MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.17,-90.34 Latitude: 38.17 Longitude: -90.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 171 19.0 18.6 98 0.3 18.8 149 6 293.3 295.8 292.4 332.7 13.85 2 950 486 17.6 17.5 99 0.1 17.5 183 24 295.1 297.5 292.6 333.4 13.37 3 900 948 15.8 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 201 39 297.8 300.0 292.8 334.1 12.51 4 850 1432 13.3 13.0 98 0.2 13.1 211 42 300.1 302.1 292.5 332.8 11.18 5 800 1941 10.5 10.2 98 0.4 10.3 220 41 302.4 304.2 292.1 331.5 9.81 6 750 2477 7.7 7.0 95 0.7 7.3 229 41 305.0 306.5 291.8 330.3 8.41 7 700 3044 4.6 3.3 91 1.3 3.9 238 44 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.8 6.94 8 650 3643 0.3 -0.2 96 0.5 0.0 245 45 309.3 310.4 290.9 327.3 5.81 9 600 4283 -2.0 -2.5 96 0.5 -2.2 248 46 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.6 5.31 10 550 4972 -5.4 -6.2 94 0.8 -5.8 248 50 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.8 4.37 11 500 5714 -9.6 -10.8 91 1.2 -10.1 246 55 321.4 322.0 292.4 332.5 3.36 12 450 6520 -14.8 -16.5 87 1.7 -15.4 244 60 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.6 2.34 13 400 7400 -21.2 -23.4 82 2.3 -21.7 241 64 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.6 1.45 14 350 8370 -28.8 -31.6 77 2.8 -29.3 237 64 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.7 0.78 15 300 9453 -38.2 -41.3 72 3.1 -38.5 230 59 331.6 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.34 16 250 10678 -48.9 -52.5 67 3.5 -49.1 222 51 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12108 -55.8 -63.5 38 7.7 -55.9 231 55 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 13936 -57.9 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.2 262 60 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16448 -65.7 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.8 250 39 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.67 m Freezing level: 643.07 mb = 3731.87 m = 12243.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.56 mb = 3648.52 m = 11970.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.71 % Est. max temperature: 26.32 C = 79.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.34 mb = 207.13 m = 679.54 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 6.79 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.73 mb = 688.35 m = 2258.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.86 C = 71.34 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 148.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.54 mb = 644.15 m = 2113.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.54 mb = 1357.47 m = 4453.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 477.54 mb = 6065.42 m = 19899.44 ft B at Equ Level: 141.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.54 mb = 11870.50 m = 38944.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 539.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 539.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 179.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 164.23 m/s