MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-89.65 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 994 107 25.3 16.0 56 9.4 19.1 187 11 299.0 301.1 292.4 332.7 11.54 2 950 504 23.8 15.1 58 8.6 18.0 194 31 301.3 303.4 293.1 335.1 11.46 3 900 973 19.3 14.4 73 4.9 16.1 196 34 301.4 303.5 293.2 335.3 11.52 4 850 1462 14.7 12.9 89 1.8 13.6 200 33 301.6 303.6 292.9 334.2 11.06 5 800 1973 11.2 10.7 96 0.6 10.9 219 32 303.1 305.0 292.6 333.2 10.13 6 750 2510 8.2 7.7 96 0.5 7.9 224 30 305.5 307.1 292.2 332.0 8.80 7 700 3078 5.2 4.5 95 0.7 4.8 231 33 308.3 309.7 292.1 331.4 7.57 8 650 3680 2.1 0.7 90 1.4 1.3 224 40 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.5 6.18 9 600 4323 -0.9 -5.6 71 4.7 -3.1 221 47 315.1 315.9 291.3 328.6 4.21 10 550 5012 -5.8 -11.3 65 5.5 -8.0 225 52 317.2 317.8 290.8 326.8 2.93 11 500 5751 -10.3 -26.8 25 16.5 -14.5 233 55 320.5 320.7 289.8 323.5 0.85 12 450 6558 -13.9 -39.9 9 25.9 -18.4 239 55 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.7 0.26 13 400 7440 -20.6 -41.5 14 20.9 -23.7 246 60 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.25 14 350 8412 -28.3 -44.1 21 15.8 -30.1 246 61 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.22 15 300 9495 -37.9 -42.5 62 4.6 -38.3 244 65 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.30 16 250 10722 -48.7 -52.1 68 3.4 -48.8 244 74 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12161 -55.5 -68.7 18 13.2 -55.7 247 75 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13971 -59.6 -83.3 3 23.7 -59.8 246 67 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16467 -66.8 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 253 36 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.75 m Freezing level: 614.77 mb = 4133.19 m = 13560.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.11 mb = 3866.38 m = 12684.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.52 mb = 1297.33 m = 4256.28 ft T: 16.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 11.85 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1709.38 m = 5608.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.58 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 37.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 160.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.37 mb = 1527.81 m = 5012.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.37 mb = 1989.56 m = 6527.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 458.37 mb = 6416.64 m = 21051.70 ft B at Equ Level: 120.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.37 mb = 11896.68 m = 39030.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.3 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 250.3 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.0 neg: -5.6 tot: 202.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 2.50 Bulk Shear: 63.97 m/s