MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 40.14,-91.45 Latitude: 40.14 Longitude: -91.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 999 177 0.3 -0.9 92 1.2 -0.2 289 6 273.5 274.0 273.0 283.1 3.58 2 950 589 4.2 -2.2 63 6.4 1.5 333 22 281.4 282.0 277.2 291.1 3.42 3 900 1027 2.2 -7.4 49 9.6 -1.3 331 28 283.8 284.2 277.1 290.8 2.43 4 850 1487 1.3 -18.9 20 20.3 -4.4 329 34 287.6 287.7 277.0 290.6 1.01 5 800 1973 -0.8 -20.8 20 20.0 -6.2 325 36 290.3 290.5 278.2 293.2 0.91 6 750 2485 -3.1 -20.6 25 17.5 -7.8 321 37 293.2 293.4 279.7 296.3 0.99 7 700 3027 -6.6 -22.0 28 15.4 -10.5 319 37 295.1 295.3 280.5 298.1 0.94 8 650 3600 -11.2 -27.0 26 15.8 -14.5 315 37 296.3 296.4 280.6 298.4 0.65 9 600 4208 -15.4 -34.3 18 18.8 -18.4 314 37 298.3 298.3 281.1 299.4 0.35 10 550 4861 -18.2 -46.2 7 28.0 -21.2 306 44 302.5 302.5 282.5 302.9 0.11 11 500 5568 -21.3 -51.2 5 29.9 -24.0 304 54 307.1 307.1 284.3 307.3 0.07 12 450 6339 -25.0 -53.9 5 28.9 -27.2 305 73 311.9 311.9 286.1 312.1 0.06 13 400 7186 -29.7 -58.0 5 28.3 -31.4 302 96 316.4 316.4 287.6 316.5 0.04 14 350 8124 -36.5 -57.1 10 20.6 -37.5 299 106 319.5 319.6 288.6 319.7 0.05 15 300 9175 -43.5 -64.8 8 21.3 -44.1 298 108 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.1 0.02 16 250 10382 -50.1 -67.7 11 17.6 -50.4 296 108 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.02 17 200 11824 -52.8 -71.3 9 18.6 -53.1 304 97 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13670 -55.4 -83.7 2 28.3 -55.8 298 65 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16224 -60.3 -87.4 2 27.1 -60.6 300 49 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5395.32 m Freezing level: 818.17 mb = 1796.33 m = 5893.39 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.23 % Est. max temperature: 14.39 C = 57.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.41 mb = 324.96 m = 1066.13 ft T: 1.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 0.43 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.77 mb = 3107.22 m = 10194.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.10 C = 71.79 F Cap Strength: 12.70 C Lifted Index: 15.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.59 C Showalter Index: 14.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.63 C Cross Totals Index: 2.35 C K Index: -11.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 122.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17587.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.21 mb = 1344.51 m = 4411.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.9 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 344.9 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.9 neg: -10.0 tot: 49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 73.89 m/s