MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.09,-90.47 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -90.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 985 205 22.1 17.9 77 4.2 19.2 294 3 296.6 298.9 293.0 334.7 13.21 2 950 520 20.2 16.3 78 3.9 17.6 250 11 297.7 299.9 292.7 333.5 12.34 3 900 985 16.9 15.3 90 1.6 15.8 248 21 298.9 301.2 292.9 334.6 12.22 4 850 1471 13.9 12.5 91 1.4 13.0 248 26 300.7 302.7 292.3 332.4 10.76 5 800 1981 11.4 9.6 89 1.8 10.3 245 27 303.3 305.0 292.0 331.2 9.40 6 750 2518 8.3 6.2 86 2.1 7.1 233 25 305.6 307.1 291.6 329.6 7.95 7 700 3085 4.8 2.7 86 2.1 3.7 227 34 307.8 309.1 291.2 328.2 6.66 8 650 3685 0.8 -0.5 91 1.3 0.1 227 42 309.9 311.0 291.0 327.5 5.68 9 600 4325 -2.8 -3.3 96 0.5 -3.0 232 47 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.7 5.01 10 550 5011 -6.3 -7.4 92 1.1 -6.8 232 50 316.6 317.3 291.6 329.4 3.99 11 500 5750 -10.8 -12.7 86 1.9 -11.5 235 51 319.8 320.4 291.5 329.3 2.88 12 450 6553 -15.4 -17.2 86 1.8 -16.0 241 52 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.3 2.20 13 400 7432 -21.3 -23.7 81 2.4 -21.9 243 54 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.3 1.41 14 350 8401 -29.0 -32.7 71 3.6 -29.6 243 53 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.2 0.70 15 300 9482 -38.5 -42.3 67 3.8 -38.9 244 56 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.31 16 250 10707 -49.0 -52.6 66 3.5 -49.1 246 72 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.12 17 200 12141 -55.6 -67.8 20 12.2 -55.8 251 87 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13958 -59.4 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 250 74 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16451 -67.9 -86.7 5 18.8 -68.1 245 42 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.31 m Freezing level: 638.30 mb = 3835.07 m = 12582.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.84 mb = 3712.13 m = 12178.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.71 mb = 742.61 m = 2436.36 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 7.05 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.60 mb = 1306.25 m = 4285.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.69 C = 78.24 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 35.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 315.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.08 mb = 1050.49 m = 3446.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.08 mb = 2211.85 m = 7256.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.08 mb = 10756.57 m = 35290.15 ft B at Equ Level: 312.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.08 mb = 12529.04 m = 41105.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.1 neg: -10.5 tot: 78.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 3.23 Bulk Shear: 97.85 m/s