MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.82,-90.29 Latitude: 38.82 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 990 147 20.6 14.8 69 5.8 16.8 184 6 294.5 296.5 290.3 325.3 10.71 2 950 509 22.1 12.9 56 9.2 16.2 230 30 299.6 301.4 291.3 328.6 9.89 3 900 977 19.0 11.8 63 7.2 14.4 247 36 301.1 302.9 291.6 329.8 9.72 4 850 1466 16.8 5.1 46 11.7 10.1 246 22 303.7 304.9 289.8 323.3 6.50 5 800 1979 12.9 11.3 90 1.6 11.9 259 16 304.9 306.8 293.4 336.4 10.55 6 750 2519 10.0 7.1 82 2.9 8.3 258 16 307.5 309.1 292.6 333.2 8.47 7 700 3090 6.5 -0.3 62 6.8 2.9 252 24 309.6 310.7 290.6 326.3 5.36 8 650 3693 2.8 -9.2 41 12.0 -2.4 236 27 312.1 312.7 289.2 321.5 2.93 9 600 4335 -1.1 -20.7 21 19.6 -7.4 237 34 314.8 315.1 288.4 319.0 1.23 10 550 5024 -5.3 -31.2 11 25.9 -11.5 239 35 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.6 0.51 11 500 5763 -10.6 -43.0 5 32.4 -16.0 243 36 320.1 320.1 289.0 320.7 0.17 12 450 6563 -16.9 -40.3 11 23.4 -20.5 243 39 322.0 322.1 289.6 323.0 0.25 13 400 7436 -23.0 -45.4 11 22.4 -25.6 244 42 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.17 14 350 8400 -29.2 -48.4 14 19.1 -31.0 254 49 329.3 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.14 15 300 9481 -38.5 -49.1 32 10.6 -39.2 256 51 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.15 16 250 10704 -48.9 -56.8 40 7.8 -49.2 250 57 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.07 17 200 12142 -54.8 -69.2 15 14.4 -55.1 250 65 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13965 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 259 60 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16443 -68.5 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.6 254 36 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.44 m Freezing level: 614.23 mb = 4152.60 m = 13623.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.19 mb = 3419.79 m = 11219.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.75 mb = 892.88 m = 2929.36 ft T: 19.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 17.46 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.09 mb = 2651.38 m = 8698.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.99 C = 93.18 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.75 C Showalter Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 15.73 C K Index: 25.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5629.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.21 mb = 1604.17 m = 5262.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.3 neg: -42.8 tot: 177.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.28 Bulk Shear: 11.06 m/s