MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 16 OCT 25 Station: 41.6,-103.7 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -103.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 1 950 485 2 900 954 SFC 856 1384 16.2 13.3 83 2.9 14.3 55 8 302.5 304.6 293.3 335.9 11.30 4 850 1443 15.7 13.2 85 2.5 14.1 65 12 302.6 304.7 293.3 336.1 11.32 5 800 1959 17.0 11.0 68 6.0 13.1 148 22 309.3 311.3 294.6 340.9 10.39 6 750 2508 13.3 8.8 74 4.5 10.4 170 29 311.0 312.8 294.4 340.2 9.49 7 700 3084 7.8 7.3 96 0.5 7.5 173 30 311.1 312.8 294.1 339.3 9.18 8 650 3691 3.8 1.8 87 2.0 2.7 195 33 313.3 314.6 292.9 334.3 6.73 9 600 4338 0.2 -4.1 73 4.3 -1.9 220 34 316.3 317.2 292.1 331.4 4.72 10 550 5030 -3.9 -18.5 31 14.6 -8.9 221 33 319.5 319.8 290.3 325.0 1.62 11 500 5774 -8.9 -29.8 17 20.9 -14.0 217 43 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.5 0.64 12 450 6580 -14.7 -32.5 20 17.9 -18.4 216 51 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.8 0.55 13 400 7460 -21.0 -41.2 15 20.1 -23.9 216 63 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.6 0.26 14 350 8431 -28.5 -48.1 13 19.7 -30.4 222 70 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.14 15 300 9516 -36.8 -54.3 15 17.6 -37.8 222 71 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.08 16 250 10754 -45.0 -63.9 10 18.9 -45.6 223 80 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12215 -54.1 -70.1 12 15.9 -54.4 224 90 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14024 -61.3 -79.4 7 18.1 -61.4 224 73 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16488 -70.1 -87.8 6 17.7 -70.2 220 21 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.54 m Freezing level: 597.68 mb = 4369.59 m = 14335.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.67 mb = 4063.81 m = 13332.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.34 % Est. max temperature: 24.40 C = 75.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.23 mb = 1746.48 m = 5729.86 ft T: 16.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 16.46 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.14 mb = 2905.03 m = 9530.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.91 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 37.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 574.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.31 mb = 2504.24 m = 8215.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.31 mb = 3377.72 m = 11081.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.31 mb = 10611.09 m = 34812.87 ft B at Equ Level: 571.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.31 mb = 13412.75 m = 44004.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.1 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 235.1 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 488.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 488.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 162.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 228.37 m/s