MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510031200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510031200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 3 OCT 25 Station: 43.7,-93.2 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -93.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 975 381 14.5 13.7 95 0.8 14.0 193 4 289.7 291.5 288.2 318.2 10.14 2 950 606 22.6 10.4 46 12.2 15.0 285 9 300.1 301.7 290.2 324.8 8.36 3 900 1077 22.2 6.6 37 15.5 12.9 307 7 304.3 305.6 290.2 324.9 6.80 4 850 1569 18.2 1.6 33 16.6 9.2 283 14 305.2 306.1 288.9 320.6 5.04 5 800 2084 14.6 -3.1 29 17.7 5.8 272 15 306.7 307.4 288.2 318.5 3.80 6 750 2625 10.5 -3.5 37 14.0 3.7 297 14 308.0 308.7 288.8 320.3 3.93 7 700 3194 5.5 -1.1 62 6.6 2.1 330 23 308.6 309.5 290.0 324.2 5.04 8 650 3794 0.9 -4.7 66 5.6 -1.7 338 26 310.0 310.8 289.7 323.0 4.16 9 600 4434 -1.4 -18.2 27 16.8 -7.1 293 14 314.5 314.7 288.6 319.5 1.52 10 550 5124 -3.9 -23.8 20 19.9 -9.8 275 14 319.5 319.7 289.7 323.0 1.02 11 500 5868 -9.7 -24.4 29 14.7 -13.7 286 13 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.9 1.06 12 450 6671 -16.2 -31.0 27 14.8 -19.3 309 19 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.2 0.64 13 400 7544 -22.6 -37.3 25 14.8 -24.8 312 23 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.39 14 350 8516 -27.0 -48.7 11 21.6 -29.2 296 23 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.8 0.13 15 300 9607 -35.9 -53.2 15 17.3 -37.0 285 24 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.09 16 250 10846 -46.5 -57.5 28 10.9 -47.0 286 29 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.06 17 200 12284 -58.1 -64.2 46 6.1 -58.2 284 33 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.03 18 150 14061 -64.8 -79.4 12 14.6 -64.8 276 37 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.00 19 100 16519 -66.8 -87.3 4 20.5 -67.0 262 26 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.79 m Freezing level: 630.63 mb = 4042.30 m = 13261.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.05 mb = 3524.14 m = 11561.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.11 mb = 478.88 m = 1571.09 ft T: 17.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 6.37 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.70 mb = 3337.69 m = 10950.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.57 C = 92.42 F Cap Strength: 5.98 C Lifted Index: 4.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: 6.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 11.27 C K Index: 22.84 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 60.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6607.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.83 mb = 2427.96 m = 7965.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.6 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 331.6 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.6 neg: -8.9 tot: 72.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.69 Bulk Shear: 9.84 m/s