MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.01,-91.93 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 966 367 21.4 19.6 90 1.8 20.1 230 7 297.4 300.2 294.6 340.9 15.01 2 950 512 20.8 19.0 89 1.8 19.6 230 16 298.3 301.0 294.6 341.1 14.71 3 900 978 17.6 16.6 94 1.0 17.0 223 24 299.6 302.1 294.0 338.6 13.32 4 850 1465 14.3 13.6 96 0.7 13.8 225 26 301.1 303.3 293.2 335.3 11.60 5 800 1976 11.1 10.4 95 0.7 10.7 234 29 303.0 304.8 292.4 332.6 9.95 6 750 2512 8.0 7.3 95 0.7 7.6 234 28 305.3 306.9 292.0 331.2 8.60 7 700 3079 4.5 3.9 96 0.6 4.1 237 26 307.5 308.8 291.6 329.5 7.23 8 650 3679 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.4 238 26 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.1 6.00 9 600 4319 -2.8 -3.2 97 0.4 -3.0 224 29 312.9 313.8 291.3 328.7 5.03 10 550 5004 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.7 213 35 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.6 4.06 11 500 5744 -10.3 -11.6 90 1.3 -10.9 213 44 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.8 3.14 12 450 6549 -15.2 -16.9 87 1.7 -15.7 215 51 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.9 2.26 13 400 7429 -20.8 -23.1 82 2.3 -21.4 221 54 327.9 328.2 292.6 333.2 1.49 14 350 8402 -28.0 -30.9 77 2.8 -28.6 228 54 330.9 331.1 292.8 334.0 0.83 15 300 9488 -37.2 -40.3 72 3.2 -37.5 234 55 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.38 16 250 10718 -48.8 -52.3 67 3.5 -49.0 238 61 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12152 -54.6 -70.6 12 16.0 -54.9 248 87 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 13976 -58.4 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 249 70 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16471 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 254 43 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.38 m Freezing level: 642.18 mb = 3779.33 m = 12399.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.54 mb = 3746.82 m = 12292.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.26 C = 79.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.29 mb = 591.55 m = 1940.77 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 12.97 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.09 mb = 1091.91 m = 3582.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.88 C = 74.99 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.89 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 37.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1056.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.28 mb = 994.67 m = 3263.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.28 mb = 1235.20 m = 4052.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.28 mb = 11444.35 m = 37546.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1046.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.28 mb = 13839.02 m = 45403.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -2.3 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 41.17 Bulk Shear: 25.67 m/s