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: 38.48,-89.66 Latitude: 38.48 Longitude: -89.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 994 136 21.1 17.5 80 3.6 18.7 277 9 294.8 297.1 292.1 331.3 12.75 2 950 523 18.6 16.9 90 1.8 17.5 270 21 296.1 298.4 292.6 333.1 12.84 3 900 986 16.0 15.4 96 0.6 15.6 259 25 298.0 300.2 292.7 333.7 12.30 4 850 1471 13.9 12.7 93 1.2 13.1 250 29 300.7 302.7 292.5 332.9 10.94 5 800 1981 11.2 9.4 89 1.8 10.1 246 30 303.1 304.8 291.9 330.7 9.28 6 750 2518 7.8 5.9 88 1.9 6.7 234 26 305.1 306.5 291.3 328.6 7.80 7 700 3084 4.4 1.8 83 2.7 3.0 227 33 307.4 308.6 290.7 326.5 6.23 8 650 3684 0.6 -0.9 90 1.5 -0.2 226 41 309.6 310.6 290.7 326.7 5.52 9 600 4322 -2.9 -3.8 94 0.9 -3.3 228 48 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.0 4.82 10 550 5008 -6.6 -7.8 91 1.3 -7.1 231 55 316.3 317.0 291.3 328.7 3.85 11 500 5746 -11.0 -12.7 88 1.7 -11.7 237 59 319.6 320.1 291.5 329.1 2.88 12 450 6548 -16.0 -17.8 86 1.8 -16.6 246 60 323.2 323.6 291.8 330.3 2.10 13 400 7426 -21.7 -24.0 81 2.3 -22.3 251 61 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.6 1.37 14 350 8394 -28.9 -31.8 76 2.9 -29.4 252 59 329.8 329.9 292.4 332.6 0.76 15 300 9477 -38.3 -41.5 72 3.2 -38.6 251 57 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 16 250 10703 -48.8 -52.3 67 3.5 -49.0 249 61 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12133 -56.7 -65.9 30 9.2 -56.9 254 87 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 13951 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 252 70 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16447 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 245 43 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.09 m Freezing level: 641.82 mb = 3788.17 m = 12428.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.47 mb = 3653.08 m = 11985.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.18 mb = 593.96 m = 1948.68 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 7.21 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1045.24 m = 3429.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.58 C = 76.25 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 35.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 209.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.30 mb = 813.76 m = 2669.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.30 mb = 2371.56 m = 7780.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 373.30 mb = 7926.92 m = 26006.64 ft B at Equ Level: 209.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.30 mb = 12028.23 m = 39462.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.2 neg: -20.8 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.25 Bulk Shear: 93.09 m/s