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: 38.39,-90.00 Latitude: 38.39 Longitude: -90.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 991 147 23.6 17.2 67 6.4 19.2 250 5 297.5 299.8 292.7 333.9 12.55 2 950 511 21.5 15.0 66 6.5 17.2 233 16 299.0 301.1 292.3 332.2 11.36 3 900 977 18.1 15.3 84 2.8 16.2 251 24 300.1 302.4 293.3 335.9 12.20 4 850 1464 13.9 13.3 96 0.6 13.5 258 26 300.7 302.8 292.8 334.1 11.37 5 800 1974 10.9 10.5 97 0.4 10.7 243 25 302.8 304.7 292.4 332.6 10.04 6 750 2510 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 227 24 304.9 306.5 292.0 331.0 8.69 7 700 3076 4.4 3.7 95 0.7 4.1 218 31 307.4 308.7 291.5 329.3 7.17 8 650 3677 1.1 -0.1 92 1.2 0.5 224 41 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.4 5.86 9 600 4317 -2.6 -3.5 93 1.0 -3.0 233 48 313.2 314.1 291.3 328.7 4.93 10 550 5003 -6.4 -7.1 95 0.7 -6.7 231 54 316.5 317.2 291.6 329.6 4.07 11 500 5742 -10.7 -11.2 96 0.5 -10.9 235 56 319.9 320.6 291.9 330.7 3.25 12 450 6545 -15.7 -16.1 97 0.4 -15.9 240 53 323.5 324.0 292.2 331.7 2.42 13 400 7422 -22.2 -23.3 91 1.1 -22.5 245 53 326.1 326.4 292.0 331.2 1.47 14 350 8386 -30.6 -40.7 36 10.1 -31.7 246 60 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.31 15 300 9462 -39.1 -45.3 52 6.2 -39.6 245 67 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.22 16 250 10683 -49.5 -53.1 66 3.6 -49.7 247 79 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12114 -56.3 -65.0 33 8.7 -56.5 248 88 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 13935 -58.1 -83.2 3 25.1 -58.3 252 70 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16436 -67.4 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 245 39 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.82 m Freezing level: 635.02 mb = 3868.71 m = 12692.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.05 mb = 3762.90 m = 12345.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.89 mb = 959.13 m = 3146.71 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 7.52 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.37 mb = 1450.29 m = 4758.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 37.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 433.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.67 mb = 1259.36 m = 4131.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.67 mb = 1914.31 m = 6280.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.67 mb = 10795.12 m = 35416.62 ft B at Equ Level: 431.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.67 mb = 12584.36 m = 41286.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 4.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.5 neg: -2.5 tot: 79.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 5.54 Bulk Shear: 78.20 m/s