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: 38.19,-89.21 Latitude: 38.19 Longitude: -89.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 992 146 24.9 14.5 52 10.5 18.1 198 11 298.7 300.6 291.5 329.4 10.50 2 950 526 23.1 13.2 54 9.9 16.7 224 33 300.7 302.5 291.8 330.3 10.07 3 900 994 19.1 12.9 68 6.2 15.1 235 28 301.2 303.1 292.3 332.0 10.47 4 850 1483 14.7 13.6 93 1.1 14.0 240 23 301.5 303.6 293.2 335.6 11.57 5 800 1993 10.8 8.1 83 2.7 9.2 231 23 302.7 304.2 291.1 327.9 8.49 6 750 2528 9.0 -1.5 48 10.5 3.7 221 17 306.3 307.2 288.8 320.4 4.56 7 700 3098 6.3 0.1 64 6.2 3.1 226 22 309.5 310.6 290.7 326.6 5.52 8 650 3701 2.2 -4.2 63 6.3 -0.9 226 31 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.0 4.32 9 600 4343 -0.5 -21.8 18 21.3 -7.2 228 37 315.5 315.7 288.5 319.3 1.11 10 550 5032 -5.6 -25.4 19 19.7 -11.1 229 39 317.4 317.6 288.9 320.5 0.88 11 500 5769 -11.6 -28.4 23 16.8 -15.6 232 41 318.9 319.1 289.2 321.5 0.74 12 450 6569 -16.6 -41.5 10 24.9 -20.4 236 42 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.2 0.22 13 400 7444 -21.8 -45.0 10 23.2 -24.8 245 49 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.17 14 350 8411 -29.6 -45.4 20 15.8 -31.2 247 57 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.19 15 300 9490 -38.7 -45.9 47 7.1 -39.3 254 66 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 16 250 10715 -48.7 -52.3 66 3.6 -48.8 262 72 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12153 -54.3 -69.7 13 15.4 -54.6 260 82 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13980 -59.6 -81.7 4 22.1 -59.8 257 64 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16463 -69.0 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 251 36 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.19 m Freezing level: 609.96 mb = 4215.24 m = 13829.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.94 mb = 3564.94 m = 11695.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.35 mb = 1468.98 m = 4819.43 ft T: 14.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 15.25 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.76 mb = 1974.18 m = 6476.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 33.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 181.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.32 mb = 1710.13 m = 5610.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 522.32 mb = 5431.35 m = 17819.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 432.32 mb = 6866.90 m = 22528.91 ft B at Equ Level: 30.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 372.32 mb = 7963.21 m = 26125.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.8 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 258.8 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.5 neg: -29.3 tot: 105.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.10 Bulk Shear: 6.12 m/s