MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.46,-91.96 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -91.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 964 371 22.3 20.1 87 2.2 20.8 212 5 298.5 301.4 295.2 343.7 15.51 2 950 500 21.0 18.9 88 2.1 19.5 209 8 298.5 301.1 294.6 340.9 14.59 3 900 967 18.5 18.1 97 0.4 18.2 203 20 300.6 303.3 295.2 343.6 14.65 4 850 1457 16.0 14.1 88 1.9 14.7 240 31 302.9 305.1 293.9 338.3 11.95 5 800 1971 13.0 10.9 87 2.1 11.7 240 34 305.0 306.9 293.3 335.9 10.30 6 750 2510 9.1 8.4 95 0.7 8.6 231 33 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.3 9.24 7 700 3079 5.3 4.6 95 0.7 4.9 215 28 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.6 7.62 8 650 3681 1.7 0.9 94 0.9 1.3 212 33 310.9 312.1 291.8 330.4 6.28 9 600 4323 -2.0 -3.4 90 1.4 -2.7 217 40 313.8 314.7 291.6 329.5 4.97 10 550 5010 -5.7 -7.7 86 1.9 -6.6 215 44 317.3 318.0 291.7 329.9 3.91 11 500 5749 -11.5 -13.6 84 2.2 -12.3 218 45 319.1 319.6 291.1 327.9 2.67 12 450 6550 -15.9 -19.9 71 4.0 -17.1 221 44 323.3 323.6 291.5 329.3 1.75 13 400 7427 -21.9 -29.8 49 7.9 -23.5 228 46 326.6 326.7 291.6 329.5 0.81 14 350 8396 -28.5 -35.9 49 7.4 -29.6 230 51 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.2 0.51 15 300 9482 -37.1 -42.3 59 5.2 -37.6 240 62 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.31 16 250 10713 -47.6 -51.4 64 3.9 -47.7 246 77 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12148 -56.7 -66.1 30 9.4 -56.9 250 92 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 13967 -59.0 -80.8 4 21.8 -59.2 249 77 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16447 -66.8 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 246 45 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.22 m Freezing level: 626.90 mb = 3977.41 m = 13049.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.08 mb = 3879.84 m = 12728.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.58 mb = 650.54 m = 2134.29 ft T: 20.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 14.09 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1201.04 m = 3940.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.98 C Showalter Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.53 C K Index: 40.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1496.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.56 mb = 1000.25 m = 3281.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.56 mb = 1745.26 m = 5725.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.56 mb = 12097.96 m = 39691.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1483.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.56 mb = 14769.60 m = 48456.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.6 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 250.6 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.7 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.4 neg: -47.4 tot: 87.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 20.44 Bulk Shear: 73.20 m/s