MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 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 66 SFC 986 190 24.6 14.4 53 10.2 17.9 169 6 299.0 300.9 291.6 329.7 10.50 2 950 516 24.3 13.5 51 10.8 17.2 190 19 301.8 303.7 292.3 332.1 10.26 3 900 986 19.9 12.4 62 7.5 15.1 200 21 302.0 303.9 292.2 331.9 10.09 4 850 1475 15.2 11.3 78 3.8 12.7 205 21 302.0 303.9 292.2 331.5 9.96 5 800 1985 10.6 8.7 88 1.9 9.5 216 22 302.5 304.1 291.4 328.8 8.85 6 750 2520 9.6 -6.8 31 16.4 2.1 230 25 306.9 307.5 287.6 316.5 3.06 7 700 3092 9.2 -20.2 11 29.5 -1.2 246 25 312.7 312.9 287.5 316.4 1.09 8 650 3701 5.3 -17.7 17 23.0 -3.1 254 27 314.9 315.2 288.7 319.8 1.46 9 600 4348 0.5 -13.0 36 13.4 -4.9 256 28 316.6 317.1 290.1 324.4 2.34 10 550 5039 -5.2 -13.3 53 8.1 -8.3 259 26 317.9 318.4 290.6 326.2 2.50 11 500 5779 -10.0 -19.7 45 9.7 -13.1 266 22 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.3 1.60 12 450 6581 -16.4 -22.0 62 5.6 -18.0 264 23 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.6 1.46 13 400 7456 -22.3 -25.4 75 3.2 -23.0 259 24 326.1 326.3 291.8 330.3 1.21 14 350 8423 -29.1 -31.5 80 2.4 -29.5 250 26 329.5 329.7 292.3 332.4 0.79 15 300 9506 -37.8 -42.3 63 4.5 -38.2 242 24 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.3 0.31 16 250 10738 -46.1 -55.5 34 9.4 -46.5 265 22 337.5 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.08 17 200 12193 -54.0 -69.7 13 15.7 -54.3 267 35 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14007 -61.3 -80.2 6 18.9 -61.4 253 41 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16471 -69.1 -85.6 7 16.5 -69.2 258 37 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.36 m Freezing level: 595.96 mb = 4403.82 m = 14448.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.56 mb = 2886.84 m = 9471.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.41 mb = 1490.66 m = 4890.56 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 15.78 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.54 mb = 1958.45 m = 6425.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.08 C = 82.54 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.33 C Showalter Index: 0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 7.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 333.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 311.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.68 mb = 1832.11 m = 6010.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 469.68 mb = 6255.20 m = 20522.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 389.68 mb = 7645.33 m = 25082.81 ft B at Equ Level: 25.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 339.68 mb = 8633.62 m = 28325.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 45.80 m/s