3307.05 m = 10849.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.6 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 317.6 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 4.9 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: -161.2 tot: -145.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 39.73 m/s