MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.11,-90.61 Latitude: 37.11 Longitude: -90.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 984 190 26.9 17.9 58 9.0 20.7 185 10 301.4 303.9 294.4 340.4 13.24 2 950 500 24.3 16.6 62 7.7 19.0 189 21 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.9 12.57 3 900 970 19.7 15.5 77 4.1 16.9 191 24 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.5 12.44 4 850 1460 15.0 14.4 96 0.6 14.6 193 25 301.9 304.1 293.8 338.0 12.23 5 800 1971 11.7 11.0 96 0.7 11.2 213 29 303.6 305.5 292.9 334.4 10.35 6 750 2509 8.5 7.8 95 0.7 8.0 215 32 305.8 307.4 292.4 332.5 8.88 7 700 3077 5.1 4.5 96 0.7 4.8 221 37 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.3 7.56 8 650 3679 1.8 0.1 88 1.7 0.9 219 39 311.0 312.2 291.6 329.5 5.95 9 600 4321 -1.6 -3.6 86 2.1 -2.6 212 45 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.8 4.87 10 550 5009 -5.6 -8.3 81 2.7 -6.8 213 49 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.4 3.70 11 500 5749 -11.0 -13.0 85 2.0 -11.8 219 52 319.6 320.1 291.4 328.9 2.80 12 450 6551 -15.7 -25.1 45 9.3 -18.1 228 57 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.4 1.11 13 400 7428 -21.6 -27.1 61 5.5 -22.9 238 67 326.9 327.1 291.9 330.6 1.03 14 350 8401 -27.4 -30.2 77 2.8 -27.9 251 65 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.0 0.89 15 300 9491 -36.6 -39.7 73 3.1 -36.9 256 58 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.4 0.40 16 250 10723 -48.3 -51.7 68 3.4 -48.5 255 52 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12152 -56.1 -68.4 20 12.3 -56.2 251 77 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13966 -59.5 -82.0 4 22.5 -59.7 247 71 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16455 -67.6 -86.8 5 19.2 -67.7 251 38 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.27 m Freezing level: 622.98 mb = 4025.62 m = 13207.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.69 mb = 3844.59 m = 12613.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.16 mb = 1328.07 m = 4357.12 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 10.90 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1484.80 m = 4871.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 39.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 890.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.37 mb = 1455.84 m = 4776.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.37 mb = 1606.00 m = 5268.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.37 mb = 11387.16 m = 37358.99 ft B at Equ Level: 887.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.37 mb = 14158.67 m = 46451.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.8 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 242.8 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 162.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 13.86 Bulk Shear: 64.23 m/s