MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.06,-93.91 Latitude: 38.06 Longitude: -93.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 976 245 25.4 20.6 75 4.8 22.0 211 10 300.6 303.5 296.0 347.0 15.82 2 950 483 22.2 19.1 82 3.2 20.0 214 14 299.7 302.4 295.0 342.9 14.76 3 900 951 17.6 17.3 98 0.3 17.4 221 17 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.3 13.91 4 850 1438 15.1 12.7 85 2.4 13.5 228 24 301.9 303.9 292.8 334.1 10.90 5 800 1950 12.0 10.1 88 1.9 10.8 213 24 304.0 305.8 292.6 333.1 9.74 6 750 2488 8.9 7.0 88 1.9 7.7 223 36 306.2 307.8 292.1 331.5 8.38 7 700 3057 5.9 2.8 81 3.1 4.2 235 46 309.0 310.2 291.6 329.6 6.70 8 650 3659 1.3 -1.6 81 2.9 -0.2 241 52 310.4 311.4 290.8 326.8 5.25 9 600 4298 -3.0 -6.3 78 3.2 -4.5 243 57 312.6 313.4 290.3 325.2 3.99 10 550 4982 -7.4 -17.3 45 9.9 -10.7 239 60 315.3 315.7 289.1 321.3 1.79 11 500 5715 -13.1 -33.6 16 20.5 -17.1 235 63 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.7 0.45 12 450 6509 -18.6 -33.7 25 15.2 -21.3 234 65 319.9 320.0 289.3 321.7 0.49 13 400 7376 -24.8 -38.1 28 13.2 -26.7 234 71 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.0 0.36 14 350 8331 -32.2 -45.7 25 13.4 -33.4 233 81 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.18 15 300 9400 -40.5 -48.5 42 8.0 -41.0 234 91 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.16 16 250 10618 -48.5 -60.3 24 11.7 -48.9 237 92 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.05 17 200 12071 -51.4 -78.1 3 26.6 -51.8 246 64 351.4 351.4 296.9 351.4 0.00 18 150 13913 -58.1 -77.7 6 19.7 -58.3 254 57 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16423 -64.9 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 248 33 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.56 m Freezing level: 635.13 mb = 3849.04 m = 12627.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.80 mb = 3636.52 m = 11930.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.24 mb = 852.74 m = 2797.66 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 28.31 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.27 mb = 938.37 m = 3078.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.46 C = 76.02 F Cap Strength: -0.19 C Lifted Index: -7.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.74 C K Index: 37.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2085.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.86 mb = 970.87 m = 3185.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.86 mb = 1018.48 m = 3341.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.86 mb = 11366.35 m = 37290.71 ft B at Equ Level: 2071.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.86 mb = 15148.51 m = 49699.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 259.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.59 Bulk Rich Number: 16.52 Bulk Shear: 126.25 m/s