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: 38.16,-92.72 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 SFC 975 239 23.4 20.1 82 3.3 21.1 178 12 298.7 301.5 295.1 343.4 15.36 2 950 468 21.0 18.9 88 2.1 19.5 185 22 298.4 301.1 294.5 340.8 14.58 3 900 934 17.0 16.4 96 0.6 16.6 201 34 299.1 301.5 293.7 337.4 13.15 4 850 1420 14.5 13.0 91 1.4 13.6 220 44 301.3 303.4 292.9 334.2 11.17 5 800 1931 11.9 9.5 85 2.4 10.4 223 46 303.8 305.5 292.2 331.7 9.36 6 750 2469 8.8 6.0 83 2.8 7.2 221 45 306.2 307.6 291.7 330.0 7.87 7 700 3038 6.2 1.5 72 4.7 3.7 231 46 309.3 310.5 291.2 328.2 6.11 8 650 3642 2.9 -10.2 37 13.1 -2.6 239 46 312.2 312.7 289.0 320.9 2.70 9 600 4284 -1.3 -23.5 17 22.2 -7.9 248 50 314.6 314.8 288.1 317.9 0.96 10 550 4971 -5.9 -22.8 25 16.9 -10.9 252 59 317.1 317.3 289.0 320.9 1.11 11 500 5709 -11.4 -23.7 36 12.3 -14.7 249 69 319.1 319.3 289.7 323.0 1.13 12 450 6509 -16.3 -21.4 65 5.1 -17.8 239 70 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.0 1.53 13 400 7384 -22.9 -27.0 69 4.1 -23.8 230 69 325.2 325.4 291.4 328.9 1.05 14 350 8347 -30.5 -34.0 71 3.5 -31.0 225 69 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.8 0.61 15 300 9422 -40.0 -43.3 71 3.3 -40.2 219 67 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.28 16 250 10636 -49.5 -56.8 42 7.3 -49.8 236 89 332.4 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.07 17 200 12090 -51.1 -74.3 5 23.2 -51.5 255 54 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13920 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.5 259 57 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16426 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 252 37 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.37 m Freezing level: 615.50 mb = 4084.83 m = 13401.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.87 mb = 3384.45 m = 11103.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.22 mb = 658.38 m = 2160.02 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 25.51 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.44 mb = 910.33 m = 2986.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.76 C = 74.76 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 34.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1292.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.07 mb = 894.81 m = 2935.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.07 mb = 942.48 m = 3092.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.07 mb = 11205.93 m = 36764.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1282.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.07 mb = 13958.96 m = 45796.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 48.7 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 36.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 467.8 neg: -14.3 tot: 453.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.35 Bulk Rich Number: 6.83 Bulk Shear: 189.40 m/s