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: 38.39,-89.48 Latitude: 38.39 Longitude: -89.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 993 142 23.6 16.3 64 7.2 18.7 268 10 297.4 299.5 292.2 331.7 11.84 2 950 523 20.5 15.0 71 5.5 16.9 262 20 298.0 300.0 292.0 331.0 11.37 3 900 988 17.0 15.3 90 1.7 15.9 259 24 299.0 301.2 293.0 334.7 12.23 4 850 1474 13.7 12.9 95 0.8 13.2 250 28 300.5 302.6 292.6 333.1 11.08 5 800 1983 10.8 9.4 91 1.4 9.9 246 28 302.7 304.4 291.8 330.3 9.28 6 750 2519 7.5 6.4 93 1.1 6.9 231 23 304.7 306.2 291.4 329.0 8.06 7 700 3085 4.7 1.8 82 2.8 3.1 222 31 307.6 308.8 290.8 326.8 6.25 8 650 3686 1.2 -1.3 83 2.5 -0.0 224 39 310.4 311.4 290.9 327.1 5.37 9 600 4326 -2.1 -3.8 88 1.7 -2.9 226 47 313.7 314.6 291.4 328.9 4.81 10 550 5013 -6.5 -10.1 76 3.6 -8.0 230 53 316.3 316.9 290.8 326.8 3.22 11 500 5750 -11.7 -18.9 55 7.3 -13.9 236 55 318.8 319.1 290.2 324.6 1.71 12 450 6549 -16.3 -19.8 74 3.5 -17.4 243 56 322.7 323.1 291.3 328.7 1.77 13 400 7426 -21.7 -24.4 79 2.7 -22.4 250 58 326.7 327.0 292.1 331.4 1.32 14 350 8395 -28.8 -31.8 75 3.0 -29.3 253 57 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.7 0.76 15 300 9478 -37.9 -41.2 71 3.3 -38.2 254 56 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.35 16 250 10706 -48.7 -52.2 67 3.5 -48.8 251 57 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.12 17 200 12136 -56.7 -66.1 30 9.4 -56.8 254 87 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 13955 -58.1 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 252 69 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16447 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 246 43 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.84 m Freezing level: 631.38 mb = 3924.51 m = 12875.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.61 mb = 3678.49 m = 12068.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.53 mb = 1058.90 m = 3474.04 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 7.91 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1458.44 m = 4784.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 35.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.18 mb = 1177.36 m = 3862.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.18 mb = 2138.52 m = 7016.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 395.18 mb = 7513.81 m = 24651.31 ft B at Equ Level: 156.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.18 mb = 11375.68 m = 37321.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.3 neg: -18.0 tot: 26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.10 Bulk Shear: 75.20 m/s