MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510021200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510021200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 2 OCT 25 Station: 40.8,-90.5 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 191 SFC 997 215 13.7 12.0 89 1.7 12.7 111 3 287.1 288.7 286.0 311.9 8.89 2 950 633 22.9 12.4 52 10.5 16.1 203 11 300.4 302.1 291.3 328.5 9.54 3 900 1101 19.4 9.8 54 9.6 13.5 205 10 301.5 303.1 290.7 326.7 8.49 4 850 1589 14.7 10.0 74 4.6 11.8 224 10 301.5 303.2 291.3 328.5 9.12 5 800 2098 10.4 7.9 85 2.5 8.9 250 8 302.2 303.8 290.9 327.2 8.39 6 750 2634 9.0 -3.1 42 12.1 3.1 217 10 306.3 307.1 288.4 318.9 4.06 7 700 3202 5.8 -6.4 41 12.2 0.2 202 13 308.9 309.5 288.6 319.5 3.37 8 650 3803 1.8 -14.0 30 15.8 -4.2 201 10 311.0 311.4 287.9 317.5 1.99 9 600 4443 -1.9 -20.7 22 18.8 -7.8 187 6 313.9 314.2 288.1 318.1 1.23 10 550 5128 -6.9 -23.4 26 16.5 -11.6 192 7 315.9 316.1 288.6 319.5 1.06 11 500 5863 -12.3 -27.4 27 15.1 -15.9 205 11 318.0 318.2 289.0 320.9 0.81 12 450 6658 -18.2 -26.6 48 8.3 -20.1 219 17 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.7 0.97 13 400 7526 -24.7 -33.0 46 8.3 -26.1 218 14 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.0 0.59 14 350 8482 -31.9 -42.4 35 10.5 -33.0 230 21 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.7 0.26 15 300 9554 -40.1 -47.6 44 7.5 -40.6 229 23 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.17 16 250 10772 -47.5 -57.1 32 9.6 -47.9 230 27 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.07 17 200 12242 -49.0 -72.3 5 23.3 -49.5 254 32 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 14084 -59.8 -78.3 7 18.5 -60.0 268 35 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16574 -66.1 -85.5 5 19.5 -66.2 283 13 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.95 m Freezing level: 625.71 mb = 4113.96 m = 13497.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.78 mb = 3227.37 m = 10588.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.14 mb = 434.32 m = 1424.91 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 9.57 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.88 mb = 2857.48 m = 9374.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.94 C = 93.08 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.65 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 24.77 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6955.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.05 mb = 1718.06 m = 5636.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.9 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 236.9 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -5.9 tot: 28.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 51.18 Bulk Shear: 1.08 m/s