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: 43.8,-94.7 Latitude: 43.80 Longitude: -94.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 375 18.8 9.6 55 9.1 13.3 165 14 294.0 295.4 287.5 316.2 7.72 2 950 599 17.2 9.1 59 8.1 12.4 169 27 294.6 296.0 287.7 316.8 7.66 3 900 1058 14.0 8.2 68 5.7 10.6 185 36 295.9 297.3 288.1 318.1 7.62 4 850 1541 13.5 11.9 90 1.6 12.5 221 33 300.3 302.2 291.9 330.7 10.35 5 800 2051 11.0 10.7 98 0.3 10.8 245 31 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.1 10.16 6 750 2588 9.7 6.0 78 3.7 7.5 257 31 307.1 308.6 292.0 330.9 7.85 7 700 3159 6.2 -1.2 59 7.5 2.4 269 28 309.4 310.3 290.3 325.0 5.01 8 650 3761 2.0 -16.2 24 18.2 -4.6 273 30 311.3 311.6 287.6 316.7 1.66 9 600 4400 -2.8 -25.7 15 22.9 -9.1 278 33 312.9 313.1 287.3 315.6 0.79 10 550 5083 -7.2 -34.7 9 27.6 -12.9 279 31 315.6 315.7 287.7 316.9 0.36 11 500 5818 -11.6 -40.7 7 29.0 -16.6 281 31 318.8 318.9 288.6 319.6 0.22 12 450 6617 -16.8 -41.3 10 24.5 -20.5 290 34 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.0 0.23 13 400 7490 -23.2 -41.5 17 18.4 -25.6 296 38 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.25 14 350 8449 -32.1 -41.2 40 9.1 -33.1 297 40 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.5 0.30 15 300 9515 -41.9 -47.8 53 5.8 -42.3 299 43 326.2 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.17 16 250 10721 -51.5 -57.5 49 6.0 -51.7 296 50 329.5 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.06 17 200 12164 -51.5 -73.4 6 21.9 -52.0 292 66 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14008 -57.4 -81.1 3 23.7 -57.7 288 58 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16517 -65.0 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.2 298 34 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.42 m Freezing level: 628.78 mb = 4032.11 m = 13228.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.63 mb = 3362.80 m = 11032.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.26 C = 79.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.15 mb = 1529.35 m = 5017.49 ft T: 13.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 17.46 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.71 mb = 3409.60 m = 11186.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.82 C = 94.68 F Cap Strength: 6.92 C Lifted Index: 5.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.64 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 29.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9021.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.20 mb = 1688.51 m = 5539.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 476.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 476.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 158.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 194.40 m/s