MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510091200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510091200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 41.8,-90.6 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -90.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 216 13.5 4.2 54 9.2 8.7 127 6 286.6 287.5 281.8 301.3 5.18 1 1000 216 15.6 4.0 46 11.6 9.6 123 6 288.8 289.7 282.7 303.4 5.10 2 950 652 14.3 1.1 41 13.2 7.7 150 15 291.7 292.5 283.1 304.4 4.36 3 900 1104 10.1 0.1 50 10.0 5.2 164 14 291.9 292.7 283.1 304.3 4.26 4 850 1578 9.7 -14.9 16 24.6 0.9 219 11 296.3 296.5 281.6 300.7 1.41 5 800 2079 9.0 -10.2 25 19.2 1.2 242 10 300.7 301.1 284.4 307.6 2.19 6 750 2610 5.2 0.8 73 4.5 2.9 279 10 302.3 303.3 288.2 318.5 5.39 7 700 3171 4.1 -17.7 19 21.9 -3.4 293 13 307.1 307.3 285.8 311.5 1.35 8 650 3770 0.9 -25.8 12 26.7 -6.7 294 16 309.9 310.1 286.2 312.4 0.72 9 600 4408 -1.9 -38.2 4 36.3 -9.5 283 17 313.9 313.9 287.0 314.8 0.24 10 550 5095 -5.4 -34.6 8 29.2 -11.8 285 16 317.7 317.8 288.4 319.0 0.37 11 500 5834 -10.8 -36.9 10 26.1 -15.8 284 17 319.9 319.9 289.0 321.0 0.32 12 450 6633 -17.5 -38.7 14 21.1 -21.0 290 19 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.30 13 400 7501 -25.0 -44.0 15 19.0 -27.2 296 23 322.5 322.6 289.8 323.3 0.19 14 350 8456 -32.2 -49.1 17 16.9 -33.5 311 30 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.12 15 300 9524 -40.9 -50.3 36 9.3 -41.5 310 35 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.13 16 250 10736 -49.9 -58.4 36 8.5 -50.1 305 42 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.06 17 200 12188 -51.0 -74.2 5 23.3 -51.4 306 53 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14028 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 302 45 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16517 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 305 37 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.95 m Freezing level: 634.53 mb = 3967.42 m = 13016.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.70 mb = 2866.79 m = 9405.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.79 % Est. max temperature: 23.13 C = 73.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.77 mb = 1387.04 m = 4550.61 ft T: 9.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 7.03 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 544.63 mb = 5171.47 m = 16966.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.79 C = 112.62 F Cap Strength: 15.11 C Lifted Index: 15.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.27 C Showalter Index: 17.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.49 C Cross Totals Index: -4.07 C K Index: -16.27 Risk: None Sweat Index: 37.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14276.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.53 mb = 2166.75 m = 7108.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 102.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 63.69 m/s