MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510010600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510010600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z WED 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 160 SFC 995 203 17.6 14.7 84 2.8 15.8 65 3 291.1 293.0 289.1 321.2 10.65 2 950 604 22.9 14.9 61 8.0 17.6 157 10 300.4 302.5 292.7 333.5 11.28 3 900 1073 20.1 10.9 55 9.2 14.3 137 6 302.2 303.9 291.5 329.3 9.13 4 850 1563 15.5 11.0 75 4.5 12.7 117 5 302.3 304.1 292.0 331.2 9.75 5 800 2074 11.0 9.1 88 1.9 9.8 89 4 302.9 304.5 291.7 329.9 9.10 6 750 2609 8.2 -5.0 39 13.2 2.1 121 7 305.5 306.1 287.5 316.4 3.51 7 700 3178 7.8 -18.2 14 26.0 -1.6 167 12 311.1 311.4 287.2 315.4 1.30 8 650 3784 3.7 -14.9 24 18.6 -3.4 180 14 313.1 313.5 288.5 319.2 1.84 9 600 4427 -0.7 -19.2 23 18.5 -6.9 191 13 315.3 315.6 288.7 320.0 1.39 10 550 5117 -4.9 -23.6 22 18.7 -10.4 197 12 318.2 318.4 289.3 321.8 1.03 11 500 5858 -9.4 -28.1 20 18.7 -14.1 189 14 321.5 321.7 290.0 324.2 0.76 12 450 6663 -15.4 -35.8 16 20.4 -19.2 185 20 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.4 0.40 13 400 7540 -21.6 -41.9 14 20.3 -24.4 194 25 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.24 14 350 8511 -28.4 -35.1 53 6.6 -29.5 208 27 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.4 0.55 15 300 9602 -35.1 -38.2 73 3.1 -35.5 218 25 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.7 0.47 16 250 10845 -45.9 -49.2 69 3.3 -46.0 217 30 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12297 -52.3 -68.6 12 16.4 -52.6 249 29 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14125 -61.1 -82.5 4 21.4 -61.3 303 24 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16601 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 297 4 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.72 m Freezing level: 608.14 mb = 4322.67 m = 14181.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.50 mb = 2928.44 m = 9607.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.27 mb = 564.94 m = 1853.46 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 15.81 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.54 mb = 2046.86 m = 6715.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.64 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Showalter Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.45 C K Index: 9.91 Risk: None Sweat Index: 156.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5562.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.52 mb = 1577.31 m = 5174.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.1 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 202.1 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.4 neg: -19.3 tot: 44.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.77 Bulk Shear: 3.34 m/s