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: 38.09,-92.91 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 972 261 24.6 18.9 71 5.7 20.6 199 14 300.2 302.8 294.8 342.0 14.28 2 950 456 23.5 18.4 73 5.1 20.0 201 28 301.0 303.6 295.0 342.7 14.19 3 900 926 19.4 17.4 88 2.0 18.0 205 44 301.5 304.0 295.0 342.8 14.02 4 850 1416 15.9 15.6 99 0.2 15.7 209 51 302.8 305.2 294.8 342.0 13.25 5 800 1929 12.5 11.7 95 0.8 12.0 225 50 304.5 306.5 293.6 337.0 10.89 6 750 2468 8.9 4.8 76 4.1 6.6 235 44 306.2 307.6 291.2 328.1 7.22 7 700 3036 6.0 -6.2 41 12.2 0.4 242 43 309.1 309.7 288.7 319.9 3.43 8 650 3638 2.6 -13.2 30 15.8 -3.6 250 50 311.9 312.3 288.3 318.8 2.12 9 600 4280 -1.2 -18.2 26 17.0 -7.0 253 57 314.8 315.1 288.7 319.9 1.52 10 550 4968 -5.5 -28.1 15 22.6 -11.3 252 61 317.6 317.7 288.7 320.0 0.69 11 500 5707 -10.4 -33.8 13 23.4 -15.3 248 70 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.9 0.44 12 450 6509 -16.4 -36.8 15 20.4 -20.0 244 77 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.0 0.36 13 400 7382 -23.2 -41.3 17 18.0 -25.6 240 84 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.7 0.26 14 350 8344 -30.3 -46.7 19 16.4 -31.9 235 93 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.16 15 300 9420 -39.6 -53.0 23 13.4 -40.4 244 89 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.09 16 250 10643 -48.2 -60.7 22 12.5 -48.6 257 73 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.04 17 200 12085 -55.0 -69.0 16 14.0 -55.3 258 65 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13903 -59.8 -81.4 4 21.6 -60.0 252 66 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16413 -63.4 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 254 41 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.33 m Freezing level: 615.51 mb = 4080.97 m = 13388.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.27 mb = 3091.09 m = 10141.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.29 mb = 980.37 m = 3216.41 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 23.97 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.70 mb = 1288.54 m = 4227.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.80 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.50 C Showalter Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 26.04 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 528.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1776.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.00 mb = 1147.65 m = 3765.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.00 mb = 1495.69 m = 4907.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.00 mb = 11708.31 m = 38412.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1771.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.00 mb = 15181.70 m = 49808.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 52.2 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 39.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 506.7 neg: -4.0 tot: 502.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 167.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.30 Bulk Rich Number: 11.46 Bulk Shear: 155.05 m/s