MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.09,-93.43 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 973 260 27.0 20.2 66 6.8 22.1 187 10 302.4 305.3 296.2 348.1 15.44 2 950 474 24.8 18.7 69 6.0 20.5 190 17 302.3 305.0 295.6 345.1 14.47 3 900 945 20.2 17.7 86 2.5 18.4 193 22 302.3 304.9 295.4 344.4 14.27 4 850 1436 16.3 15.4 95 0.8 15.7 205 29 303.2 305.6 294.8 341.9 13.07 5 800 1950 12.8 12.2 96 0.5 12.4 217 40 304.8 306.9 293.9 338.4 11.25 6 750 2490 8.8 7.9 94 0.9 8.3 221 44 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.2 8.95 7 700 3058 5.4 0.4 70 5.1 2.8 237 50 308.5 309.5 290.5 325.8 5.62 8 650 3659 1.6 -13.3 32 14.9 -4.1 244 52 310.8 311.2 287.9 317.6 2.11 9 600 4297 -3.2 -22.2 21 19.0 -8.9 246 53 312.4 312.6 287.4 316.0 1.07 10 550 4979 -8.1 -35.0 9 26.9 -13.6 245 57 314.5 314.5 287.3 315.7 0.36 11 500 5710 -13.2 -33.5 16 20.3 -17.2 243 63 316.9 317.0 288.3 318.5 0.45 12 450 6505 -18.4 -34.7 22 16.3 -21.2 242 67 320.1 320.2 289.3 321.7 0.45 13 400 7371 -24.8 -38.7 26 13.9 -26.8 239 72 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.9 0.34 14 350 8327 -32.2 -45.2 26 13.0 -33.4 237 81 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.19 15 300 9397 -40.1 -51.5 29 11.3 -40.8 239 93 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.11 16 250 10617 -48.0 -63.2 16 15.2 -48.4 243 94 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.03 17 200 12071 -52.1 -76.7 4 24.6 -52.5 254 68 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 13904 -58.5 -81.6 4 23.0 -58.7 255 62 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16420 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 243 39 403.9 403.9 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.42 m Freezing level: 633.40 mb = 3871.02 m = 12700.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.86 mb = 3294.84 m = 10809.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.51 mb = 1123.77 m = 3686.86 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 32.34 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1330.55 m = 4365.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -8.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.73 C Showalter Index: -7.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.48 C Cross Totals Index: 28.64 C K Index: 39.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 590.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2580.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.18 mb = 1254.66 m = 4116.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.18 mb = 1404.37 m = 4607.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.18 mb = 11655.24 m = 38238.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2567.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.18 mb = 15651.36 m = 51348.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 46.1 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 444.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 444.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.13 Bulk Rich Number: 14.88 Bulk Shear: 173.37 m/s