MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.96,-90.88 Latitude: 37.96 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 51 SFC 973 286 20.2 18.0 87 2.2 18.7 163 3 295.6 298.1 292.9 334.4 13.48 2 950 496 19.3 17.1 87 2.2 17.8 179 11 296.8 299.2 292.9 334.5 13.03 3 900 960 17.1 15.5 91 1.5 16.1 187 18 299.1 301.4 293.2 335.4 12.43 4 850 1446 14.0 13.3 95 0.7 13.6 199 20 300.9 303.0 292.9 334.4 11.39 5 800 1956 11.1 10.6 97 0.5 10.8 213 25 303.0 304.9 292.5 333.0 10.11 6 750 2493 7.9 7.7 98 0.3 7.8 215 26 305.2 306.8 292.2 331.7 8.82 7 700 3060 4.7 4.3 97 0.4 4.5 209 24 307.6 309.0 291.8 330.4 7.46 8 650 3661 0.9 -0.5 90 1.4 0.2 212 34 310.0 311.1 291.0 327.6 5.67 9 600 4300 -2.7 -4.2 90 1.5 -3.4 209 44 313.0 313.8 291.0 327.7 4.67 10 550 4986 -6.7 -7.8 92 1.1 -7.2 210 50 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.6 3.87 11 500 5724 -11.0 -12.4 89 1.5 -11.5 215 51 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.4 2.95 12 450 6525 -17.0 -20.0 78 3.0 -17.9 219 47 321.8 322.2 291.1 327.7 1.73 13 400 7397 -22.6 -25.0 80 2.5 -23.2 225 53 325.7 325.9 291.7 330.0 1.25 14 350 8365 -28.8 -31.8 75 3.0 -29.3 234 60 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.76 15 300 9448 -37.8 -41.1 72 3.2 -38.1 240 67 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10677 -48.6 -52.1 67 3.5 -48.7 242 74 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12104 -56.7 -66.2 29 9.5 -56.8 250 77 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 13936 -57.5 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 253 60 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16442 -65.9 -86.8 4 20.9 -66.0 251 42 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.63 m Freezing level: 637.46 mb = 3820.90 m = 12535.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.69 mb = 3688.95 m = 12102.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.77 mb = 561.16 m = 1841.05 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 7.81 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.29 mb = 1236.00 m = 4055.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.65 C = 76.36 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.29 C K Index: 37.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 514.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.17 mb = 977.44 m = 3206.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.17 mb = 1716.24 m = 5630.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.17 mb = 10853.62 m = 35608.54 ft B at Equ Level: 508.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.17 mb = 13021.40 m = 42720.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.8 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 239.8 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.5 neg: -7.0 tot: 124.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 6.61 Bulk Shear: 77.81 m/s