MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.96,-92.00 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -92.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 970 284 24.1 18.1 69 6.0 20.0 192 17 299.8 302.3 294.2 339.6 13.62 2 950 468 23.2 17.6 70 5.7 19.4 195 31 300.8 303.2 294.4 340.2 13.41 3 900 937 19.2 16.3 83 2.9 17.2 199 45 301.3 303.6 294.2 339.6 13.05 4 850 1427 15.5 14.4 93 1.2 14.8 210 55 302.4 304.7 294.0 338.5 12.20 5 800 1940 13.7 7.2 65 6.5 9.8 229 53 305.7 307.2 291.7 329.9 7.99 6 750 2480 9.9 -2.5 42 12.4 3.8 236 50 307.4 308.2 288.9 320.5 4.25 7 700 3050 6.9 -12.0 25 18.9 -0.8 242 46 310.1 310.5 287.8 317.1 2.17 8 650 3653 2.7 -16.8 22 19.5 -4.3 250 51 312.0 312.3 287.8 317.2 1.57 9 600 4295 -1.3 -29.2 10 27.9 -8.6 252 54 314.6 314.7 287.6 316.6 0.57 10 550 4981 -5.8 -27.1 17 21.3 -11.4 252 58 317.2 317.3 288.7 319.8 0.75 11 500 5719 -11.1 -29.6 20 18.5 -15.4 253 66 319.6 319.7 289.3 321.9 0.66 12 450 6518 -17.5 -29.1 36 11.6 -20.0 252 75 321.2 321.4 289.9 323.9 0.76 13 400 7388 -23.6 -26.7 76 3.1 -24.2 246 73 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.2 1.08 14 350 8350 -31.0 -34.8 69 3.8 -31.5 240 79 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.1 0.57 15 300 9424 -39.2 -44.3 58 5.1 -39.6 238 104 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.0 0.25 16 250 10647 -48.7 -58.1 33 9.4 -49.0 243 103 333.7 333.7 292.8 333.9 0.06 17 200 12091 -54.2 -74.3 7 20.1 -54.5 257 63 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.01 18 150 13912 -59.5 -81.5 4 22.0 -59.7 254 64 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16424 -64.2 -88.2 2 24.0 -64.4 250 43 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.38 m Freezing level: 616.31 mb = 4085.34 m = 13403.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.76 mb = 2947.03 m = 9668.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.17 mb = 1040.87 m = 3414.90 ft T: 18.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 23.07 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1442.21 m = 4731.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 22.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 518.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1329.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.83 mb = 1258.70 m = 4129.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.83 mb = 2349.19 m = 7707.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.83 mb = 11420.64 m = 37468.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1317.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.83 mb = 14258.48 m = 46779.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 52.9 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 39.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 629.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 629.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 209.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.06 Bulk Rich Number: 7.35 Bulk Shear: 180.83 m/s