MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.80,-90.97 Latitude: 38.80 Longitude: -90.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 989 197 9.2 8.1 92 1.2 8.6 277 11 283.3 284.5 282.3 302.2 6.84 2 950 527 7.6 7.2 98 0.3 7.4 289 26 284.9 286.0 282.8 303.6 6.73 3 900 971 5.2 4.6 96 0.6 4.9 307 34 286.8 287.9 282.8 303.5 5.90 4 850 1436 2.7 -2.6 68 5.3 0.4 323 37 289.0 289.7 281.3 299.8 3.72 5 800 1923 -1.6 -4.4 81 2.8 -2.7 328 39 289.5 290.1 281.1 299.5 3.44 6 750 2434 -3.9 -8.3 71 4.4 -5.5 317 38 292.3 292.8 281.5 300.4 2.72 7 700 2976 -7.3 -13.4 61 6.1 -9.2 312 35 294.4 294.8 281.5 300.4 1.94 8 650 3548 -11.3 -19.8 50 8.4 -13.5 301 34 296.1 296.4 281.3 300.0 1.23 9 600 4157 -15.6 -23.2 52 7.7 -17.3 291 32 298.1 298.3 281.8 301.2 0.98 10 550 4808 -19.3 -29.7 39 10.4 -21.1 287 27 301.2 301.3 282.7 303.2 0.59 11 500 5511 -22.8 -30.5 50 7.6 -24.1 282 29 305.2 305.3 284.3 307.3 0.61 12 450 6278 -25.6 -43.4 17 17.8 -27.5 282 37 311.0 311.0 285.9 311.7 0.18 13 400 7126 -28.6 -60.8 3 32.1 -30.5 293 45 317.8 317.8 288.1 317.9 0.03 14 350 8077 -30.4 -65.2 2 34.8 -32.3 293 50 327.8 327.8 291.1 327.8 0.02 15 300 9166 -32.5 -66.8 2 34.2 -34.3 264 51 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.02 16 250 10445 -35.4 -68.8 2 33.5 -37.1 258 63 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 17 200 11973 -43.0 -74.4 2 31.4 -44.0 275 68 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 18 150 13860 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.7 237 49 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16390 -62.4 -88.8 2 26.4 -62.6 269 29 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5407.80 m Freezing level: 818.33 mb = 1744.60 m = 5723.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 843.21 mb = 1500.86 m = 4924.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.69 % Est. max temperature: 15.03 C = 59.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.62 mb = 341.39 m = 1120.04 ft T: 8.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 4.12 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 815.81 m = 2676.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.07 C = 53.73 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: 3.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: 6.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 16.85 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.50 mb = 715.25 m = 2346.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.50 mb = 1690.64 m = 5546.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 753.50 mb = 2397.33 m = 7865.16 ft B at Equ Level: 23.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 583.50 mb = 4365.25 m = 14321.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.1 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 332.1 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.7 neg: -53.4 tot: 126.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 20.14 m/s