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: 37.69,-89.29 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -89.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 989 146 23.9 14.8 57 9.1 17.9 190 9 298.0 299.9 291.5 329.2 10.74 2 950 500 23.4 13.9 55 9.5 17.2 195 30 301.0 302.9 292.3 332.1 10.59 3 900 969 19.2 13.1 68 6.0 15.3 199 36 301.3 303.2 292.4 332.5 10.61 4 850 1457 15.5 7.9 61 7.6 11.0 207 40 302.4 303.8 290.5 325.9 7.89 5 800 1968 11.2 9.7 90 1.5 10.3 211 33 303.1 304.9 292.1 331.4 9.48 6 750 2504 7.7 5.9 88 1.8 6.6 217 30 304.9 306.3 291.2 328.3 7.76 7 700 3071 4.8 2.2 83 2.6 3.4 225 32 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.4 6.42 8 650 3672 1.9 0.2 88 1.8 1.0 219 39 311.1 312.3 291.6 329.7 5.97 9 600 4314 -1.6 -4.6 80 3.0 -3.0 219 47 314.3 315.1 291.3 328.7 4.53 10 550 5002 -6.1 -9.2 79 3.1 -7.4 223 55 316.8 317.5 291.2 328.0 3.46 11 500 5740 -10.8 -19.6 49 8.7 -13.5 230 58 319.8 320.2 290.4 325.4 1.62 12 450 6544 -15.1 -33.4 19 18.2 -18.8 236 60 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.1 0.51 13 400 7423 -21.0 -25.0 70 4.1 -22.0 244 69 327.7 328.0 292.3 332.2 1.25 14 350 8395 -28.2 -33.6 60 5.3 -29.1 247 65 330.7 330.8 292.6 333.1 0.64 15 300 9479 -37.9 -44.1 52 6.2 -38.4 245 60 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.26 16 250 10705 -48.9 -54.2 54 5.3 -49.1 248 66 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 17 200 12141 -56.6 -69.8 17 13.2 -56.8 247 80 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 18 150 13954 -58.3 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.5 246 66 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16458 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 252 43 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.71 m Freezing level: 622.59 mb = 4024.18 m = 13202.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.44 mb = 3828.88 m = 12561.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.87 mb = 1309.01 m = 4294.61 ft T: 16.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 6.66 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 1955.75 m = 6416.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 2.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 18.74 C K Index: 31.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.54 mb = 1642.25 m = 5387.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.54 mb = 2542.25 m = 8340.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 676.54 mb = 3347.42 m = 10982.22 ft B at Equ Level: 15.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 416.54 mb = 7120.67 m = 23361.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.4 neg: -32.7 tot: 209.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 64.25 m/s