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: 37.99,-92.67 Latitude: 37.99 Longitude: -92.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 972 271 23.0 20.2 84 2.8 21.0 186 13 298.5 301.3 295.1 343.5 15.47 2 950 474 20.6 18.9 90 1.8 19.4 192 23 298.1 300.8 294.4 340.5 14.58 3 900 940 17.2 15.9 92 1.3 16.4 208 38 299.2 301.5 293.4 336.4 12.73 4 850 1427 14.9 12.2 84 2.7 13.2 226 47 301.7 303.7 292.5 333.0 10.58 5 800 1938 12.1 8.8 81 3.2 10.1 226 44 304.0 305.7 291.9 330.8 8.95 6 750 2476 9.1 5.0 76 4.1 6.8 226 45 306.4 307.8 291.3 328.7 7.32 7 700 3046 6.7 -0.6 60 7.3 2.9 236 47 309.9 310.8 290.6 326.1 5.23 8 650 3649 2.3 -13.8 29 16.2 -3.8 247 47 311.6 312.0 288.2 318.2 2.02 9 600 4290 -1.7 -27.5 12 25.8 -8.6 252 52 314.2 314.3 287.6 316.5 0.67 10 550 4975 -6.7 -21.1 31 14.4 -11.0 253 61 316.2 316.4 288.9 320.6 1.30 11 500 5712 -11.6 -16.6 67 5.0 -13.3 246 66 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.9 2.10 12 450 6511 -16.6 -19.5 78 2.9 -17.5 236 64 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.5 1.81 13 400 7386 -22.6 -26.1 73 3.5 -23.4 226 64 325.6 325.9 291.6 329.7 1.14 14 350 8350 -30.4 -34.9 65 4.5 -31.0 221 64 327.8 327.9 291.7 329.9 0.57 15 300 9426 -39.9 -43.6 68 3.6 -40.2 217 63 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.27 16 250 10640 -49.5 -56.7 43 7.2 -49.7 235 85 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 17 200 12094 -51.1 -74.3 5 23.2 -51.5 255 52 351.8 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13924 -59.3 -83.3 3 24.0 -59.5 259 57 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16431 -64.8 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.9 253 38 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.48 m Freezing level: 620.76 mb = 4023.86 m = 13201.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.55 mb = 3299.34 m = 10824.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.30 % Est. max temperature: 27.42 C = 81.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.64 mb = 623.64 m = 2046.03 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 26.99 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 1062.55 m = 3486.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.32 C = 75.78 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 31.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1154.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.14 mb = 947.83 m = 3109.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.14 mb = 1585.55 m = 5201.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.14 mb = 11067.17 m = 36309.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1150.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.14 mb = 13751.40 m = 45115.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.2 neg: -19.8 tot: 453.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.99 Bulk Rich Number: 6.82 Bulk Shear: 169.18 m/s