MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.34,-92.91 Latitude: 38.34 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 975 269 22.7 19.1 80 3.6 20.2 174 7 298.1 300.7 294.3 339.9 14.42 2 950 489 19.4 17.8 91 1.6 18.4 178 10 296.9 299.3 293.4 336.3 13.64 3 900 955 17.7 14.5 81 3.3 15.6 221 20 299.8 301.9 292.7 333.7 11.59 4 850 1442 15.0 11.5 80 3.5 12.7 228 26 301.8 303.7 292.2 331.6 10.06 5 800 1954 12.5 9.2 80 3.3 10.5 232 29 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.0 9.17 6 750 2493 9.5 5.3 75 4.2 7.1 235 30 306.9 308.3 291.6 329.6 7.46 7 700 3062 5.1 2.3 82 2.9 3.5 236 31 308.2 309.4 291.1 327.9 6.44 8 650 3663 1.1 -0.8 88 1.8 0.1 241 40 310.2 311.2 291.0 327.5 5.58 9 600 4302 -3.3 -5.0 88 1.7 -4.1 244 46 312.3 313.2 290.6 326.2 4.41 10 550 4985 -7.5 -9.8 84 2.3 -8.4 243 52 315.2 315.8 290.5 325.9 3.31 11 500 5720 -12.2 -19.4 55 7.2 -14.3 242 58 318.2 318.5 289.9 323.8 1.65 12 450 6518 -17.1 -29.4 33 12.3 -19.8 237 60 321.7 321.9 290.1 324.4 0.74 13 400 7390 -23.5 -32.8 42 9.4 -25.1 234 61 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.7 0.60 14 350 8352 -30.6 -36.7 55 6.1 -31.4 229 64 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.2 0.47 15 300 9427 -39.8 -43.9 65 4.1 -40.1 230 76 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.26 16 250 10642 -50.0 -56.0 49 6.0 -50.2 236 91 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 17 200 12081 -54.4 -75.4 6 21.0 -54.7 238 77 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 13914 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 248 68 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16426 -65.3 -87.4 3 22.1 -65.4 249 43 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.16 m Freezing level: 637.84 mb = 3817.95 m = 12525.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.38 mb = 3682.51 m = 12081.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.78 C = 82.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.11 mb = 727.13 m = 2385.55 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 8.34 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1480.60 m = 4857.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 35.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 860.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.32 mb = 1065.90 m = 3497.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.32 mb = 2791.56 m = 9158.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.32 mb = 11087.67 m = 36376.43 ft B at Equ Level: 848.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.32 mb = 13372.37 m = 43872.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 6.42 Bulk Shear: 133.97 m/s