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: 38.03,-92.65 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -92.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 974 260 23.0 20.2 84 2.9 21.1 184 13 298.5 301.3 295.1 343.4 15.46 2 950 473 20.6 18.9 90 1.7 19.4 191 23 298.1 300.7 294.4 340.4 14.58 3 900 939 17.1 16.0 93 1.2 16.4 207 37 299.1 301.5 293.4 336.4 12.77 4 850 1426 14.8 12.4 85 2.4 13.3 225 47 301.6 303.6 292.6 333.2 10.68 5 800 1937 12.0 9.0 82 3.0 10.2 225 44 303.9 305.6 292.0 330.9 9.04 6 750 2475 9.0 5.4 78 3.7 6.9 224 45 306.4 307.8 291.5 329.1 7.50 7 700 3045 6.5 0.1 63 6.4 3.2 235 47 309.7 310.8 290.8 326.9 5.52 8 650 3648 2.4 -13.1 31 15.6 -3.6 246 47 311.7 312.1 288.3 318.7 2.14 9 600 4289 -1.7 -28.6 11 26.9 -8.8 252 52 314.1 314.3 287.5 316.2 0.60 10 550 4974 -6.5 -21.7 29 15.2 -11.1 253 61 316.4 316.6 288.9 320.6 1.22 11 500 5711 -11.7 -17.4 62 5.7 -13.5 247 67 318.8 319.2 290.4 325.4 1.95 12 450 6511 -16.7 -19.9 76 3.3 -17.6 237 65 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.3 1.75 13 400 7385 -22.6 -26.1 73 3.5 -23.4 227 65 325.6 325.9 291.6 329.7 1.14 14 350 8349 -30.3 -34.5 66 4.2 -30.9 221 65 327.9 328.0 291.7 330.0 0.58 15 300 9425 -39.9 -43.5 69 3.6 -40.2 217 63 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.27 16 250 10639 -49.5 -56.7 42 7.2 -49.7 235 85 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 17 200 12093 -51.2 -74.2 5 23.0 -51.6 254 52 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13923 -59.3 -83.7 3 24.4 -59.5 259 58 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16430 -64.8 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.9 252 38 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.67 m Freezing level: 620.57 mb = 4025.28 m = 13206.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.58 mb = 3321.79 m = 10898.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.07 mb = 618.91 m = 2030.52 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 27.17 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.58 mb = 1009.32 m = 3311.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.07 C = 75.33 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 32.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1164.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.21 mb = 927.24 m = 3042.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.21 mb = 1463.35 m = 4800.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.21 mb = 11290.90 m = 37043.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1139.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.21 mb = 13665.40 m = 44833.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 475.8 neg: -14.6 tot: 461.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.99 Bulk Rich Number: 6.62 Bulk Shear: 175.77 m/s