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,-92.99 Latitude: 38.19 Longitude: -92.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 258 26.2 20.2 70 5.9 21.9 177 9 301.6 304.4 296.0 347.3 15.52 2 950 476 23.8 18.9 74 4.9 20.4 180 15 301.4 304.1 295.4 344.4 14.64 3 900 946 19.4 17.5 89 1.9 18.1 186 22 301.5 304.1 295.1 343.2 14.15 4 850 1436 15.9 14.0 89 1.9 14.6 205 31 302.8 305.0 293.8 338.0 11.89 5 800 1949 12.6 11.4 93 1.1 11.9 212 37 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.4 10.68 6 750 2489 9.2 7.9 91 1.3 8.4 219 42 306.6 308.2 292.7 333.6 8.93 7 700 3058 6.1 2.8 80 3.2 4.3 237 52 309.2 310.5 291.7 329.9 6.72 8 650 3661 1.7 -7.3 51 9.0 -2.3 244 56 310.9 311.5 289.3 321.7 3.41 9 600 4299 -3.3 -13.8 44 10.6 -7.2 247 56 312.3 312.7 288.6 319.4 2.19 10 550 4981 -8.0 -18.7 42 10.7 -11.4 246 58 314.6 314.9 288.7 319.9 1.59 11 500 5714 -13.2 -25.1 36 11.9 -16.2 245 62 316.9 317.1 288.9 320.4 1.00 12 450 6508 -18.3 -32.3 28 14.0 -21.0 242 65 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.3 0.56 13 400 7375 -24.9 -39.4 25 14.5 -26.8 240 70 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.8 0.31 14 350 8330 -32.2 -42.3 36 10.1 -33.2 238 80 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.4 0.26 15 300 9401 -40.2 -50.1 34 10.0 -40.8 240 92 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.13 16 250 10619 -48.5 -60.5 23 12.1 -48.8 243 98 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 17 200 12070 -52.5 -76.8 4 24.3 -52.9 252 73 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13904 -58.2 -81.5 4 23.3 -58.5 255 63 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16419 -64.5 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 240 40 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.54 m Freezing level: 632.85 mb = 3879.77 m = 12728.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.26 mb = 3447.54 m = 11310.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.24 C = 82.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.44 mb = 1008.90 m = 3309.99 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 27.89 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.16 mb = 1254.74 m = 4116.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.87 C = 80.37 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -7.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 27.20 C K Index: 39.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 542.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2391.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.77 mb = 1160.44 m = 3807.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.77 mb = 1407.98 m = 4619.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.77 mb = 11667.43 m = 38278.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2373.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.77 mb = 15673.28 m = 51420.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 46.4 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 502.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 502.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 167.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.96 Bulk Rich Number: 11.57 Bulk Shear: 206.72 m/s