MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 71 SFC 987 191 28.5 15.4 45 13.1 19.6 192 10 302.8 304.9 293.3 336.0 11.20 2 950 523 24.4 14.1 53 10.3 17.6 196 13 301.9 303.9 292.7 333.5 10.68 3 900 993 19.8 13.2 66 6.6 15.5 200 15 301.9 303.8 292.6 333.3 10.62 4 850 1482 15.0 12.0 82 3.1 13.1 206 16 301.9 303.8 292.4 332.6 10.39 5 800 1992 11.3 5.1 66 6.2 7.8 210 23 303.2 304.4 289.9 323.9 6.90 6 750 2528 9.5 -12.4 20 21.9 0.7 205 32 306.9 307.3 286.5 313.2 1.97 7 700 3097 7.5 -22.9 9 30.4 -2.3 213 31 310.8 310.9 286.6 313.7 0.86 8 650 3703 4.2 -16.0 21 20.3 -3.3 223 29 313.7 314.1 288.5 319.3 1.68 9 600 4348 -0.1 -16.1 29 16.0 -6.0 226 30 316.0 316.3 289.3 322.0 1.81 10 550 5039 -4.6 -17.4 36 12.8 -9.1 228 30 318.6 319.0 290.2 324.6 1.77 11 500 5781 -9.4 -21.6 36 12.3 -13.1 226 30 321.6 321.9 290.6 326.3 1.35 12 450 6585 -15.8 -33.1 21 17.3 -19.3 222 28 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.3 0.52 13 400 7461 -21.7 -24.4 78 2.8 -22.4 230 27 326.8 327.1 292.1 331.5 1.32 14 350 8433 -28.0 -34.5 54 6.5 -29.1 233 28 330.9 331.1 292.6 333.1 0.58 15 300 9520 -37.2 -43.9 50 6.7 -37.8 215 35 332.9 333.0 292.8 333.9 0.26 16 250 10750 -47.3 -52.7 54 5.4 -47.5 210 34 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.12 17 200 12195 -54.3 -65.9 23 11.6 -54.5 222 25 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14014 -61.1 -82.5 4 21.4 -61.2 241 31 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16470 -69.7 -85.5 8 15.8 -69.8 249 33 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.63 m Freezing level: 601.24 mb = 4332.25 m = 14213.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.14 mb = 2659.83 m = 8726.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.93 C = 82.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.97 mb = 1835.84 m = 6023.04 ft T: 12.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 22.80 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.69 mb = 1942.70 m = 6373.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.35 C K Index: 5.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 273.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.03 mb = 1824.96 m = 5987.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 501.03 mb = 5765.14 m = 18914.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 361.03 mb = 8207.04 m = 26925.66 ft B at Equ Level: 56.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 271.03 mb = 10205.06 m = 33480.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.95 Bulk Shear: 30.05 m/s