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: 38.64,-90.87 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -90.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 0.9 19.8 164 5 295.0 297.7 293.6 337.0 14.66 2 950 475 19.7 18.5 93 1.2 18.9 202 19 297.2 299.8 293.9 338.3 14.22 3 900 940 16.9 15.9 94 1.0 16.3 220 34 298.9 301.3 293.3 336.1 12.75 4 850 1426 14.5 8.6 68 5.9 11.0 237 48 301.4 302.9 290.6 325.9 8.30 5 800 1936 11.3 4.6 63 6.7 7.5 243 48 303.2 304.4 289.8 323.2 6.67 6 750 2471 7.4 3.0 73 4.5 5.0 243 49 304.7 305.8 289.9 323.8 6.33 7 700 3036 3.7 -0.5 74 4.2 1.6 239 48 306.6 307.6 289.6 322.8 5.28 8 650 3633 0.2 -9.9 46 10.2 -3.9 235 46 309.2 309.8 288.1 318.0 2.76 9 600 4270 -3.3 -19.6 27 16.3 -8.5 235 45 312.3 312.5 287.6 316.7 1.35 10 550 4953 -6.9 -26.2 20 19.3 -12.0 235 48 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.7 0.82 11 500 5690 -10.8 -24.9 30 14.2 -14.5 235 58 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.4 1.01 12 450 6492 -16.5 -22.9 58 6.4 -18.2 233 58 322.6 322.8 290.9 327.2 1.35 13 400 7365 -22.8 -25.3 80 2.5 -23.4 227 54 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.6 1.22 14 350 8331 -30.1 -33.7 71 3.6 -30.6 220 59 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.5 0.63 15 300 9409 -38.9 -42.4 69 3.5 -39.2 216 68 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.30 16 250 10629 -49.1 -55.2 49 6.1 -49.3 223 73 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.09 17 200 12072 -53.8 -71.9 9 18.1 -54.1 240 62 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13906 -57.5 -81.8 3 24.3 -57.8 262 58 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16414 -63.7 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 255 40 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.41 m Freezing level: 646.54 mb = 3677.50 m = 12065.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.65 mb = 3202.88 m = 10508.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.38 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.97 mb = 295.57 m = 969.72 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 15.11 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 976.93 m = 3205.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.45 C = 76.01 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.92 C Showalter Index: 2.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 19.39 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 998.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.19 mb = 796.05 m = 2611.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.19 mb = 1624.23 m = 5328.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.19 mb = 11162.96 m = 36623.42 ft B at Equ Level: 980.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.19 mb = 13486.96 m = 44248.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 45.3 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.1 neg: -23.0 tot: 382.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.52 Bulk Rich Number: 6.88 Bulk Shear: 145.06 m/s