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: 38.25,-92.44 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -92.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 236 25.9 20.1 70 5.8 21.8 156 10 301.1 303.9 295.8 346.2 15.36 2 950 479 23.3 18.9 76 4.4 20.2 162 16 300.9 303.5 295.2 343.7 14.60 3 900 949 19.4 17.3 88 2.1 17.9 184 26 301.5 304.0 294.9 342.6 13.95 4 850 1439 16.3 13.5 83 2.8 14.5 209 31 303.2 305.4 293.7 337.4 11.52 5 800 1952 12.2 10.9 92 1.2 11.4 215 33 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.8 10.30 6 750 2491 9.2 7.4 88 1.9 8.1 225 39 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.7 8.63 7 700 3060 6.0 1.8 75 4.2 3.8 238 49 309.1 310.3 291.3 328.4 6.26 8 650 3663 1.8 -6.8 53 8.6 -2.0 244 58 311.0 311.7 289.5 322.3 3.54 9 600 4302 -3.4 -21.3 24 17.9 -8.8 244 58 312.2 312.4 287.5 316.1 1.16 10 550 4984 -7.6 -27.3 19 19.7 -12.6 243 59 315.1 315.2 288.0 317.6 0.74 11 500 5717 -12.8 -38.3 10 25.5 -17.3 242 62 317.4 317.4 288.2 318.4 0.28 12 450 6512 -18.1 -39.0 14 20.9 -21.4 242 65 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.5 0.29 13 400 7379 -25.0 -35.9 35 10.9 -26.6 241 68 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.45 14 350 8334 -32.1 -41.9 37 9.8 -33.1 239 78 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.5 0.27 15 300 9405 -40.0 -49.1 38 9.0 -40.6 241 92 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.15 16 250 10623 -48.9 -56.7 39 7.9 -49.1 244 102 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.07 17 200 12071 -52.7 -75.6 5 22.9 -53.1 250 77 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13908 -58.1 -82.9 3 24.9 -58.3 254 63 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16419 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.4 239 43 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.54 m Freezing level: 632.34 mb = 3888.72 m = 12758.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.51 mb = 3446.95 m = 11308.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.86 mb = 969.11 m = 3179.47 ft T: 19.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 30.09 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1342.87 m = 4405.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.72 C = 81.89 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -7.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.15 C Cross Totals Index: 26.34 C K Index: 38.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 507.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2291.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.83 mb = 1143.04 m = 3750.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.83 mb = 1591.32 m = 5220.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.83 mb = 11607.15 m = 38080.74 ft B at Equ Level: 2278.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.83 mb = 15562.67 m = 51058.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 479.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 479.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.95 Bulk Rich Number: 9.33 Bulk Shear: 245.60 m/s