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: 38.83,-90.42 Latitude: 38.83 Longitude: -90.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 991 148 19.2 18.3 95 0.9 18.6 171 8 293.1 295.5 292.1 331.3 13.45 2 950 509 18.4 16.9 91 1.5 17.4 222 16 295.8 298.2 292.5 332.9 12.86 3 900 973 17.3 13.2 77 4.1 14.7 237 31 299.4 301.3 291.9 330.5 10.65 4 850 1459 14.7 9.3 70 5.5 11.4 236 39 301.6 303.2 290.9 327.2 8.66 5 800 1969 11.4 6.9 73 4.6 8.8 233 43 303.3 304.8 290.7 326.7 7.80 6 750 2506 8.1 4.9 80 3.2 6.3 236 46 305.4 306.7 290.9 327.3 7.25 7 700 3073 4.6 2.3 85 2.3 3.3 242 49 307.5 308.8 290.9 327.3 6.45 8 650 3672 0.3 -0.2 97 0.4 0.0 250 47 309.3 310.3 290.9 327.2 5.82 9 600 4311 -2.6 -3.1 97 0.5 -2.9 255 45 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.1 5.09 10 550 4997 -6.8 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.2 254 45 316.0 316.7 291.3 328.6 3.93 11 500 5734 -11.3 -12.5 91 1.2 -11.7 249 46 319.3 319.9 291.4 329.0 2.94 12 450 6536 -16.3 -17.8 88 1.5 -16.8 242 49 322.8 323.2 291.7 329.9 2.09 13 400 7411 -22.6 -24.5 84 1.9 -23.0 237 52 325.7 325.9 291.8 330.3 1.31 14 350 8377 -29.6 -32.4 77 2.8 -30.0 231 53 328.9 329.0 292.1 331.5 0.72 15 300 9456 -38.6 -42.6 66 4.0 -39.0 234 58 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.30 16 250 10680 -49.2 -53.1 64 3.9 -49.4 239 72 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.11 17 200 12113 -55.8 -68.1 20 12.3 -56.1 248 85 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 13931 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 251 73 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16430 -66.6 -87.1 4 20.5 -66.7 243 46 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.41 m Freezing level: 645.54 mb = 3728.85 m = 12233.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.66 mb = 3676.00 m = 12060.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.13 mb = 258.21 m = 847.13 ft T: 18.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 6.16 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1538.94 m = 5048.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 32.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 167.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.02 mb = 887.27 m = 2910.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.02 mb = 2795.60 m = 9171.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.02 mb = 8093.07 m = 26551.73 ft B at Equ Level: 167.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.02 mb = 11385.23 m = 37352.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 287.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 1.36 Bulk Shear: 123.74 m/s