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: 38.23,-91.84 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -91.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 978 257 20.2 18.5 90 1.6 19.1 175 9 295.2 297.7 293.0 334.9 13.84 2 950 504 18.6 17.8 95 0.8 18.1 202 19 296.1 298.5 293.2 335.4 13.64 3 900 970 17.3 16.5 95 0.8 16.8 234 26 299.3 301.7 293.8 338.0 13.24 4 850 1457 14.9 13.5 91 1.5 14.0 239 31 301.8 303.9 293.2 335.7 11.49 5 800 1969 12.5 9.1 80 3.4 10.4 243 33 304.5 306.2 292.2 331.8 9.12 6 750 2508 9.1 6.0 81 3.0 7.3 248 37 306.4 307.9 291.8 330.3 7.87 7 700 3076 5.4 2.8 83 2.6 3.9 246 44 308.5 309.7 291.4 329.0 6.68 8 650 3677 0.8 -0.1 94 0.9 0.3 250 46 309.9 311.0 291.2 328.0 5.85 9 600 4317 -3.0 -3.5 96 0.5 -3.2 247 49 312.7 313.6 291.2 328.2 4.94 10 550 5001 -7.2 -7.8 96 0.5 -7.5 244 53 315.5 316.2 291.1 327.9 3.87 11 500 5737 -12.4 -14.0 87 1.6 -12.9 243 55 318.0 318.5 290.7 326.5 2.59 12 450 6535 -17.0 -19.6 80 2.6 -17.8 234 54 321.8 322.2 291.1 327.9 1.79 13 400 7408 -22.7 -29.4 54 6.7 -24.1 230 54 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.5 0.84 14 350 8373 -29.4 -37.6 45 8.3 -30.4 228 59 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.8 0.43 15 300 9454 -38.8 -43.5 61 4.7 -39.2 230 71 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 16 250 10677 -49.1 -52.7 66 3.6 -49.3 236 83 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.12 17 200 12115 -54.7 -70.7 12 16.0 -54.9 245 87 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 13937 -59.2 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.5 248 73 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16433 -66.3 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.4 243 45 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.29 m Freezing level: 639.23 mb = 3815.03 m = 12516.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.55 mb = 3732.17 m = 12244.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.62 mb = 462.68 m = 1517.97 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 9.97 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1171.82 m = 3844.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.27 C = 77.48 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 25.82 C K Index: 38.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 886.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.91 mb = 837.73 m = 2748.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.91 mb = 2409.31 m = 7904.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.91 mb = 11244.92 m = 36892.35 ft B at Equ Level: 867.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.91 mb = 13571.85 m = 44526.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 41.6 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 7.44 Bulk Shear: 119.03 m/s