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: 38.50,-90.20 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -90.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 991 155 19.4 19.1 98 0.3 19.2 288 5 293.3 295.9 292.7 333.7 14.20 2 950 520 17.6 17.4 99 0.1 17.5 289 19 295.0 297.4 292.6 333.2 13.31 3 900 980 14.7 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 288 20 296.7 298.8 291.8 330.3 11.62 4 850 1463 12.6 12.3 98 0.2 12.4 273 20 299.3 301.2 291.8 330.4 10.65 5 800 1972 10.6 10.4 99 0.2 10.5 250 22 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.0 9.97 6 750 2508 8.3 8.1 99 0.2 8.2 237 24 305.5 307.2 292.5 332.8 9.08 7 700 3076 5.2 5.0 99 0.2 5.1 228 27 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.2 7.86 8 650 3677 0.8 0.5 98 0.3 0.6 216 27 309.8 311.0 291.3 328.7 6.10 9 600 4316 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.8 209 31 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.3 5.14 10 550 5003 -6.2 -6.9 95 0.7 -6.5 214 40 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.1 4.14 11 500 5743 -10.3 -11.5 91 1.2 -10.8 221 49 320.5 321.1 292.0 330.9 3.17 12 450 6545 -16.1 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.6 230 53 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.1 2.08 13 400 7422 -22.1 -24.4 81 2.3 -22.7 240 57 326.3 326.5 292.0 330.9 1.32 14 350 8389 -29.4 -32.3 75 3.0 -29.9 245 53 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.8 0.72 15 300 9470 -37.9 -41.2 71 3.3 -38.2 247 49 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.34 16 250 10699 -48.6 -52.1 67 3.5 -48.8 244 58 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12126 -56.6 -66.2 29 9.7 -56.7 252 93 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 13947 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -58.9 248 69 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16449 -67.0 -87.4 4 20.4 -67.1 238 39 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.93 m Freezing level: 638.68 mb = 3821.70 m = 12538.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.01 mb = 3788.20 m = 12428.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.41 % Est. max temperature: 25.94 C = 78.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.11 mb = 189.99 m = 623.32 ft T: 19.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 4.15 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.57 mb = 659.16 m = 2162.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.63 C = 70.93 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 35.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 129.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.21 mb = 626.04 m = 2053.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.21 mb = 763.41 m = 2504.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 803.21 mb = 1937.96 m = 6358.07 ft B at Equ Level: 26.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.21 mb = 11143.36 m = 36559.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 4.3 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -42.3 tot: -36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.57 Bulk Shear: 82.37 m/s