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: 38.22,-93.25 Latitude: 38.22 Longitude: -93.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 974 258 26.3 20.2 69 6.2 21.9 180 9 301.8 304.6 296.0 347.3 15.44 2 950 474 24.1 18.7 72 5.4 20.3 184 16 301.6 304.3 295.3 344.1 14.42 3 900 944 19.6 17.5 88 2.1 18.2 188 21 301.7 304.3 295.1 343.3 14.12 4 850 1434 15.6 15.0 96 0.6 15.2 201 28 302.5 304.9 294.3 340.1 12.72 5 800 1947 12.6 12.0 96 0.6 12.2 214 40 304.6 306.7 293.7 337.7 11.07 6 750 2487 9.0 8.3 95 0.7 8.6 219 45 306.3 308.1 292.8 334.0 9.18 7 700 3055 5.6 2.1 79 3.4 3.7 234 51 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.3 6.39 8 650 3658 2.0 -5.9 56 7.9 -1.6 243 53 311.3 312.0 289.8 323.2 3.78 9 600 4297 -3.3 -11.9 52 8.5 -6.7 247 53 312.3 312.7 288.9 320.5 2.57 10 550 4978 -8.3 -19.6 40 11.3 -11.8 247 56 314.2 314.5 288.5 319.1 1.47 11 500 5710 -13.2 -31.3 20 18.1 -17.0 245 62 317.0 317.1 288.4 319.0 0.56 12 450 6504 -18.4 -35.9 20 17.5 -21.4 242 66 320.1 320.2 289.2 321.5 0.40 13 400 7371 -24.9 -36.0 35 11.1 -26.5 240 70 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.3 0.44 14 350 8326 -32.4 -46.0 24 13.7 -33.6 237 80 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.8 0.18 15 300 9396 -40.3 -51.7 29 11.4 -40.9 240 92 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.0 0.11 16 250 10615 -48.2 -62.5 18 14.3 -48.6 243 93 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.03 17 200 12068 -52.2 -76.8 4 24.5 -52.6 253 69 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13901 -58.5 -81.5 4 23.0 -58.7 255 62 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16417 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 242 40 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.12 m Freezing level: 631.10 mb = 3899.19 m = 12792.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.20 mb = 3469.69 m = 11383.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.98 mb = 1040.29 m = 3412.99 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 28.32 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.55 mb = 1249.09 m = 4098.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -7.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.31 C Showalter Index: -6.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: 28.16 C K Index: 40.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 568.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2416.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.74 mb = 1188.24 m = 3898.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.74 mb = 1336.45 m = 4384.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.74 mb = 11455.12 m = 37581.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2414.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.74 mb = 15839.77 m = 51967.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 46.0 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 485.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 485.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.10 Bulk Rich Number: 12.69 Bulk Shear: 190.45 m/s