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,-90.42 Latitude: 37.66 Longitude: -90.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 973 290 21.6 18.6 83 3.0 19.5 208 6 297.1 299.6 293.7 337.5 14.00 2 950 495 21.0 17.5 81 3.4 18.7 210 19 298.5 300.9 293.7 337.5 13.40 3 900 962 18.4 15.3 82 3.1 16.3 209 32 300.5 302.7 293.4 336.3 12.21 4 850 1450 14.7 13.0 90 1.6 13.6 208 36 301.5 303.6 292.9 334.5 11.17 5 800 1960 11.4 9.8 90 1.6 10.4 222 34 303.3 305.1 292.2 331.8 9.57 6 750 2498 8.7 5.6 81 3.0 6.9 239 36 306.0 307.4 291.5 329.1 7.64 7 700 3066 5.3 2.6 83 2.7 3.8 241 37 308.3 309.6 291.3 328.5 6.59 8 650 3667 0.8 -0.3 92 1.1 0.2 233 36 309.9 311.0 291.0 327.7 5.77 9 600 4307 -2.2 -2.8 96 0.6 -2.5 227 43 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.0 5.20 10 550 4994 -5.8 -6.4 95 0.7 -6.1 232 51 317.2 318.1 292.0 331.1 4.30 11 500 5735 -10.1 -11.2 92 1.1 -10.6 242 55 320.7 321.3 292.1 331.4 3.25 12 450 6541 -14.9 -16.3 89 1.4 -15.4 247 58 324.5 325.0 292.4 332.6 2.38 13 400 7421 -21.1 -23.0 84 1.9 -21.6 247 60 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.8 1.50 14 350 8390 -29.4 -33.3 69 3.9 -30.0 245 57 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.6 0.66 15 300 9469 -38.9 -46.2 46 7.2 -39.5 246 55 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.3 0.20 16 250 10691 -49.0 -55.2 49 6.2 -49.3 247 73 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 17 200 12127 -55.6 -73.0 10 17.3 -55.8 245 68 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.01 18 150 13944 -58.4 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 249 64 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16456 -65.5 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 257 43 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.74 m Freezing level: 636.60 mb = 3838.27 m = 12592.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.87 mb = 3717.71 m = 12197.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.33 mb = 666.23 m = 2185.77 ft T: 20.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 9.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.35 mb = 1386.07 m = 4547.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.87 C = 78.57 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 703.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.64 mb = 1147.30 m = 3764.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.64 mb = 1694.43 m = 5559.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.64 mb = 11071.37 m = 36322.94 ft B at Equ Level: 702.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.64 mb = 13317.40 m = 43691.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.2 neg: -5.2 tot: 242.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.45 Bulk Shear: 74.46 m/s