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: 38.23,-93.98 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 976 246 20.9 20.6 98 0.3 20.7 275 3 296.1 299.0 294.7 341.7 15.83 2 950 477 19.6 19.2 98 0.4 19.4 252 10 297.0 299.7 294.3 340.1 14.91 3 900 941 16.8 16.6 99 0.2 16.7 244 13 298.8 301.2 293.7 337.5 13.29 4 850 1427 14.1 13.8 98 0.3 14.0 238 17 301.0 303.1 293.2 335.6 11.78 5 800 1938 11.4 11.1 98 0.3 11.2 238 26 303.3 305.3 292.9 334.4 10.45 6 750 2475 8.3 8.0 98 0.3 8.1 244 23 305.6 307.2 292.4 332.6 8.99 7 700 3043 5.1 4.8 98 0.3 4.9 239 24 308.1 309.6 292.2 331.6 7.71 8 650 3645 1.4 1.1 98 0.3 1.3 236 28 310.6 311.8 291.8 330.3 6.39 9 600 4285 -2.6 -3.3 95 0.7 -3.0 231 32 313.1 314.0 291.4 328.9 5.00 10 550 4971 -6.8 -8.7 87 1.8 -7.6 231 34 316.0 316.7 291.0 327.7 3.61 11 500 5709 -10.9 -12.9 85 2.0 -11.6 237 36 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.1 2.84 12 450 6511 -15.7 -18.2 81 2.6 -16.5 238 40 323.5 323.9 291.8 330.4 2.02 13 400 7389 -22.0 -25.1 76 3.1 -22.8 235 48 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.8 1.25 14 350 8356 -29.4 -32.6 74 3.2 -29.9 225 58 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.8 0.71 15 300 9437 -38.5 -41.7 72 3.2 -38.8 219 71 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.33 16 250 10658 -50.3 -53.5 68 3.3 -50.4 221 81 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 17 200 12093 -52.2 -75.4 4 23.2 -52.6 248 65 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13930 -58.6 -83.7 3 25.1 -58.8 254 53 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16430 -65.0 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 256 46 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.40 m Freezing level: 632.54 mb = 3868.62 m = 12692.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.18 mb = 3829.51 m = 12563.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.83 C = 80.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.81 mb = 280.18 m = 919.22 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 14.04 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.95 mb = 762.16 m = 2500.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.86 C = 73.15 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 38.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1237.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.54 mb = 737.91 m = 2420.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.54 mb = 878.93 m = 2883.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.54 mb = 11291.77 m = 37046.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1227.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.54 mb = 14074.07 m = 46174.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.3 neg: -3.0 tot: 49.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 29.07 Bulk Shear: 42.57 m/s