MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.34,-90.16 Latitude: 38.34 Longitude: -90.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 991 155 23.0 16.4 66 6.6 18.7 197 9 297.0 299.1 292.2 331.6 11.95 2 950 519 22.7 15.5 64 7.3 17.9 229 28 300.3 302.4 293.0 334.7 11.72 3 900 989 19.7 14.6 72 5.1 16.3 255 22 301.8 304.0 293.4 336.2 11.66 4 850 1478 15.3 13.1 86 2.2 13.8 265 16 302.2 304.2 293.1 335.2 11.18 5 800 1989 11.4 10.0 91 1.4 10.5 251 12 303.3 305.1 292.3 332.1 9.68 6 750 2525 8.0 5.6 85 2.4 6.6 228 18 305.3 306.7 291.2 328.3 7.64 7 700 3093 5.4 2.9 84 2.5 4.0 218 27 308.5 309.8 291.5 329.2 6.75 8 650 3696 1.5 -0.0 90 1.5 0.7 217 34 310.6 311.8 291.4 328.9 5.90 9 600 4335 -2.1 -3.5 90 1.5 -2.8 226 42 313.7 314.7 291.5 329.2 4.91 10 550 5023 -5.7 -14.2 51 8.5 -8.9 229 45 317.3 317.8 290.3 325.0 2.31 11 500 5761 -11.8 -22.7 40 10.9 -14.9 234 49 318.6 318.9 289.6 322.8 1.23 12 450 6558 -17.2 -30.9 29 13.7 -20.0 241 49 321.6 321.8 289.9 323.9 0.65 13 400 7432 -22.2 -37.1 25 14.9 -24.6 245 58 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.40 14 350 8397 -29.9 -46.3 19 16.4 -31.5 244 63 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.17 15 300 9475 -38.6 -46.0 46 7.4 -39.2 251 70 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.21 16 250 10700 -49.0 -53.0 63 4.0 -49.1 257 79 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.11 17 200 12137 -54.7 -67.9 18 13.2 -54.9 257 90 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13964 -58.7 -81.8 4 23.1 -58.9 256 68 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16454 -68.5 -87.6 5 19.1 -68.5 248 37 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.06 m Freezing level: 629.16 mb = 3962.30 m = 12999.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.72 mb = 3823.03 m = 12542.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.14 mb = 996.84 m = 3270.42 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 7.88 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.41 mb = 1735.45 m = 5693.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 511.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.50 mb = 1422.66 m = 4667.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.50 mb = 2088.08 m = 6850.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.50 mb = 10949.25 m = 35922.31 ft B at Equ Level: 500.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.50 mb = 12788.58 m = 41956.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.7 neg: -5.3 tot: 153.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 36.62 Bulk Shear: 13.96 m/s