MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510010600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510010600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 1 OCT 25 Station: 40.5,-91.8 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -91.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 995 204 20.1 14.9 72 5.2 16.7 81 2 293.7 295.6 290.1 324.4 10.77 2 950 605 24.0 15.4 59 8.6 18.2 120 12 301.5 303.7 293.3 335.9 11.66 3 900 1076 20.7 10.9 53 9.8 14.5 121 9 302.8 304.5 291.7 330.0 9.12 4 850 1565 15.8 11.2 74 4.6 12.9 118 9 302.7 304.5 292.3 332.0 9.86 5 800 2077 11.1 10.9 99 0.1 11.0 111 7 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.6 10.32 6 750 2613 7.3 0.2 61 7.1 3.7 119 8 304.5 305.5 288.8 320.3 5.18 7 700 3182 8.2 -20.8 11 29.0 -1.7 159 13 311.6 311.8 287.1 315.1 1.04 8 650 3788 4.4 -18.3 17 22.7 -3.7 171 14 313.9 314.2 288.3 318.5 1.39 9 600 4433 0.1 -22.5 16 22.6 -7.0 187 13 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.8 1.04 10 550 5125 -4.1 -25.7 17 21.6 -10.2 196 11 319.2 319.3 289.4 322.2 0.86 11 500 5868 -8.9 -28.9 18 20.0 -13.9 181 13 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.7 0.70 12 450 6674 -15.1 -34.1 18 19.0 -18.8 178 18 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.0 0.47 13 400 7552 -21.3 -41.9 14 20.7 -24.2 186 23 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.3 0.24 14 350 8524 -27.5 -38.2 36 10.6 -29.0 207 24 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.1 0.41 15 300 9617 -34.8 -39.2 64 4.4 -35.3 222 20 336.3 336.4 293.8 338.0 0.43 16 250 10864 -45.1 -49.1 64 4.0 -45.3 226 26 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.7 0.18 17 200 12315 -53.4 -67.4 17 14.0 -53.7 256 27 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14137 -60.7 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.9 305 24 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16630 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.1 335 4 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.05 m Freezing level: 599.04 mb = 4446.75 m = 14588.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.12 mb = 2993.81 m = 9822.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.63 mb = 868.73 m = 2850.13 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 18.58 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.59 mb = 2028.85 m = 6656.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 6.88 Risk: None Sweat Index: 165.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.72 mb = 1698.39 m = 5572.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.72 mb = 2483.91 m = 8149.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 741.72 mb = 2704.12 m = 8871.66 ft B at Equ Level: 35.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 691.72 mb = 3279.08 m = 10758.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.1 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 189.1 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.8 neg: -11.7 tot: 38.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.88 Bulk Shear: 7.46 m/s