MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.57,-91.29 Latitude: 37.57 Longitude: -91.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 964 367 24.1 18.8 72 5.3 20.4 218 10 300.4 303.0 294.8 342.2 14.28 2 950 498 23.0 18.1 74 4.9 19.6 219 17 300.5 303.1 294.7 341.4 13.93 3 900 966 18.6 16.9 90 1.7 17.4 222 26 300.7 303.2 294.4 340.5 13.55 4 850 1454 14.4 14.0 97 0.4 14.1 233 38 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.3 11.91 5 800 1965 11.1 10.2 94 0.9 10.6 231 33 303.0 304.8 292.3 332.2 9.81 6 750 2501 7.9 6.8 93 1.1 7.3 223 34 305.2 306.7 291.7 330.2 8.31 7 700 3068 4.4 3.2 92 1.2 3.8 226 37 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.5 6.92 8 650 3668 0.4 -0.2 96 0.6 0.1 228 37 309.4 310.5 291.0 327.4 5.81 9 600 4306 -3.1 -4.0 94 0.9 -3.6 217 39 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.5 4.75 10 550 4990 -6.9 -7.8 93 0.9 -7.2 218 46 315.9 316.7 291.3 328.4 3.88 11 500 5728 -11.2 -12.5 90 1.4 -11.7 224 51 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.1 2.93 12 450 6531 -15.9 -17.6 87 1.7 -16.4 226 53 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.5 2.13 13 400 7408 -21.7 -23.9 82 2.2 -22.2 228 54 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.7 1.39 14 350 8376 -29.2 -32.0 77 2.8 -29.7 236 55 329.4 329.5 292.3 332.1 0.75 15 300 9459 -37.9 -41.0 72 3.1 -38.2 245 63 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.3 0.35 16 250 10685 -49.4 -52.8 67 3.4 -49.5 251 75 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12113 -55.1 -71.5 11 16.4 -55.3 248 76 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.01 18 150 13946 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 253 61 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16449 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 250 43 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.43 m Freezing level: 644.28 mb = 3740.58 m = 12272.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.92 mb = 3680.81 m = 12076.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.04 % Est. max temperature: 26.23 C = 79.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.09 mb = 1041.67 m = 3417.52 ft T: 17.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 14.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.46 mb = 1231.69 m = 4040.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.74 C = 76.53 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.34 C Showalter Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 38.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1468.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.64 mb = 1190.91 m = 3907.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.64 mb = 1338.28 m = 4390.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.64 mb = 11750.90 m = 38552.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1447.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.64 mb = 14751.84 m = 48397.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.3 neg: -23.5 tot: 114.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 28.05 Bulk Shear: 52.36 m/s