MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 38.84,-90.93 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -90.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 989 191 26.4 16.8 55 9.6 19.9 183 9 300.5 302.8 293.4 336.5 12.25 2 950 541 21.2 15.7 70 5.6 17.5 190 11 298.7 300.9 292.6 333.3 11.86 3 900 1007 19.0 9.4 54 9.6 13.1 229 22 301.1 302.6 290.5 325.6 8.26 4 850 1495 15.1 8.7 66 6.4 11.2 223 17 302.0 303.5 290.8 326.7 8.35 5 800 2005 12.2 1.5 48 10.6 6.5 209 20 304.1 305.1 288.8 320.4 5.34 6 750 2543 10.0 -8.7 26 18.7 1.8 202 27 307.5 308.0 287.3 315.9 2.65 7 700 3113 7.1 -11.7 25 18.8 -0.6 203 31 310.4 310.8 287.9 317.6 2.23 8 650 3717 3.5 -14.2 26 17.7 -3.3 206 33 313.0 313.3 288.5 319.4 1.97 9 600 4362 0.1 -19.6 21 19.7 -6.5 213 31 316.3 316.5 289.0 320.8 1.35 10 550 5053 -4.5 -18.8 32 14.2 -9.3 212 29 318.7 319.0 290.0 324.1 1.58 11 500 5795 -9.2 -24.9 27 15.7 -13.5 213 30 321.8 322.0 290.4 325.3 1.01 12 450 6601 -15.2 -29.3 29 14.1 -18.4 212 30 324.1 324.3 290.8 326.8 0.75 13 400 7479 -21.6 -33.5 33 11.8 -23.8 216 34 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.9 0.57 14 350 8448 -27.0 -30.8 70 3.8 -27.8 224 37 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.4 0.84 15 300 9541 -36.0 -39.6 69 3.6 -36.4 211 41 334.6 334.7 293.3 336.1 0.41 16 250 10777 -47.4 -51.3 64 3.9 -47.6 194 38 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.14 17 200 12216 -55.4 -64.8 30 9.4 -55.6 219 28 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14034 -61.1 -83.6 4 22.5 -61.3 220 27 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16486 -69.5 -86.0 7 16.5 -69.6 246 27 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.78 m Freezing level: 598.69 mb = 4380.01 m = 14369.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.69 mb = 2964.67 m = 9726.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.16 mb = 1403.27 m = 4603.86 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 10.92 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.06 mb = 2388.45 m = 7836.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.39 C = 90.30 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.41 C Showalter Index: 3.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 17.95 C K Index: 14.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 168.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4684.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.53 mb = 1609.19 m = 5279.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.9 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 239.9 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.3 neg: -5.1 tot: 65.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 32.68 m/s