MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-90.66 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -90.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 985 221 22.8 14.0 57 8.8 17.1 204 7 297.3 299.2 290.9 327.1 10.25 2 950 530 21.8 13.1 58 8.7 16.2 221 25 299.3 301.2 291.3 328.6 10.00 3 900 998 18.9 14.4 75 4.4 16.0 232 32 300.9 303.1 293.0 334.9 11.55 4 850 1486 14.6 14.1 97 0.5 14.3 242 28 301.4 303.6 293.5 336.8 12.00 5 800 1997 11.4 8.6 83 2.8 9.7 244 22 303.3 305.0 291.6 329.7 8.82 6 750 2533 9.2 2.4 62 6.8 5.5 221 21 306.6 307.7 290.3 325.2 6.08 7 700 3105 7.5 -2.7 48 10.2 2.4 222 24 310.8 311.7 290.2 324.9 4.49 8 650 3709 2.5 -3.8 63 6.3 -0.5 231 29 311.8 312.6 290.5 325.8 4.46 9 600 4352 -0.6 -17.4 27 16.8 -6.5 227 35 315.4 315.7 289.0 320.9 1.63 10 550 5041 -5.7 -22.0 26 16.3 -10.6 232 39 317.3 317.6 289.2 321.4 1.20 11 500 5778 -11.7 -24.1 35 12.4 -15.0 236 42 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.5 1.09 12 450 6579 -15.7 -41.6 9 25.9 -19.8 244 42 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.22 13 400 7457 -21.3 -44.2 11 22.9 -24.3 252 49 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.19 14 350 8426 -29.1 -48.4 14 19.3 -31.0 251 56 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 15 300 9508 -38.0 -48.5 32 10.5 -38.8 257 62 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.4 0.16 16 250 10736 -48.0 -51.6 67 3.5 -48.2 262 73 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12176 -54.7 -68.2 17 13.5 -54.9 261 83 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13997 -59.8 -82.8 3 23.1 -60.0 256 70 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16477 -69.0 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 250 34 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.80 m Freezing level: 609.57 mb = 4228.96 m = 13874.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.66 mb = 3601.18 m = 11814.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.33 mb = 1343.37 m = 4407.32 ft T: 15.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 11.86 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.59 mb = 1990.90 m = 6531.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.83 C Showalter Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.83 C K Index: 30.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 224.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.54 mb = 1550.43 m = 5086.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 528.54 mb = 5348.83 m = 17548.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 458.54 mb = 6436.04 m = 21115.36 ft B at Equ Level: 32.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 398.54 mb = 7483.39 m = 24551.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.4 neg: -17.1 tot: 127.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 16.63 m/s