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: 37.87,-89.58 Latitude: 37.87 Longitude: -89.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 991 142 21.1 20.2 94 1.0 20.5 354 1 295.0 297.7 293.9 338.4 15.15 2 950 512 20.4 17.6 84 2.8 18.5 221 13 297.9 300.4 293.6 337.0 13.46 3 900 978 17.9 15.7 87 2.2 16.5 212 21 300.0 302.3 293.5 336.8 12.59 4 850 1466 14.5 13.5 94 1.0 13.8 213 23 301.3 303.4 293.1 335.2 11.51 5 800 1977 11.4 10.7 95 0.7 11.0 225 23 303.3 305.2 292.7 333.6 10.15 6 750 2514 8.5 7.9 97 0.5 8.2 229 23 305.8 307.4 292.4 332.8 8.98 7 700 3082 5.2 4.9 98 0.3 5.1 229 25 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.0 7.80 8 650 3684 1.5 1.2 98 0.3 1.3 226 27 310.7 311.9 291.9 330.6 6.43 9 600 4325 -2.2 -3.4 92 1.1 -2.8 229 36 313.5 314.5 291.5 329.3 4.98 10 550 5012 -6.7 -9.4 81 2.7 -7.9 228 44 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.1 3.40 11 500 5748 -11.2 -22.5 39 11.2 -14.4 229 45 319.3 319.6 289.9 323.7 1.26 12 450 6549 -15.9 -26.7 39 10.8 -18.5 230 43 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.6 0.95 13 400 7426 -21.7 -29.6 49 7.8 -23.4 236 47 326.7 326.9 291.6 329.7 0.82 14 350 8395 -29.1 -44.2 22 15.1 -30.7 240 58 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.22 15 300 9477 -37.8 -46.2 41 8.4 -38.5 243 69 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.8 0.20 16 250 10704 -48.7 -52.0 68 3.4 -48.8 243 80 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12142 -55.1 -69.4 15 14.3 -55.4 247 88 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13961 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 247 74 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16452 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 248 41 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.95 m Freezing level: 629.93 mb = 3941.53 m = 12931.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.04 mb = 3883.31 m = 12740.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.84 mb = 261.72 m = 858.67 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 14.75 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.03 mb = 1189.13 m = 3901.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.66 C = 79.99 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 24.73 C K Index: 38.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 827.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.50 mb = 878.33 m = 2881.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.50 mb = 1510.45 m = 4955.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.50 mb = 11089.08 m = 36381.07 ft B at Equ Level: 825.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.50 mb = 13733.14 m = 45055.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.7 neg: -18.1 tot: 70.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 14.64 Bulk Shear: 56.52 m/s