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: 38.34,-90.29 Latitude: 38.34 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 986 162 24.5 18.7 70 5.9 20.5 132 6 298.9 301.4 294.1 339.2 13.85 2 950 487 21.9 17.0 74 4.8 18.6 169 14 299.4 301.7 293.6 337.3 12.97 3 900 955 18.3 16.5 89 1.8 17.1 199 25 300.4 302.8 294.1 339.2 13.26 4 850 1443 15.1 14.7 97 0.4 14.9 215 28 302.0 304.3 294.0 338.9 12.50 5 800 1955 11.9 11.0 94 0.9 11.3 213 31 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.6 10.33 6 750 2493 8.4 4.8 78 3.6 6.3 221 36 305.7 307.0 291.0 327.5 7.22 7 700 3061 5.5 1.8 77 3.7 3.5 233 40 308.6 309.7 291.0 327.7 6.22 8 650 3662 0.9 0.0 94 0.9 0.4 233 45 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.2 5.90 9 600 4302 -3.0 -3.5 97 0.4 -3.3 235 46 312.6 313.5 291.2 328.1 4.94 10 550 4986 -7.4 -9.3 86 1.9 -8.2 235 47 315.3 315.9 290.7 326.3 3.43 11 500 5722 -11.7 -13.1 89 1.4 -12.2 227 50 318.8 319.3 291.2 328.0 2.79 12 450 6520 -17.3 -19.8 81 2.5 -18.1 228 52 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.4 1.76 13 400 7393 -23.3 -26.3 76 3.0 -23.9 230 58 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.6 1.11 14 350 8354 -30.7 -33.9 74 3.2 -31.2 231 69 327.3 327.5 291.6 329.6 0.62 15 300 9431 -38.8 -42.1 71 3.3 -39.1 238 77 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.32 16 250 10654 -49.5 -53.0 66 3.5 -49.6 250 85 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12086 -52.4 -75.4 5 23.0 -52.8 246 75 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13926 -57.7 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 251 60 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16432 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 246 43 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.14 m Freezing level: 638.77 mb = 3805.90 m = 12486.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.18 mb = 3734.24 m = 12251.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.93 mb = 907.73 m = 2978.09 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 11.73 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1343.80 m = 4408.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.20 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.84 C Cross Totals Index: 26.43 C K Index: 37.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1298.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.83 mb = 1100.24 m = 3609.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.83 mb = 1748.64 m = 5736.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.83 mb = 11194.25 m = 36726.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1289.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.83 mb = 13933.04 m = 45711.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 319.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 319.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.78 Bulk Shear: 147.87 m/s