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: 38.63,-90.83 Latitude: 38.63 Longitude: -90.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 983 184 20.5 19.5 94 1.0 19.8 164 5 295.1 297.8 293.6 337.1 14.64 2 950 476 19.8 18.4 92 1.4 18.9 202 19 297.3 299.9 293.9 338.3 14.17 3 900 941 16.9 15.9 93 1.1 16.2 219 33 298.9 301.3 293.3 335.9 12.69 4 850 1427 14.6 8.7 68 5.9 11.1 237 47 301.5 303.0 290.6 326.2 8.35 5 800 1937 11.3 4.9 65 6.4 7.6 243 48 303.2 304.4 289.8 323.6 6.79 6 750 2472 7.4 3.2 75 4.2 5.1 243 48 304.6 305.8 290.0 324.0 6.41 7 700 3037 3.6 -0.2 76 3.8 1.7 239 48 306.5 307.5 289.6 323.0 5.38 8 650 3634 0.2 -9.3 49 9.5 -3.8 234 46 309.2 309.7 288.2 318.4 2.90 9 600 4271 -3.3 -19.4 27 16.2 -8.4 235 46 312.3 312.6 287.7 316.9 1.37 10 550 4954 -6.9 -26.6 19 19.7 -12.0 235 48 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.7 0.79 11 500 5691 -10.7 -23.7 33 13.0 -14.3 236 58 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.9 1.13 12 450 6492 -16.5 -22.1 62 5.6 -18.0 234 57 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.5 1.44 13 400 7366 -22.8 -25.3 80 2.5 -23.4 227 54 325.4 325.7 291.6 329.7 1.22 14 350 8332 -30.0 -33.7 70 3.7 -30.6 221 59 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.64 15 300 9410 -38.9 -42.4 69 3.6 -39.2 216 68 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.30 16 250 10631 -49.1 -55.4 47 6.4 -49.3 223 73 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.5 0.08 17 200 12073 -53.9 -71.7 10 17.8 -54.2 240 62 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.01 18 150 13907 -57.5 -81.4 3 23.9 -57.8 262 58 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16414 -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: 5658.74 m Freezing level: 647.30 mb = 3668.48 m = 12035.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.76 mb = 3213.97 m = 10544.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.09 mb = 312.87 m = 1026.48 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 14.75 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 992.49 m = 3256.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.56 C = 76.21 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.03 C Showalter Index: 2.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 30.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 989.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.98 mb = 808.19 m = 2651.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.98 mb = 1637.43 m = 5372.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.98 mb = 11198.34 m = 36739.53 ft B at Equ Level: 969.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.98 mb = 13536.36 m = 44410.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 396.0 neg: -23.1 tot: 372.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.44 Bulk Rich Number: 6.80 Bulk Shear: 145.51 m/s