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: 38.71,-90.81 Latitude: 38.71 Longitude: -90.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 182 20.2 19.4 95 0.8 19.6 155 5 294.8 297.4 293.4 336.6 14.58 2 950 475 19.6 18.5 93 1.1 18.9 201 18 297.1 299.7 293.9 338.3 14.26 3 900 939 16.9 15.6 92 1.3 16.1 219 33 298.9 301.2 293.2 335.4 12.49 4 850 1425 14.5 9.2 71 5.3 11.3 235 46 301.4 303.0 290.9 327.0 8.65 5 800 1935 11.2 5.2 67 6.0 7.8 241 46 303.1 304.4 290.0 324.0 6.96 6 750 2471 7.4 3.6 77 3.9 5.3 241 47 304.6 305.8 290.2 324.6 6.60 7 700 3035 3.7 -0.7 73 4.4 1.5 238 49 306.6 307.5 289.5 322.5 5.20 8 650 3633 0.1 -9.4 49 9.5 -3.8 234 47 309.1 309.6 288.2 318.2 2.88 9 600 4269 -3.5 -21.0 24 17.5 -8.8 235 46 312.1 312.3 287.5 316.1 1.19 10 550 4952 -7.0 -26.0 20 19.0 -12.0 235 48 315.8 315.9 288.3 318.7 0.84 11 500 5689 -10.8 -26.2 27 15.4 -14.7 236 58 319.9 320.0 289.7 323.0 0.90 12 450 6490 -16.3 -23.3 55 6.9 -18.2 233 59 322.7 323.0 290.9 327.2 1.31 13 400 7364 -22.8 -25.5 78 2.7 -23.4 228 55 325.3 325.6 291.6 329.6 1.20 14 350 8330 -30.0 -33.7 70 3.7 -30.6 220 60 328.3 328.5 291.9 330.7 0.64 15 300 9408 -38.9 -42.4 70 3.4 -39.2 216 68 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10628 -49.1 -55.0 50 5.9 -49.3 222 72 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.09 17 200 12070 -53.8 -73.3 7 19.5 -54.1 238 63 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13905 -57.6 -82.0 3 24.5 -57.8 262 57 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 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: 5657.18 m Freezing level: 648.86 mb = 3647.22 m = 11965.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.08 mb = 3197.11 m = 10489.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.90 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.80 mb = 278.91 m = 915.05 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 14.31 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 998.64 m = 3276.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.29 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 30.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 961.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.49 mb = 792.74 m = 2600.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.49 mb = 1620.74 m = 5317.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.49 mb = 11152.89 m = 36590.40 ft B at Equ Level: 942.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.49 mb = 13473.87 m = 44205.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 390.5 neg: -8.1 tot: 382.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.34 Bulk Rich Number: 6.58 Bulk Shear: 146.14 m/s