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,-93.74 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 974 252 24.7 21.0 80 3.7 22.1 214 13 300.1 303.1 296.2 347.9 16.32 2 950 465 22.7 19.8 84 2.9 20.6 214 25 300.2 303.1 295.6 345.6 15.47 3 900 933 18.5 18.2 98 0.3 18.3 217 35 300.5 303.2 295.3 343.8 14.77 4 850 1422 14.9 14.4 97 0.5 14.6 229 42 301.8 304.0 293.8 337.8 12.22 5 800 1933 11.6 9.9 89 1.7 10.6 234 39 303.6 305.3 292.3 332.3 9.64 6 750 2471 8.8 4.6 75 4.2 6.4 239 35 306.1 307.4 291.0 327.7 7.11 7 700 3039 6.1 -3.0 52 9.1 1.6 243 33 309.2 310.0 289.6 322.8 4.37 8 650 3641 1.9 -10.3 40 12.2 -3.1 249 33 311.1 311.6 288.6 319.8 2.69 9 600 4282 -2.2 -9.4 58 7.2 -5.3 255 40 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.6 3.13 10 550 4967 -6.5 -19.0 36 12.5 -10.5 256 51 316.4 316.7 289.2 321.6 1.55 11 500 5704 -12.0 -26.7 28 14.6 -15.6 253 59 318.4 318.6 289.2 321.4 0.86 12 450 6501 -17.5 -35.3 20 17.8 -20.7 246 66 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.7 0.42 13 400 7371 -24.0 -40.4 20 16.4 -26.2 239 78 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.28 14 350 8331 -31.0 -37.5 53 6.5 -31.8 230 87 327.0 327.0 291.3 328.6 0.44 15 300 9406 -39.6 -43.2 69 3.6 -39.9 222 88 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.28 16 250 10628 -47.1 -62.9 15 15.8 -47.6 237 73 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.03 17 200 12089 -50.9 -75.7 4 24.8 -51.3 266 57 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13924 -59.1 -80.8 4 21.7 -59.3 261 50 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16425 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.7 256 38 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.95 m Freezing level: 626.94 mb = 3936.63 m = 12915.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.13 mb = 3237.62 m = 10621.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.25 C = 81.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.84 mb = 716.13 m = 2349.46 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 28.18 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.00 mb = 933.41 m = 3062.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.09 C = 77.16 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -7.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.98 C Showalter Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 26.40 C K Index: 32.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 478.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2245.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.11 mb = 922.77 m = 3027.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.11 mb = 970.48 m = 3183.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.11 mb = 11581.64 m = 37997.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2223.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.11 mb = 15503.83 m = 50864.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.3 neg: -14.5 tot: 230.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.41 Bulk Rich Number: 31.34 Bulk Shear: 71.67 m/s