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,-93.02 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -93.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 262 26.0 20.2 70 5.8 21.9 177 9 301.4 304.3 296.0 347.0 15.46 2 950 475 23.7 18.8 74 4.9 20.3 180 15 301.2 303.9 295.3 344.1 14.56 3 900 945 19.2 17.5 90 1.7 18.0 186 21 301.3 303.9 295.0 342.7 14.09 4 850 1434 15.5 14.1 91 1.5 14.6 203 30 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.8 11.95 5 800 1947 12.5 11.4 93 1.1 11.8 212 37 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.2 10.64 6 750 2487 9.1 8.0 93 1.1 8.5 218 43 306.5 308.1 292.7 333.7 9.01 7 700 3056 5.9 3.3 83 2.6 4.4 234 52 309.0 310.3 291.8 330.3 6.93 8 650 3659 1.9 -5.2 59 7.1 -1.4 243 57 311.1 311.9 289.9 323.8 4.00 9 600 4298 -3.2 -15.2 39 12.0 -7.5 247 56 312.4 312.8 288.3 318.8 1.95 10 550 4980 -8.1 -19.0 41 10.9 -11.5 247 58 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.6 1.54 11 500 5712 -13.2 -26.4 32 13.2 -16.4 245 63 316.9 317.1 288.7 320.0 0.89 12 450 6506 -18.3 -32.2 29 13.9 -21.0 243 66 320.2 320.3 289.4 322.2 0.57 13 400 7373 -24.9 -38.7 27 13.8 -26.8 241 70 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.8 0.34 14 350 8329 -32.2 -42.1 37 9.9 -33.3 238 80 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.27 15 300 9398 -40.3 -50.9 31 10.7 -40.9 240 92 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.12 16 250 10617 -48.4 -61.3 21 13.0 -48.7 243 96 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.04 17 200 12068 -52.4 -76.9 4 24.5 -52.8 252 72 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13902 -58.3 -81.3 4 23.1 -58.5 255 62 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16417 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.6 240 41 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.17 m Freezing level: 631.16 mb = 3899.58 m = 12793.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.95 mb = 3510.51 m = 11517.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.50 mb = 997.69 m = 3273.22 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 28.16 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.07 mb = 1215.08 m = 3986.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.45 C = 79.61 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -7.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.77 C Showalter Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 27.28 C K Index: 40.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 541.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2330.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.11 mb = 1146.24 m = 3760.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.11 mb = 1293.55 m = 4243.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.11 mb = 11624.50 m = 38137.65 ft B at Equ Level: 2312.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.11 mb = 15598.00 m = 51173.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 46.5 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 507.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 507.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.88 Bulk Rich Number: 11.24 Bulk Shear: 207.34 m/s