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: 38.19,-92.50 Latitude: 38.19 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 976 240 26.4 20.2 69 6.2 21.9 161 10 301.6 304.4 296.0 346.9 15.40 2 950 479 23.7 18.9 75 4.8 20.4 167 16 301.2 303.9 295.3 344.3 14.64 3 900 949 19.5 17.3 87 2.2 18.1 185 26 301.7 304.2 295.0 342.8 13.98 4 850 1440 16.5 13.4 82 3.1 14.4 208 31 303.4 305.5 293.6 337.3 11.41 5 800 1953 12.3 11.0 92 1.3 11.5 214 33 304.3 306.2 293.1 335.2 10.36 6 750 2492 9.3 7.2 87 2.1 8.0 225 40 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.4 8.52 7 700 3062 6.1 1.6 73 4.5 3.7 239 49 309.2 310.4 291.2 328.2 6.16 8 650 3664 1.8 -7.0 52 8.8 -2.1 246 57 311.0 311.6 289.3 322.0 3.47 9 600 4303 -3.3 -21.0 24 17.7 -8.7 245 57 312.3 312.6 287.5 316.3 1.20 10 550 4985 -7.6 -32.0 12 24.5 -13.0 243 59 315.1 315.2 287.7 316.8 0.47 11 500 5718 -12.9 -43.3 6 30.4 -17.6 242 62 317.3 317.4 288.1 318.0 0.17 12 450 6513 -18.1 -36.6 18 18.5 -21.2 241 66 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.8 0.37 13 400 7380 -25.0 -34.9 39 9.9 -26.5 240 69 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.3 0.49 14 350 8336 -32.1 -43.1 33 11.0 -33.2 238 79 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.24 15 300 9406 -40.0 -48.6 40 8.6 -40.6 241 92 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.15 16 250 10625 -48.8 -56.7 39 8.0 -49.0 244 102 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.07 17 200 12073 -52.8 -75.7 5 22.9 -53.1 250 77 349.2 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13909 -58.0 -82.9 3 24.9 -58.3 254 63 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16421 -65.4 -87.4 3 22.1 -65.5 240 42 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.89 m Freezing level: 632.40 mb = 3889.02 m = 12759.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.52 mb = 3435.83 m = 11272.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.04 mb = 1025.39 m = 3364.09 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 30.60 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1372.82 m = 4503.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -7.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.23 C K Index: 38.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 510.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2340.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.42 mb = 1177.01 m = 3861.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.42 mb = 1626.79 m = 5337.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.42 mb = 11712.97 m = 38427.92 ft B at Equ Level: 2321.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.42 mb = 15751.04 m = 51676.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 481.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 481.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.00 Bulk Shear: 234.06 m/s