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: 37.55,-92.91 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 965 370 19.4 19.1 98 0.3 19.2 110 3 295.6 298.2 293.7 337.5 14.60 2 950 505 18.5 18.4 99 0.1 18.5 132 5 296.0 298.5 293.5 336.8 14.18 3 900 969 16.8 16.7 99 0.2 16.8 227 15 298.9 301.3 293.8 337.9 13.40 4 850 1455 14.1 13.8 98 0.2 13.9 239 25 300.9 303.1 293.2 335.5 11.77 5 800 1965 11.3 10.9 98 0.3 11.0 235 24 303.2 305.1 292.7 333.8 10.31 6 750 2502 8.3 8.0 98 0.3 8.1 231 25 305.6 307.2 292.4 332.7 9.03 7 700 3070 5.0 4.6 97 0.4 4.8 223 27 308.0 309.5 292.1 331.3 7.63 8 650 3672 1.3 1.0 98 0.3 1.1 209 30 310.4 311.6 291.7 330.0 6.33 9 600 4313 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.5 203 40 313.4 314.4 291.7 330.0 5.27 10 550 4999 -6.1 -6.7 95 0.6 -6.4 204 46 316.9 317.7 291.8 330.4 4.21 11 500 5740 -10.1 -11.1 92 1.0 -10.5 208 49 320.7 321.4 292.1 331.5 3.27 12 450 6546 -15.0 -16.4 89 1.4 -15.4 219 47 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.4 2.36 13 400 7425 -21.2 -23.2 84 2.0 -21.7 229 43 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.6 1.48 14 350 8395 -28.6 -31.1 79 2.5 -29.0 230 42 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.2 0.81 15 300 9479 -38.0 -41.1 73 3.0 -38.3 226 58 331.8 331.8 292.6 333.1 0.35 16 250 10704 -49.4 -52.9 67 3.5 -49.6 231 72 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12130 -56.1 -66.6 26 10.5 -56.3 249 93 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13952 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 247 65 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16452 -67.3 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.4 249 41 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.32 m Freezing level: 632.27 mb = 3899.18 m = 12792.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.41 mb = 3866.36 m = 12684.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.24 C = 79.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.38 mb = 402.22 m = 1319.60 ft T: 19.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 7.92 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 964.92 m = 3165.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.66 C = 72.80 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 37.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 772.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.23 mb = 852.85 m = 2798.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.23 mb = 1186.66 m = 3893.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.23 mb = 11314.25 m = 37119.79 ft B at Equ Level: 767.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.23 mb = 13653.91 m = 44795.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.0 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 244.0 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.6 neg: -6.0 tot: 71.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 8.55 Bulk Shear: 90.44 m/s