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: 38,-92.57 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -92.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 973 270 22.5 20.2 87 2.4 20.9 185 13 298.0 300.8 295.0 342.9 15.46 2 950 476 20.3 19.0 92 1.3 19.4 192 23 297.8 300.4 294.4 340.4 14.69 3 900 941 17.1 15.9 92 1.3 16.3 209 38 299.2 301.5 293.4 336.3 12.71 4 850 1428 14.8 12.1 84 2.7 13.1 226 46 301.6 303.5 292.4 332.6 10.48 5 800 1939 11.9 8.9 82 3.0 10.1 225 42 303.9 305.5 291.9 330.8 9.00 6 750 2477 9.0 5.5 78 3.6 7.0 225 44 306.4 307.8 291.5 329.3 7.55 7 700 3047 6.3 0.5 66 5.8 3.2 234 46 309.5 310.6 290.9 327.0 5.67 8 650 3650 2.3 -10.1 39 12.4 -2.9 246 47 311.6 312.1 288.9 320.4 2.73 9 600 4290 -2.0 -27.1 13 25.1 -8.8 253 52 313.8 313.9 287.5 316.2 0.69 10 550 4975 -6.7 -23.1 26 16.4 -11.4 253 60 316.1 316.3 288.7 319.8 1.09 11 500 5711 -11.6 -16.3 68 4.6 -13.2 247 67 318.9 319.3 290.6 326.0 2.15 12 450 6511 -16.7 -19.6 78 2.9 -17.6 236 64 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.4 1.79 13 400 7386 -22.4 -25.8 74 3.4 -23.2 227 63 325.9 326.1 291.7 330.0 1.17 14 350 8350 -30.1 -34.5 65 4.5 -30.7 220 63 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.3 0.58 15 300 9427 -39.9 -43.5 68 3.7 -40.2 215 62 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.27 16 250 10641 -49.5 -56.9 41 7.4 -49.7 234 83 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 17 200 12094 -51.7 -74.1 5 22.4 -52.1 252 53 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13924 -59.2 -82.5 3 23.3 -59.4 259 58 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16432 -64.9 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 251 39 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.03 m Freezing level: 623.03 mb = 3995.17 m = 13107.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.40 mb = 3362.00 m = 11030.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.17 mb = 565.56 m = 1855.50 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 26.69 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.82 mb = 1028.53 m = 3374.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.11 C = 75.39 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.71 C K Index: 32.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1128.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.52 mb = 917.20 m = 3009.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.52 mb = 1552.73 m = 5094.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.52 mb = 11254.88 m = 36925.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1107.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.52 mb = 13612.73 m = 44660.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 467.7 neg: -22.4 tot: 445.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.83 Bulk Rich Number: 6.76 Bulk Shear: 167.02 m/s