MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.41,-90.29 Latitude: 37.41 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 982 231 24.8 17.7 65 7.1 19.9 199 6 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.7 13.06 2 950 519 22.3 16.5 70 5.8 18.4 198 12 299.8 302.1 293.4 336.4 12.53 3 900 988 19.6 16.3 82 3.2 17.4 222 26 301.7 304.1 294.4 340.2 13.07 4 850 1478 15.4 14.6 95 0.8 14.8 221 25 302.2 304.5 294.0 338.9 12.39 5 800 1990 11.7 11.2 97 0.5 11.4 223 21 303.6 305.5 293.0 334.8 10.48 6 750 2526 7.6 4.8 83 2.7 6.0 222 20 304.8 306.1 290.7 326.6 7.22 7 700 3092 5.3 -4.3 50 9.6 0.8 222 25 308.4 309.2 289.0 320.8 3.97 8 650 3695 3.0 -7.8 45 10.9 -1.8 215 30 312.4 313.0 289.6 322.8 3.26 9 600 4338 -1.8 -6.7 69 4.9 -4.0 219 37 314.0 314.8 290.7 326.4 3.87 10 550 5025 -6.1 -15.1 49 9.0 -9.4 223 40 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.9 2.15 11 500 5762 -11.6 -21.8 43 10.2 -14.5 229 44 318.9 319.2 289.8 323.5 1.34 12 450 6563 -15.5 -36.4 15 20.9 -19.4 237 43 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.1 0.38 13 400 7443 -20.8 -38.9 18 18.1 -23.7 242 52 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.1 0.33 14 350 8412 -28.9 -45.8 18 16.9 -30.6 244 56 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.18 15 300 9495 -37.6 -45.7 43 8.1 -38.2 252 61 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.21 16 250 10725 -48.5 -52.2 65 3.8 -48.6 252 73 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.12 17 200 12164 -54.7 -67.7 19 13.0 -54.9 253 88 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13981 -60.6 -83.5 3 22.9 -60.7 249 78 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16464 -67.5 -86.8 5 19.2 -67.7 240 32 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.05 m Freezing level: 618.63 mb = 4098.48 m = 13446.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.84 mb = 3269.97 m = 10728.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.83 % Est. max temperature: 28.00 C = 82.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.45 mb = 1137.30 m = 3731.26 ft T: 18.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 19.39 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1518.45 m = 4981.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.72 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 26.18 C K Index: 31.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 865.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.67 mb = 1301.33 m = 4269.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.67 mb = 1753.66 m = 5753.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.67 mb = 11187.91 m = 36705.30 ft B at Equ Level: 863.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.67 mb = 13869.15 m = 45501.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.8 neg: -16.3 tot: 92.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 17.90 Bulk Shear: 48.39 m/s