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: 38.05,-92.57 Latitude: 38.05 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 29 SFC 974 258 22.7 20.2 86 2.5 21.0 183 13 298.1 300.9 295.1 343.1 15.50 2 950 475 20.3 19.0 92 1.4 19.4 190 23 297.8 300.5 294.4 340.4 14.67 3 900 940 17.1 16.0 93 1.1 16.4 207 37 299.1 301.4 293.4 336.4 12.78 4 850 1426 14.7 12.2 85 2.4 13.1 225 45 301.5 303.5 292.4 332.8 10.59 5 800 1938 11.9 9.1 83 2.8 10.2 225 43 303.8 305.5 292.0 331.1 9.11 6 750 2476 9.0 5.7 80 3.3 7.1 223 44 306.3 307.8 291.6 329.6 7.69 7 700 3045 6.2 1.1 70 5.1 3.5 234 47 309.4 310.5 291.0 327.7 5.94 8 650 3648 2.5 -9.6 40 12.1 -2.6 245 47 311.8 312.3 289.0 320.9 2.83 9 600 4289 -2.0 -27.6 12 25.5 -8.9 252 52 313.8 313.9 287.4 316.0 0.66 10 550 4974 -6.5 -23.9 24 17.4 -11.5 253 60 316.3 316.5 288.6 319.8 1.00 11 500 5711 -11.6 -17.1 63 5.6 -13.4 248 68 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.6 1.99 12 450 6510 -16.7 -20.2 74 3.5 -17.7 237 66 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.0 1.70 13 400 7385 -22.5 -25.9 74 3.4 -23.2 227 65 325.8 326.0 291.7 329.9 1.16 14 350 8349 -30.1 -34.4 66 4.2 -30.7 221 65 328.1 328.3 291.8 330.3 0.59 15 300 9426 -39.9 -43.5 68 3.6 -40.2 215 63 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.27 16 250 10640 -49.5 -56.9 42 7.4 -49.7 234 84 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 17 200 12093 -51.6 -73.6 6 22.0 -52.0 252 53 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 13922 -59.2 -82.6 3 23.4 -59.4 259 58 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16430 -64.8 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 251 38 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.71 m Freezing level: 622.48 mb = 4000.74 m = 13125.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.47 mb = 3383.60 m = 11100.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.21 mb = 572.84 m = 1879.36 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 27.09 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 976.78 m = 3204.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.90 C = 75.02 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 33.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1162.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.22 mb = 899.50 m = 2951.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.22 mb = 1334.54 m = 4378.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.22 mb = 11204.95 m = 36761.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1147.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.22 mb = 13954.73 m = 45782.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 49.0 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 472.1 neg: -18.3 tot: 453.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.90 Bulk Rich Number: 6.67 Bulk Shear: 174.11 m/s