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,-92.68 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -92.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 972 280 22.9 20.2 85 2.7 21.0 187 14 298.5 301.3 295.1 343.5 15.47 2 950 475 20.6 18.9 90 1.8 19.4 192 24 298.1 300.8 294.4 340.5 14.60 3 900 940 17.3 15.9 92 1.4 16.4 209 38 299.3 301.6 293.4 336.4 12.70 4 850 1427 14.9 12.1 83 2.8 13.1 227 48 301.8 303.7 292.4 332.8 10.49 5 800 1939 12.1 8.7 80 3.4 10.0 226 44 304.1 305.7 291.9 330.7 8.88 6 750 2477 9.2 4.8 74 4.4 6.6 227 46 306.5 307.9 291.2 328.3 7.19 7 700 3047 6.7 -1.2 57 7.9 2.7 236 46 309.9 310.9 290.4 325.5 5.00 8 650 3650 2.3 -14.1 29 16.4 -4.0 247 46 311.5 311.9 288.1 317.9 1.97 9 600 4291 -1.7 -26.6 13 24.9 -8.5 253 53 314.2 314.3 287.6 316.7 0.73 10 550 4976 -6.8 -20.9 31 14.1 -11.1 253 61 316.0 316.2 288.9 320.4 1.31 11 500 5712 -11.5 -15.9 70 4.3 -13.0 246 65 319.0 319.4 290.7 326.4 2.22 12 450 6512 -16.6 -19.3 80 2.6 -17.4 235 63 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.6 1.85 13 400 7387 -22.6 -26.1 73 3.5 -23.4 225 63 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.7 1.14 14 350 8350 -30.4 -35.0 64 4.6 -31.1 221 63 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.8 0.56 15 300 9426 -39.9 -43.6 68 3.7 -40.2 218 62 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.27 16 250 10640 -49.5 -56.7 43 7.2 -49.7 235 84 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 17 200 12095 -51.1 -74.4 5 23.3 -51.5 255 52 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13925 -59.3 -82.9 3 23.6 -59.5 259 57 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16431 -64.8 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 253 38 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.15 m Freezing level: 621.12 mb = 4020.21 m = 13189.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.94 mb = 3283.68 m = 10773.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.44 C = 81.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.65 mb = 624.27 m = 2048.12 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 26.80 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1104.72 m = 3624.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.53 C = 76.15 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 30.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1143.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.58 mb = 963.31 m = 3160.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.58 mb = 1704.07 m = 5590.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.58 mb = 11111.17 m = 36453.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1135.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.58 mb = 13816.52 m = 45329.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 470.0 neg: -24.0 tot: 446.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.97 Bulk Rich Number: 7.00 Bulk Shear: 163.43 m/s