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: 38.34,-91.94 Latitude: 38.34 Longitude: -91.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 978 230 23.9 19.8 78 4.1 21.1 145 8 298.9 301.7 295.0 342.7 15.05 2 950 485 22.2 18.3 79 3.9 19.5 156 15 299.7 302.3 294.5 340.8 14.08 3 900 954 19.0 16.7 86 2.3 17.5 190 25 301.1 303.6 294.4 340.5 13.41 4 850 1443 15.6 13.0 84 2.6 13.9 213 29 302.5 304.5 293.2 335.5 11.13 5 800 1955 11.9 10.2 89 1.7 10.9 217 31 303.9 305.7 292.6 333.2 9.83 6 750 2494 9.7 5.1 73 4.6 7.1 227 38 307.1 308.5 291.6 329.5 7.36 7 700 3064 6.1 1.1 70 5.1 3.4 240 45 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.5 5.92 8 650 3666 1.5 -3.6 69 5.0 -0.9 243 52 310.7 311.5 290.2 324.9 4.53 9 600 4305 -2.9 -11.4 52 8.5 -6.2 242 55 312.8 313.3 289.2 321.4 2.67 10 550 4987 -8.2 -19.3 40 11.1 -11.6 243 57 314.4 314.7 288.6 319.4 1.51 11 500 5720 -12.9 -21.9 47 9.0 -15.4 243 60 317.4 317.6 289.3 321.9 1.32 12 450 6515 -18.2 -25.8 51 7.6 -20.0 240 63 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.9 1.04 13 400 7382 -25.0 -40.5 22 15.5 -27.0 239 67 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.5 0.28 14 350 8337 -32.0 -46.5 22 14.5 -33.3 236 77 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.17 15 300 9408 -40.0 -47.9 43 7.9 -40.5 240 89 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.17 16 250 10627 -49.0 -55.3 48 6.3 -49.2 243 102 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 17 200 12073 -52.8 -74.9 5 22.1 -53.1 248 79 349.2 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13911 -58.0 -82.6 3 24.6 -58.2 252 63 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16419 -65.5 -87.1 3 21.6 -65.7 236 44 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.17 m Freezing level: 632.84 mb = 3885.24 m = 12746.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.58 mb = 3534.66 m = 11596.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.89 mb = 745.47 m = 2445.75 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 23.30 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.21 mb = 1320.99 m = 4333.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.10 C = 80.78 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -6.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 36.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 466.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1876.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.19 mb = 1095.76 m = 3594.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.19 mb = 1541.06 m = 5055.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.19 mb = 11449.50 m = 37563.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1859.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.19 mb = 14786.58 m = 48511.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 43.7 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 433.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 433.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.94 Bulk Rich Number: 8.03 Bulk Shear: 233.75 m/s