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,-92.86 Latitude: 37.41 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 961 404 19.4 19.0 98 0.3 19.2 125 3 295.8 298.4 293.7 337.7 14.58 2 950 506 18.7 18.4 98 0.4 18.5 156 4 296.2 298.7 293.6 336.9 14.12 3 900 971 17.2 16.8 98 0.4 16.9 220 19 299.2 301.6 293.9 338.5 13.47 4 850 1457 14.3 14.0 98 0.3 14.1 233 31 301.1 303.3 293.3 336.1 11.90 5 800 1968 11.4 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 230 27 303.3 305.2 292.9 334.5 10.47 6 750 2506 8.4 8.1 98 0.3 8.2 223 23 305.7 307.4 292.5 333.0 9.07 7 700 3073 5.1 4.9 98 0.2 4.9 213 25 308.1 309.6 292.2 331.8 7.77 8 650 3675 1.3 1.0 98 0.3 1.1 206 29 310.4 311.6 291.7 330.0 6.33 9 600 4316 -2.5 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.7 204 40 313.2 314.2 291.6 329.5 5.17 10 550 5001 -6.4 -7.1 95 0.7 -6.7 205 46 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.6 4.08 11 500 5741 -10.4 -11.5 92 1.1 -10.9 209 47 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.8 3.17 12 450 6546 -14.8 -16.2 89 1.4 -15.3 222 46 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.8 2.39 13 400 7427 -20.9 -22.9 84 2.0 -21.5 235 44 327.8 328.1 292.6 333.1 1.51 14 350 8398 -28.4 -30.9 78 2.6 -28.8 237 40 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.5 0.83 15 300 9483 -37.7 -40.7 73 3.0 -37.9 231 55 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.7 0.36 16 250 10710 -49.2 -52.7 67 3.4 -49.4 233 71 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.12 17 200 12136 -56.1 -65.3 30 9.2 -56.3 249 91 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13957 -59.3 -81.4 4 22.1 -59.5 248 67 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16454 -67.4 -86.4 5 19.0 -67.5 250 40 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.59 m Freezing level: 633.00 mb = 3893.04 m = 12772.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.13 mb = 3860.47 m = 12665.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.04 % Est. max temperature: 26.26 C = 79.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.28 mb = 440.37 m = 1444.76 ft T: 19.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 8.98 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1059.72 m = 3476.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.04 C = 73.47 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 38.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 800.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.71 mb = 916.27 m = 3006.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.71 mb = 1350.72 m = 4431.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.71 mb = 11506.08 m = 37749.16 ft B at Equ Level: 785.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.71 mb = 13520.57 m = 44358.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.3 neg: -14.5 tot: 93.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 10.63 Bulk Shear: 75.34 m/s