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: 38.98,-89.84 Latitude: 38.98 Longitude: -89.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 985 177 18.9 18.6 99 0.2 18.7 196 6 293.2 295.7 292.4 332.7 13.86 2 950 489 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 198 18 294.9 297.2 292.4 332.7 13.20 3 900 950 15.1 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 206 27 297.1 299.3 292.2 331.8 11.99 4 850 1434 12.8 12.6 99 0.2 12.7 212 32 299.5 301.5 292.0 331.3 10.85 5 800 1942 10.3 10.1 98 0.2 10.2 216 34 302.1 303.9 292.0 331.0 9.73 6 750 2477 7.5 7.3 98 0.2 7.3 218 34 304.7 306.3 291.8 330.4 8.56 7 700 3042 3.8 3.6 98 0.3 3.7 219 34 306.7 308.1 291.2 328.3 7.07 8 650 3641 0.3 0.0 98 0.3 0.2 223 33 309.3 310.5 291.0 327.6 5.92 9 600 4281 -2.6 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.8 225 32 313.1 314.0 291.5 329.2 5.12 10 550 4967 -6.1 -7.0 94 0.9 -6.5 228 30 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.1 4.13 11 500 5708 -10.2 -11.5 90 1.3 -10.8 229 29 320.5 321.2 292.0 331.0 3.17 12 450 6512 -15.4 -17.2 86 1.8 -16.0 231 30 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.4 2.20 13 400 7391 -21.6 -23.9 82 2.2 -22.2 237 34 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.8 1.39 14 350 8359 -28.9 -31.7 76 2.9 -29.3 243 42 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.77 15 300 9442 -37.8 -41.0 72 3.1 -38.1 239 51 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10671 -48.3 -51.8 67 3.4 -48.4 228 60 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.13 17 200 12096 -59.9 -64.4 56 4.5 -59.9 228 66 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.03 18 150 13926 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.1 262 56 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16442 -65.0 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.2 248 42 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.81 m Freezing level: 644.30 mb = 3714.37 m = 12186.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.73 mb = 3681.77 m = 12079.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.14 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.57 mb = 199.89 m = 655.79 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 5.06 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.69 mb = 673.22 m = 2208.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.35 C = 70.43 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 146.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.68 mb = 645.80 m = 2118.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.68 mb = 877.52 m = 2878.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 457.68 mb = 6382.76 m = 20940.56 ft B at Equ Level: 146.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.68 mb = 10993.81 m = 36068.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.2 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 250.2 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 3.74 Bulk Shear: 39.23 m/s