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: 37.96,-92.50 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 972 282 21.9 20.1 89 1.9 20.6 185 13 297.5 300.3 294.8 342.1 15.38 2 950 478 20.0 19.0 94 1.0 19.4 192 23 297.5 300.2 294.4 340.2 14.73 3 900 943 17.1 15.7 91 1.4 16.2 210 38 299.1 301.4 293.3 335.8 12.58 4 850 1430 14.8 11.7 82 3.1 12.9 227 45 301.7 303.6 292.2 331.9 10.24 5 800 1941 12.0 8.7 80 3.3 10.0 224 42 303.9 305.6 291.9 330.5 8.88 6 750 2480 9.1 5.2 77 3.9 6.9 225 43 306.5 307.8 291.4 329.0 7.42 7 700 3049 6.3 0.1 64 6.2 3.0 235 45 309.5 310.5 290.7 326.5 5.51 8 650 3652 2.2 -9.0 43 11.2 -2.6 247 47 311.4 312.0 289.0 320.9 2.98 9 600 4292 -2.2 -25.5 15 23.3 -8.7 254 52 313.6 313.8 287.5 316.4 0.80 10 550 4976 -7.0 -22.9 27 15.9 -11.5 254 60 315.8 316.0 288.6 319.6 1.10 11 500 5712 -11.7 -15.4 74 3.7 -13.0 247 65 318.8 319.2 290.7 326.4 2.30 12 450 6511 -16.7 -19.1 81 2.5 -17.4 236 61 322.3 322.6 291.3 328.6 1.87 13 400 7386 -22.3 -25.5 75 3.2 -23.1 227 59 326.0 326.2 291.8 330.2 1.20 14 350 8352 -29.8 -34.1 66 4.3 -30.5 220 60 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.7 0.61 15 300 9429 -39.6 -43.3 68 3.6 -39.9 215 59 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.28 16 250 10645 -49.5 -57.0 41 7.5 -49.7 233 79 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 17 200 12096 -52.1 -74.8 5 22.7 -52.5 250 54 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 13924 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.3 259 58 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16433 -65.0 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 251 39 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.00 m Freezing level: 624.89 mb = 3973.17 m = 13035.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.26 mb = 3365.70 m = 11042.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.94 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.67 mb = 517.69 m = 1698.45 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 25.70 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1073.74 m = 3522.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.24 C = 75.62 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 32.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1043.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.31 mb = 921.30 m = 3022.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.31 mb = 1760.78 m = 5776.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.31 mb = 11263.25 m = 36952.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1020.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.31 mb = 13621.81 m = 44690.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 48.4 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 456.2 neg: -23.5 tot: 432.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.57 Bulk Rich Number: 6.56 Bulk Shear: 159.06 m/s