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: 38.57,-90.52 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -90.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 988 170 20.9 15.8 73 5.1 17.6 181 6 295.1 297.2 291.2 328.2 11.53 2 950 512 22.1 15.7 67 6.5 17.8 233 27 299.7 301.8 292.9 334.3 11.86 3 900 980 19.3 14.2 72 5.1 16.0 258 32 301.4 303.5 293.0 335.0 11.40 4 850 1470 16.1 9.6 65 6.5 12.1 270 25 303.0 304.7 291.6 329.4 8.86 5 800 1982 12.9 4.6 57 8.4 8.2 259 20 305.0 306.2 290.3 325.1 6.65 6 750 2521 9.6 5.3 74 4.3 7.1 242 23 307.0 308.4 291.6 329.7 7.45 7 700 3091 5.5 3.7 88 1.9 4.5 235 28 308.6 310.0 291.8 330.5 7.13 8 650 3693 1.3 0.2 92 1.1 0.7 233 34 310.4 311.5 291.4 328.9 5.96 9 600 4332 -2.8 -3.8 93 0.9 -3.3 238 39 312.8 313.8 291.2 328.1 4.83 10 550 5018 -6.3 -16.3 45 10.1 -9.8 240 42 316.6 317.0 289.7 323.1 1.94 11 500 5756 -11.4 -32.2 16 20.9 -15.9 239 44 319.2 319.3 289.0 321.0 0.51 12 450 6554 -17.3 -38.6 14 21.3 -20.8 239 45 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.6 0.30 13 400 7427 -22.3 -42.6 14 20.3 -25.0 247 50 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.22 14 350 8392 -30.0 -42.8 27 12.9 -31.4 246 55 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.25 15 300 9470 -38.9 -49.2 33 10.4 -39.6 250 60 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.14 16 250 10693 -49.0 -52.6 66 3.6 -49.1 259 76 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12131 -54.9 -69.2 15 14.3 -55.1 261 84 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13956 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 256 73 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16449 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 255 37 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.28 m Freezing level: 634.60 mb = 3889.65 m = 12761.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.54 mb = 3797.32 m = 12458.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.73 mb = 820.82 m = 2692.95 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 9.98 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2047.75 m = 6718.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.49 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 35.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 363.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.11 mb = 1358.45 m = 4456.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.11 mb = 3136.15 m = 10289.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.11 mb = 10530.59 m = 34548.76 ft B at Equ Level: 361.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.11 mb = 12255.27 m = 40207.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.9 neg: -3.6 tot: 202.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 15.51 Bulk Shear: 23.46 m/s