MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510031800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510031800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 41.1,-96.8 Latitude: 41.10 Longitude: -96.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 960 420 29.5 17.3 48 12.2 21.0 178 20 306.2 308.7 295.6 345.5 13.08 2 950 509 28.1 16.5 49 11.7 20.1 179 26 305.7 308.1 295.1 343.2 12.49 3 900 986 23.3 15.2 60 8.1 17.8 181 32 305.6 307.8 294.8 342.0 12.16 4 850 1482 21.7 7.5 40 14.2 13.0 208 34 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.4 7.67 5 800 2004 18.0 4.2 40 13.8 10.0 212 33 310.4 311.6 291.8 330.4 6.48 6 750 2552 13.1 2.1 47 11.1 7.0 215 34 310.8 312.0 291.5 329.3 5.94 7 700 3126 7.8 0.8 61 7.0 4.0 209 31 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.2 5.80 8 650 3731 2.1 -0.8 81 2.9 0.6 210 29 311.4 312.4 291.3 328.7 5.55 9 600 4372 -0.6 -14.6 34 13.9 -5.9 208 30 315.4 315.8 289.4 322.2 2.06 10 550 5066 -2.0 -34.0 7 31.9 -9.8 216 33 321.7 321.8 289.7 323.1 0.39 11 500 5814 -7.7 -32.6 12 24.9 -13.5 220 27 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.49 12 450 6624 -13.9 -37.2 12 23.3 -18.3 221 29 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.35 13 400 7506 -20.0 -45.9 8 25.9 -23.4 222 32 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.16 14 350 8482 -27.2 -52.8 7 25.6 -29.5 220 33 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.08 15 300 9571 -36.1 -47.5 30 11.4 -37.0 231 39 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.18 16 250 10813 -44.9 -54.9 32 10.0 -45.4 235 51 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.09 17 200 12268 -54.8 -69.1 15 14.3 -55.1 244 64 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14063 -64.3 -79.7 10 15.4 -64.4 243 66 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 19 100 16502 -70.8 -85.8 9 15.0 -70.9 232 32 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.06 m Freezing level: 611.61 mb = 4223.50 m = 13856.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.34 mb = 3788.70 m = 12429.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.57 % Est. max temperature: 33.31 C = 91.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.32 mb = 1958.04 m = 6423.95 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 23.32 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.64 mb = 2758.00 m = 9048.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.17 C = 93.50 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 2.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.45 C Cross Totals Index: 15.21 C K Index: 29.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 572.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.97 mb = 2197.69 m = 7210.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.97 mb = 3161.50 m = 10372.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.97 mb = 11162.10 m = 36620.61 ft B at Equ Level: 565.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.97 mb = 13779.66 m = 45208.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.1 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 239.1 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.9 neg: -18.4 tot: 144.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 18.72 Bulk Shear: 30.56 m/s