MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.16,-89.82 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -89.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 989 143 21.2 20.9 98 0.3 21.0 209 6 295.3 298.1 294.6 340.9 15.92 2 950 490 19.1 17.8 92 1.2 18.2 218 19 296.5 299.0 293.3 335.9 13.65 3 900 954 16.9 15.2 89 1.7 15.8 218 26 298.9 301.1 292.9 334.4 12.14 4 850 1440 14.5 12.4 87 2.1 13.2 219 30 301.3 303.3 292.5 333.0 10.74 5 800 1951 11.6 9.4 87 2.2 10.3 224 32 303.5 305.2 292.0 331.2 9.30 6 750 2488 8.3 6.4 88 1.9 7.2 230 33 305.6 307.1 291.7 329.9 8.05 7 700 3055 4.7 3.3 90 1.4 3.9 233 34 307.7 309.0 291.4 329.0 6.95 8 650 3655 0.8 0.5 98 0.3 0.7 236 35 309.9 311.1 291.4 328.9 6.14 9 600 4296 -2.1 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.3 236 36 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.4 5.29 10 550 4984 -5.7 -6.3 95 0.7 -6.0 234 36 317.4 318.2 292.1 331.3 4.34 11 500 5726 -9.7 -10.8 91 1.1 -10.2 231 37 321.2 321.9 292.3 332.3 3.35 12 450 6532 -14.5 -16.0 88 1.5 -15.0 228 37 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.3 2.43 13 400 7415 -20.2 -22.2 84 2.0 -20.8 224 38 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.3 1.61 14 350 8390 -27.2 -29.7 79 2.5 -27.7 222 39 332.0 332.2 293.2 335.4 0.93 15 300 9480 -36.3 -39.2 74 2.9 -36.7 222 41 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.42 16 250 10715 -47.3 -50.6 69 3.3 -47.4 224 45 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.15 17 200 12146 -60.5 -64.5 60 4.0 -60.6 230 56 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.03 18 150 13954 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 263 54 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16471 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 245 43 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.03 m Freezing level: 635.70 mb = 3838.64 m = 12593.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.88 mb = 3793.49 m = 12445.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.06 mb = 176.96 m = 580.58 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 12.04 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 983.65 m = 3227.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.99 C = 76.99 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 35.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 323.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.78 mb = 748.80 m = 2456.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.78 mb = 1776.18 m = 5827.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.78 mb = 9785.38 m = 32103.89 ft B at Equ Level: 323.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.78 mb = 13287.66 m = 43594.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 147.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 7.64 Bulk Shear: 42.36 m/s