MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.73,-90.42 Latitude: 38.73 Longitude: -90.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 990 153 21.0 13.8 64 7.2 16.4 182 6 295.0 296.8 290.0 324.0 10.08 2 950 508 22.1 12.9 56 9.2 16.3 231 28 299.7 301.5 291.3 328.7 9.90 3 900 977 19.5 13.9 70 5.6 15.8 259 33 301.6 303.6 292.9 334.5 11.15 4 850 1467 16.7 8.9 60 7.8 12.0 259 20 303.7 305.3 291.5 329.0 8.47 5 800 1980 12.5 11.2 92 1.3 11.7 245 17 304.5 306.4 293.3 335.9 10.50 6 750 2519 9.1 8.6 96 0.5 8.8 238 19 306.4 308.2 293.0 334.7 9.37 7 700 3088 5.4 0.9 73 4.5 3.0 235 26 308.5 309.6 290.7 326.5 5.85 8 650 3689 0.9 -1.3 85 2.2 -0.2 232 32 309.9 311.0 290.7 326.6 5.36 9 600 4328 -1.7 -20.4 23 18.7 -7.7 235 36 314.2 314.4 288.2 318.4 1.26 10 550 5015 -5.8 -30.1 13 24.3 -11.7 236 40 317.2 317.3 288.5 319.2 0.57 11 500 5753 -11.1 -34.9 12 23.8 -15.9 237 43 319.5 319.6 289.0 321.0 0.40 12 450 6552 -17.4 -38.2 15 20.8 -20.8 239 45 321.4 321.4 289.5 322.5 0.32 13 400 7424 -22.5 -42.6 14 20.0 -25.2 247 50 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.22 14 350 8389 -29.6 -44.8 22 15.2 -31.2 247 56 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.20 15 300 9468 -38.9 -47.5 40 8.6 -39.5 250 61 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.17 16 250 10689 -49.5 -53.1 66 3.6 -49.6 258 73 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12125 -54.7 -69.2 15 14.5 -55.0 263 81 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13953 -58.6 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.8 257 62 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16448 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 252 37 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.61 m Freezing level: 632.86 mb = 3908.12 m = 12821.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.33 mb = 3647.66 m = 11967.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.81 C = 85.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.59 mb = 1066.99 m = 3500.60 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 9.38 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.55 mb = 2315.06 m = 7595.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: 0.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 20.01 C K Index: 32.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.95 mb = 1567.72 m = 5143.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.95 mb = 3627.61 m = 11901.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 634.95 mb = 3876.18 m = 12716.98 ft B at Equ Level: 25.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 554.95 mb = 4944.63 m = 16222.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 2.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.3 neg: -11.7 tot: 201.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.58 Bulk Shear: 14.66 m/s