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: 38.64,-89.45 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -89.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 992 142 23.7 16.6 64 7.1 18.9 248 7 297.5 299.7 292.4 332.6 12.09 2 950 520 21.7 14.1 62 7.6 16.8 236 21 299.2 301.2 291.9 330.5 10.72 3 900 986 17.8 14.9 83 2.9 15.9 250 29 299.9 302.1 293.0 334.8 11.94 4 850 1473 13.5 13.3 98 0.2 13.4 252 28 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.6 11.34 5 800 1981 10.5 10.3 99 0.2 10.4 244 22 302.4 304.2 292.2 331.7 9.89 6 750 2517 7.0 6.6 98 0.3 6.8 223 20 304.1 305.7 291.3 328.7 8.20 7 700 3081 3.9 2.2 88 1.7 2.9 214 30 306.8 308.0 290.7 326.4 6.40 8 650 3681 0.6 -1.2 88 1.8 -0.3 218 38 309.6 310.6 290.6 326.3 5.38 9 600 4319 -2.7 -4.3 89 1.6 -3.4 225 44 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.7 4.65 10 550 5006 -6.1 -10.3 72 4.2 -7.8 228 50 316.8 317.4 290.9 327.2 3.18 11 500 5745 -11.0 -17.0 61 6.0 -13.0 232 47 319.6 320.0 290.7 326.4 2.02 12 450 6545 -16.5 -24.4 51 7.8 -18.5 238 45 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.6 1.18 13 400 7420 -22.2 -27.9 60 5.7 -23.4 245 48 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.5 0.96 14 350 8388 -29.0 -33.6 65 4.5 -29.7 249 55 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.9 0.64 15 300 9470 -38.1 -41.6 70 3.5 -38.4 252 57 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.33 16 250 10695 -49.4 -52.9 67 3.5 -49.6 251 64 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12121 -57.2 -65.5 34 8.3 -57.3 247 86 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 13940 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.0 245 73 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16440 -67.2 -86.8 5 19.5 -67.4 248 39 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.45 m Freezing level: 641.35 mb = 3791.16 m = 12438.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.06 mb = 3617.95 m = 11869.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.97 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.11 mb = 1042.14 m = 3419.04 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 8.56 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.29 mb = 1509.24 m = 4951.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.62 C = 79.91 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 36.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.99 mb = 1343.50 m = 4407.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.99 mb = 1897.88 m = 6226.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 367.99 mb = 8024.52 m = 26326.84 ft B at Equ Level: 207.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.99 mb = 11870.80 m = 38945.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 4.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.0 neg: -9.1 tot: 82.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.59 Bulk Shear: 45.31 m/s