MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 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 26 SFC 980 198 19.2 18.8 97 0.4 18.9 297 17 294.1 296.6 292.9 334.2 14.08 2 950 466 17.1 16.9 99 0.2 17.0 306 31 294.6 296.9 292.1 331.4 12.87 3 900 926 13.8 13.5 98 0.3 13.6 314 36 295.7 297.7 290.9 327.0 10.87 4 850 1407 11.8 11.7 99 0.1 11.7 314 30 298.5 300.4 291.2 328.2 10.18 5 800 1914 10.1 10.0 99 0.1 10.0 300 21 301.9 303.7 291.9 330.6 9.67 6 750 2450 7.7 7.4 98 0.3 7.5 268 19 304.9 306.5 291.9 330.8 8.64 7 700 3016 4.4 3.3 92 1.1 3.8 242 23 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.6 6.94 8 650 3615 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.0 227 28 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.1 5.82 9 600 4256 -1.4 -1.9 97 0.4 -1.7 217 32 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.0 5.56 10 550 4946 -4.6 -5.4 95 0.7 -5.0 206 32 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.6 4.67 11 500 5690 -9.0 -10.2 91 1.2 -9.5 199 33 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.7 3.51 12 450 6499 -14.0 -15.6 87 1.7 -14.6 196 36 325.7 326.2 292.9 334.3 2.52 13 400 7382 -19.9 -22.2 82 2.3 -20.5 194 40 329.1 329.4 293.0 334.7 1.61 14 350 8357 -27.6 -30.5 76 2.9 -28.2 194 42 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.6 0.86 15 300 9445 -36.8 -40.0 72 3.2 -37.1 201 46 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.0 0.39 16 250 10679 -48.0 -51.5 67 3.5 -48.1 209 51 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.3 0.13 17 200 12112 -53.6 -69.5 13 15.9 -53.9 229 69 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13937 -60.1 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 255 58 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16432 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -64.0 262 40 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.73 m Freezing level: 646.40 mb = 3661.24 m = 12011.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.51 mb = 3608.83 m = 11839.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.53 % Est. max temperature: 24.98 C = 76.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.42 mb = 248.70 m = 815.94 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 7.23 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.95 mb = 674.88 m = 2214.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.25 C = 68.45 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: 2.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.65 C K Index: 31.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.61 mb = 678.07 m = 2224.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.61 mb = 724.08 m = 2375.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 811.61 mb = 1793.38 m = 5883.71 ft B at Equ Level: 23.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 571.61 mb = 4640.16 m = 15223.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 6.2 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -31.9 tot: 20.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 107.71 m/s