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: 38.65,-90.88 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -90.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 188 20.3 19.5 95 0.9 19.8 164 5 295.0 297.6 293.6 337.0 14.67 2 950 475 19.7 18.5 93 1.2 18.9 202 19 297.1 299.7 293.9 338.3 14.24 3 900 940 16.9 15.9 94 1.0 16.3 220 34 298.9 301.3 293.3 336.1 12.73 4 850 1426 14.5 8.7 68 5.8 11.0 236 48 301.3 302.8 290.6 326.0 8.34 5 800 1935 11.3 4.6 64 6.6 7.5 243 48 303.2 304.4 289.8 323.2 6.68 6 750 2471 7.5 3.0 73 4.5 5.0 243 49 304.7 305.9 289.9 323.9 6.34 7 700 3035 3.8 -0.6 73 4.4 1.5 239 49 306.7 307.6 289.6 322.7 5.22 8 650 3633 0.3 -10.2 45 10.4 -4.0 235 46 309.3 309.8 288.1 317.9 2.71 9 600 4270 -3.4 -19.8 27 16.4 -8.5 235 45 312.2 312.5 287.6 316.6 1.33 10 550 4952 -6.9 -25.9 20 19.0 -11.9 235 48 315.9 316.0 288.3 318.8 0.84 11 500 5690 -10.8 -25.5 29 14.7 -14.6 235 57 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.2 0.96 12 450 6491 -16.4 -23.2 56 6.8 -18.3 233 58 322.6 322.8 290.9 327.1 1.31 13 400 7365 -22.8 -25.4 79 2.6 -23.4 227 54 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.6 1.21 14 350 8330 -30.1 -33.7 71 3.6 -30.6 220 59 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.5 0.64 15 300 9409 -38.9 -42.4 70 3.5 -39.2 217 68 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10629 -49.1 -55.0 50 6.0 -49.3 223 73 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.09 17 200 12071 -53.8 -72.1 9 18.4 -54.1 239 63 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13906 -57.5 -82.0 3 24.5 -57.8 262 58 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16414 -63.6 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 255 40 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.16 m Freezing level: 646.46 mb = 3678.23 m = 12067.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.99 mb = 3198.51 m = 10493.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.16 mb = 293.60 m = 963.26 ft T: 20.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 972.90 m = 3191.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.41 C = 75.94 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.87 C Showalter Index: 2.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 29.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 995.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.48 mb = 793.07 m = 2601.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.48 mb = 1620.97 m = 5318.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.48 mb = 11154.42 m = 36595.40 ft B at Equ Level: 978.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.48 mb = 13475.27 m = 44209.66 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: 0.7 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.8 neg: -21.5 tot: 384.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.52 Bulk Rich Number: 6.87 Bulk Shear: 144.83 m/s