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: 38.59,-90.89 Latitude: 38.59 Longitude: -90.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 982 187 20.4 19.5 94 0.9 19.8 169 5 295.1 297.7 293.6 337.1 14.65 2 950 476 19.9 18.4 91 1.4 18.9 203 19 297.3 299.9 293.9 338.4 14.17 3 900 941 16.9 15.9 94 1.0 16.3 220 34 298.9 301.3 293.3 336.2 12.77 4 850 1427 14.6 8.4 66 6.3 10.9 237 48 301.4 302.9 290.5 325.6 8.14 5 800 1937 11.3 4.6 63 6.7 7.5 244 49 303.2 304.4 289.7 323.1 6.64 6 750 2472 7.4 2.9 73 4.5 4.9 245 49 304.6 305.8 289.9 323.7 6.30 7 700 3037 3.7 -0.3 75 4.0 1.7 239 48 306.6 307.6 289.7 323.0 5.36 8 650 3634 0.3 -10.0 46 10.4 -3.9 235 46 309.3 309.9 288.1 318.1 2.74 9 600 4271 -3.2 -18.7 29 15.5 -8.3 235 46 312.4 312.7 287.8 317.2 1.45 10 550 4954 -6.8 -26.6 19 19.7 -12.0 235 48 316.0 316.1 288.3 318.7 0.79 11 500 5692 -10.8 -23.7 34 12.9 -14.3 235 58 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.8 1.13 12 450 6493 -16.5 -22.4 61 5.8 -18.1 234 56 322.5 322.7 290.9 327.3 1.41 13 400 7367 -22.8 -25.2 81 2.4 -23.3 227 53 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.7 1.24 14 350 8332 -30.1 -33.7 71 3.6 -30.7 221 58 328.1 328.3 291.8 330.5 0.63 15 300 9411 -38.8 -42.4 69 3.6 -39.1 216 68 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.30 16 250 10631 -49.0 -55.2 48 6.2 -49.2 224 74 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 17 200 12073 -53.9 -71.2 10 17.3 -54.2 240 62 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13907 -57.5 -81.5 3 23.9 -57.8 262 58 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16415 -63.7 -86.1 3 22.4 -63.9 255 40 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.41 m Freezing level: 645.38 mb = 3693.19 m = 12116.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.09 mb = 3210.36 m = 10532.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.36 C = 81.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.34 mb = 301.65 m = 989.64 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 15.23 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.92 mb = 988.80 m = 3244.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.94 C Showalter Index: 2.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: 29.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 995.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.94 mb = 808.55 m = 2652.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.94 mb = 1637.74 m = 5373.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.94 mb = 11200.01 m = 36744.99 ft B at Equ Level: 975.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.94 mb = 13538.30 m = 44416.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 45.4 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 410.6 neg: -31.4 tot: 379.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.55 Bulk Rich Number: 6.90 Bulk Shear: 144.26 m/s