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: 38.96,-90.89 Latitude: 38.96 Longitude: -90.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 988 178 17.5 17.1 98 0.4 17.2 244 8 291.6 293.8 290.8 326.9 12.48 2 950 511 16.9 16.7 99 0.1 16.8 251 29 294.3 296.6 291.9 330.7 12.72 3 900 974 16.2 16.0 99 0.1 16.1 269 39 298.2 300.5 293.2 335.4 12.82 4 850 1459 13.4 13.2 98 0.2 13.3 266 31 300.2 302.3 292.6 333.3 11.27 5 800 1968 10.7 10.5 98 0.2 10.6 256 27 302.5 304.4 292.3 332.2 9.99 6 750 2504 7.9 7.6 98 0.2 7.7 244 24 305.1 306.7 292.1 331.5 8.79 7 700 3071 5.0 4.6 98 0.3 4.8 225 24 308.0 309.4 292.1 331.3 7.64 8 650 3672 0.9 0.6 98 0.3 0.7 208 28 309.9 311.1 291.4 328.9 6.15 9 600 4312 -2.3 -2.6 97 0.4 -2.4 203 36 313.5 314.5 291.7 330.1 5.26 10 550 5000 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 208 41 317.2 318.1 292.0 331.0 4.28 11 500 5741 -10.1 -11.5 90 1.3 -10.7 214 45 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.2 3.18 12 450 6545 -15.5 -17.3 86 1.8 -16.1 221 48 323.8 324.2 292.0 331.2 2.19 13 400 7423 -21.5 -23.8 82 2.3 -22.1 228 52 327.0 327.3 292.3 332.0 1.40 14 350 8393 -28.7 -31.5 77 2.8 -29.2 236 57 330.0 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.78 15 300 9478 -37.5 -40.5 73 3.0 -37.8 242 64 332.5 332.6 292.8 333.9 0.37 16 250 10705 -49.2 -52.6 67 3.4 -49.3 248 70 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12126 -58.5 -64.1 49 5.6 -58.6 258 91 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 18 150 13951 -56.2 -83.0 2 26.8 -56.5 254 59 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16458 -67.0 -87.4 4 20.4 -67.1 241 41 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.11 m Freezing level: 636.17 mb = 3849.32 m = 12628.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.58 mb = 3814.06 m = 12513.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.12 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.20 mb = 226.41 m = 742.81 ft T: 17.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 6.46 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1047.65 m = 3437.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.26 C = 75.67 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 36.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.09 mb = 655.79 m = 2151.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.09 mb = 3081.72 m = 10110.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 539.09 mb = 5155.64 m = 16914.63 ft B at Equ Level: 60.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 349.09 mb = 8411.11 m = 27595.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.8 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 257.8 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 4.3 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.8 neg: -12.8 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.05 Bulk Shear: 29.70 m/s