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: 38.43,-89.87 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -89.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 992 141 23.7 14.6 56 9.2 17.7 196 11 297.5 299.4 291.2 328.2 10.55 2 950 518 22.9 14.0 57 8.9 17.1 227 32 300.4 302.4 292.2 331.7 10.64 3 900 987 19.4 13.9 70 5.6 15.8 246 30 301.5 303.6 292.9 334.4 11.12 4 850 1476 15.3 13.3 88 1.9 14.0 251 20 302.1 304.2 293.3 335.8 11.40 5 800 1987 11.6 8.1 80 3.4 9.5 237 15 303.5 305.0 291.4 328.9 8.53 6 750 2523 7.4 4.8 83 2.7 5.9 209 18 304.6 306.0 290.6 326.3 7.18 7 700 3090 5.5 1.0 73 4.5 3.1 214 27 308.6 309.7 290.8 326.8 5.90 8 650 3691 1.3 -2.8 74 4.1 -0.7 222 35 310.4 311.3 290.4 325.4 4.79 9 600 4333 -0.7 -15.7 31 15.0 -6.2 227 39 315.3 315.6 289.2 321.5 1.88 10 550 5021 -5.8 -25.6 19 19.8 -11.2 227 44 317.2 317.4 288.8 320.2 0.86 11 500 5758 -11.3 -33.5 14 22.2 -15.9 230 45 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.9 0.45 12 450 6557 -17.1 -39.4 13 22.3 -20.7 233 46 321.7 321.8 289.6 322.8 0.28 13 400 7430 -22.6 -39.6 20 17.0 -25.1 242 54 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.31 14 350 8394 -30.1 -35.8 58 5.6 -30.9 247 66 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.1 0.52 15 300 9476 -37.9 -41.1 72 3.2 -38.2 259 69 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.35 16 250 10701 -49.4 -53.1 65 3.7 -49.6 263 70 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12135 -54.7 -67.6 19 12.9 -54.9 259 87 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13966 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 254 61 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16457 -68.6 -86.7 6 18.1 -68.7 246 37 395.3 395.3 304.5 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.64 m Freezing level: 617.83 mb = 4103.98 m = 13464.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.97 mb = 3580.21 m = 11745.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.27 mb = 1303.72 m = 4277.25 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 9.52 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.78 mb = 1978.77 m = 6491.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 35.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.75 mb = 1588.15 m = 5210.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.75 mb = 2372.07 m = 7782.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 723.75 mb = 2815.65 m = 9237.60 ft B at Equ Level: 17.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 563.75 mb = 4825.63 m = 15831.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.6 neg: -8.9 tot: 185.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 15.39 Bulk Shear: 8.02 m/s