MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511061200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511061200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 7 NOV 25 Station: 42.4,-93.8 Latitude: 42.40 Longitude: -93.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 964 341 10.5 6.5 76 4.0 8.4 205 11 286.7 287.8 283.1 304.3 6.30 2 950 464 10.3 6.1 75 4.2 8.1 208 19 287.7 288.8 283.5 305.2 6.22 3 900 915 9.8 6.3 79 3.5 7.9 240 37 291.6 292.7 285.5 310.6 6.65 4 850 1387 5.4 4.7 95 0.7 5.1 250 37 291.8 293.0 285.3 310.0 6.33 5 800 1880 4.4 -2.0 63 6.3 1.4 266 26 295.8 296.6 284.6 308.1 4.14 6 750 2407 5.8 -7.7 37 13.5 0.0 286 29 302.9 303.4 285.9 311.7 2.86 7 700 2967 1.1 -6.5 57 7.5 -2.2 279 30 303.7 304.3 286.8 314.0 3.36 8 650 3557 -3.6 -8.0 72 4.4 -5.4 264 30 304.9 305.5 287.1 314.9 3.22 9 600 4184 -8.6 -10.6 85 2.0 -9.4 254 32 306.2 306.7 287.1 315.1 2.84 10 550 4852 -13.6 -16.6 78 3.0 -14.5 259 43 307.9 308.3 286.8 314.0 1.89 11 500 5569 -18.8 -28.1 44 9.4 -20.7 254 50 310.1 310.3 286.3 312.7 0.75 12 450 6345 -24.9 -32.2 51 7.3 -26.0 249 57 312.0 312.1 286.7 314.0 0.57 13 400 7190 -30.1 -52.6 9 22.5 -31.7 251 57 315.8 315.9 287.5 316.1 0.07 14 350 8126 -36.8 -62.9 5 26.1 -37.8 257 55 319.1 319.1 288.5 319.2 0.02 15 300 9174 -44.7 -64.2 9 19.6 -45.2 255 57 322.4 322.4 289.5 322.5 0.02 16 250 10372 -51.7 -66.4 16 14.7 -52.0 255 60 329.3 329.3 291.5 329.3 0.02 17 200 11807 -54.1 -74.8 6 20.7 -54.4 262 71 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13644 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.7 270 62 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16189 -59.7 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.0 281 42 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5532.06 m Freezing level: 688.66 mb = 3100.84 m = 10173.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.56 mb = 2412.29 m = 7914.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.33 % Est. max temperature: 18.44 C = 65.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.84 mb = 851.95 m = 2795.09 ft T: 9.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 2.53 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.33 mb = 2791.25 m = 9157.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Cap Strength: 7.32 C Lifted Index: 4.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.97 C Showalter Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 21.41 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10508.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.89 mb = 1224.22 m = 4016.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.0 neg: -23.0 tot: 250.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 61.40 m/s