MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.50,-90.05 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -90.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 991 149 17.9 15.3 85 2.5 16.3 178 7 291.8 293.8 289.8 323.3 11.12 2 950 516 22.8 15.8 65 7.0 18.1 236 27 300.4 302.6 293.2 335.5 11.99 3 900 985 19.4 13.9 70 5.5 15.8 255 29 301.5 303.5 292.9 334.3 11.12 4 850 1474 15.1 12.8 86 2.3 13.6 262 28 302.0 304.0 292.9 334.5 11.01 5 800 1985 12.7 -1.6 37 14.3 5.5 255 20 304.7 305.5 288.0 317.7 4.25 6 750 2523 10.0 0.7 52 9.3 5.0 240 20 307.4 308.4 289.9 323.9 5.35 7 700 3094 6.5 2.0 73 4.6 4.0 237 26 309.7 310.9 291.5 329.2 6.31 8 650 3697 1.4 -2.1 77 3.5 -0.3 239 31 310.6 311.5 290.6 326.3 5.05 9 600 4336 -3.0 -5.0 86 2.0 -4.0 242 37 312.6 313.5 290.7 326.5 4.38 10 550 5022 -5.9 -21.3 28 15.4 -10.6 241 39 317.1 317.4 289.2 321.4 1.27 11 500 5760 -11.1 -35.2 12 24.1 -15.9 238 41 319.5 319.6 289.0 320.9 0.38 12 450 6559 -17.2 -40.6 11 23.5 -20.8 237 43 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.6 0.24 13 400 7432 -22.4 -43.5 13 21.1 -25.1 247 46 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.7 0.20 14 350 8397 -29.8 -44.2 23 14.4 -31.3 250 51 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.4 0.22 15 300 9476 -38.8 -49.1 33 10.3 -39.5 254 57 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.15 16 250 10699 -48.8 -52.5 65 3.7 -49.0 262 73 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12138 -54.7 -69.4 15 14.7 -54.9 262 83 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13963 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.2 -59.0 257 73 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16452 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 256 37 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.35 m Freezing level: 634.09 mb = 3900.34 m = 12796.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.80 mb = 3649.55 m = 11973.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.41 mb = 475.71 m = 1560.70 ft T: 22.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 16.80 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.88 mb = 2017.44 m = 6618.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 34.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 246.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.41 mb = 1320.00 m = 4330.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.41 mb = 3567.77 m = 11705.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.41 mb = 9693.71 m = 31803.14 ft B at Equ Level: 246.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.41 mb = 11810.64 m = 38748.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.5 neg: -12.8 tot: 173.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 13.58 Bulk Shear: 18.16 m/s