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: 38.53,-90.63 Latitude: 38.53 Longitude: -90.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 984 178 23.5 18.5 73 5.1 20.1 148 6 298.0 300.5 293.8 337.8 13.71 2 950 485 21.1 17.0 78 4.0 18.4 161 15 298.6 300.9 293.4 336.3 12.96 3 900 952 17.8 16.1 90 1.7 16.7 196 25 299.9 302.2 293.7 337.7 12.92 4 850 1439 14.6 14.2 98 0.3 14.4 217 30 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.0 12.09 5 800 1950 11.5 10.9 97 0.5 11.2 214 35 303.4 305.3 292.8 334.0 10.31 6 750 2487 8.1 6.2 88 1.9 7.0 220 39 305.4 306.9 291.5 329.4 7.97 7 700 3053 4.4 2.9 90 1.5 3.5 229 39 307.3 308.6 291.1 327.9 6.73 8 650 3653 0.3 -0.1 97 0.4 0.1 229 42 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.4 5.85 9 600 4291 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.3 229 45 312.5 313.4 291.2 328.1 4.95 10 550 4976 -7.3 -7.9 95 0.7 -7.5 231 47 315.5 316.2 291.1 327.7 3.82 11 500 5712 -11.7 -13.0 90 1.2 -12.2 230 52 318.8 319.3 291.2 328.1 2.82 12 450 6512 -16.7 -18.3 87 1.6 -17.2 231 56 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.1 2.01 13 400 7387 -22.4 -24.6 82 2.2 -22.9 232 62 325.9 326.1 291.8 330.4 1.30 14 350 8352 -29.8 -32.6 76 2.8 -30.2 237 67 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.2 0.70 15 300 9433 -38.3 -41.5 72 3.2 -38.6 244 72 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.7 0.34 16 250 10658 -49.4 -52.8 67 3.5 -49.5 249 78 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12083 -55.7 -69.3 17 13.6 -55.9 252 84 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13922 -57.4 -80.3 4 22.9 -57.7 252 56 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16433 -65.4 -87.5 3 22.1 -65.6 247 43 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.55 m Freezing level: 645.89 mb = 3705.23 m = 12156.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.84 mb = 3667.04 m = 12030.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.88 mb = 819.53 m = 2688.70 ft T: 18.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 10.31 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.38 mb = 1266.38 m = 4154.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.34 C = 79.42 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 25.94 C K Index: 39.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1023.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.34 mb = 1043.61 m = 3423.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.34 mb = 1585.66 m = 5202.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.34 mb = 11321.17 m = 37142.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1011.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.34 mb = 13698.33 m = 44941.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.8 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 253.8 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 305.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.69 Bulk Rich Number: 6.69 Bulk Shear: 152.86 m/s