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: 37.47,-90.07 Latitude: 37.47 Longitude: -90.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 981 222 26.2 19.2 65 7.0 21.3 175 4 301.1 303.7 295.1 343.5 14.44 2 950 501 23.7 17.5 68 6.1 19.4 182 10 301.2 303.6 294.4 340.5 13.36 3 900 972 19.7 16.1 80 3.5 17.3 191 18 301.8 304.2 294.3 339.9 12.93 4 850 1461 15.0 14.6 98 0.3 14.7 194 21 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.4 12.42 5 800 1972 11.5 10.3 92 1.2 10.7 211 25 303.4 305.2 292.5 332.9 9.89 6 750 2509 8.2 5.8 85 2.3 6.8 212 27 305.4 306.9 291.4 328.8 7.75 7 700 3076 4.8 1.2 77 3.6 2.9 220 33 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.1 5.97 8 650 3677 2.1 -2.6 71 4.6 -0.2 213 35 311.3 312.2 290.7 326.6 4.87 9 600 4320 -1.5 -3.6 86 2.1 -2.6 213 42 314.3 315.3 291.7 329.8 4.89 10 550 5008 -6.0 -9.4 77 3.3 -7.4 215 47 316.9 317.6 291.2 328.0 3.42 11 500 5746 -11.4 -19.2 52 7.8 -13.8 220 50 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.8 1.67 12 450 6547 -15.7 -30.3 28 14.6 -18.9 226 55 323.4 323.6 290.5 325.9 0.68 13 400 7424 -21.9 -29.9 48 8.0 -23.5 232 61 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.4 0.80 14 350 8394 -27.8 -30.6 77 2.8 -28.3 240 58 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.3 0.85 15 300 9483 -36.8 -39.8 74 3.0 -37.1 246 57 333.6 333.6 293.1 335.1 0.40 16 250 10714 -48.4 -51.9 67 3.5 -48.5 254 66 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12142 -57.2 -67.4 27 10.1 -57.4 254 82 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 18 150 13959 -58.4 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 245 69 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16451 -67.4 -86.8 5 19.4 -67.5 247 37 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.68 m Freezing level: 621.32 mb = 4045.95 m = 13273.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.46 mb = 3634.33 m = 11923.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.43 mb = 1111.30 m = 3645.97 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 17.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1365.10 m = 4478.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.00 C = 80.59 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.06 C Showalter Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.02 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1275.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.46 mb = 1316.53 m = 4319.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.46 mb = 1466.31 m = 4810.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.46 mb = 11846.07 m = 38864.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1273.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.46 mb = 14407.10 m = 47266.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.8 neg: -1.2 tot: 153.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.2 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: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 14.30 Bulk Shear: 89.25 m/s