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: 38.68,-90.84 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -90.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 185 20.3 19.5 95 0.9 19.8 159 5 295.0 297.6 293.6 336.9 14.64 2 950 475 19.6 18.5 93 1.1 18.9 202 19 297.1 299.7 293.9 338.3 14.24 3 900 940 16.9 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 219 33 298.9 301.2 293.3 335.8 12.65 4 850 1426 14.5 8.9 69 5.6 11.2 236 47 301.3 302.9 290.7 326.5 8.47 5 800 1935 11.3 4.9 65 6.4 7.6 242 47 303.2 304.4 289.8 323.5 6.79 6 750 2471 7.4 3.2 75 4.2 5.1 242 48 304.6 305.8 290.0 324.1 6.44 7 700 3035 3.7 -0.7 73 4.4 1.5 239 49 306.6 307.6 289.5 322.6 5.21 8 650 3633 0.2 -9.7 47 9.9 -3.9 234 47 309.1 309.7 288.1 318.1 2.82 9 600 4270 -3.4 -20.5 25 17.1 -8.7 235 45 312.2 312.4 287.5 316.3 1.25 10 550 4952 -6.9 -26.0 20 19.1 -12.0 235 48 315.8 316.0 288.3 318.7 0.83 11 500 5690 -10.8 -25.8 28 15.0 -14.7 235 58 319.9 320.1 289.7 323.2 0.93 12 450 6491 -16.4 -23.1 56 6.7 -18.2 233 59 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.2 1.32 13 400 7365 -22.8 -25.5 79 2.7 -23.4 227 55 325.3 325.6 291.6 329.6 1.20 14 350 8330 -30.0 -33.7 71 3.6 -30.6 220 59 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.64 15 300 9408 -38.9 -42.4 70 3.5 -39.2 217 68 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10629 -49.1 -55.1 49 6.0 -49.3 223 73 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.09 17 200 12070 -53.8 -72.6 8 18.8 -54.1 239 63 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13906 -57.5 -82.1 3 24.6 -57.8 262 58 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16413 -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: 5657.67 m Freezing level: 647.78 mb = 3661.25 m = 12011.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.23 mb = 3195.57 m = 10484.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.46 mb = 290.94 m = 954.53 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 14.72 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 983.96 m = 3228.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.50 C = 76.10 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.93 C Showalter Index: 2.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 29.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 983.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.51 mb = 792.73 m = 2600.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.51 mb = 1620.68 m = 5317.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.51 mb = 11153.04 m = 36590.90 ft B at Equ Level: 966.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.51 mb = 13473.66 m = 44204.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.2 neg: -14.7 tot: 382.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.44 Bulk Rich Number: 6.75 Bulk Shear: 145.60 m/s