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: 37.66,-89.53 Latitude: 37.66 Longitude: -89.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 989 144 23.2 15.4 61 7.8 18.0 191 10 297.2 299.2 291.6 329.6 11.16 2 950 499 23.3 14.0 56 9.3 17.2 196 31 300.8 302.8 292.3 332.2 10.66 3 900 967 19.2 12.8 66 6.4 15.1 200 38 301.3 303.2 292.2 331.8 10.36 4 850 1456 15.4 8.6 64 6.8 11.3 210 41 302.3 303.8 290.8 326.9 8.29 5 800 1967 11.4 9.9 90 1.5 10.5 212 33 303.3 305.1 292.3 332.0 9.62 6 750 2503 7.8 6.7 93 1.1 7.2 218 31 305.1 306.6 291.7 329.9 8.26 7 700 3070 4.7 3.6 93 1.1 4.1 227 33 307.6 309.0 291.5 329.3 7.08 8 650 3672 1.7 1.0 95 0.7 1.3 222 39 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.5 6.32 9 600 4313 -2.0 -3.3 91 1.2 -2.6 220 47 313.8 314.7 291.6 329.6 5.02 10 550 5000 -6.3 -8.5 84 2.3 -7.2 223 56 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.5 3.65 11 500 5739 -10.4 -16.7 60 6.2 -12.6 231 59 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.3 2.07 12 450 6542 -15.3 -24.5 45 9.3 -17.7 238 62 324.0 324.3 291.2 328.1 1.17 13 400 7422 -20.8 -22.9 83 2.1 -21.3 247 69 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.3 1.52 14 350 8394 -28.4 -34.9 54 6.5 -29.4 248 66 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.6 0.56 15 300 9478 -38.0 -44.9 49 6.9 -38.6 246 60 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.7 0.23 16 250 10702 -48.8 -55.2 47 6.4 -49.0 250 66 333.6 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.09 17 200 12139 -56.6 -70.5 16 13.9 -56.8 247 78 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.01 18 150 13952 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.5 246 65 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16458 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.3 -66.9 253 44 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.92 m Freezing level: 627.42 mb = 3960.96 m = 12995.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3879.57 m = 12728.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.42 C = 83.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.17 mb = 1138.43 m = 3734.95 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 5.29 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.22 mb = 1974.94 m = 6479.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.68 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: 0.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: 2.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.06 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.59 mb = 1609.97 m = 5281.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.59 mb = 2729.87 m = 8956.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 499.59 mb = 5744.93 m = 18847.98 ft B at Equ Level: 33.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 409.59 mb = 7245.15 m = 23769.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.2 neg: -40.8 tot: 224.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 64.66 m/s