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: 37.58,-89.62 Latitude: 37.58 Longitude: -89.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 990 148 26.2 19.7 67 6.5 21.6 193 3 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.4 14.72 2 950 507 23.2 17.5 70 5.7 19.2 203 12 300.7 303.1 294.3 339.8 13.34 3 900 976 19.4 15.9 80 3.5 17.1 206 24 301.5 303.8 294.1 339.0 12.74 4 850 1465 14.9 14.2 96 0.6 14.5 207 27 301.7 304.0 293.7 337.4 12.10 5 800 1976 11.5 10.5 94 1.0 10.9 215 27 303.4 305.2 292.6 333.2 10.02 6 750 2513 8.0 6.6 91 1.4 7.2 216 25 305.3 306.8 291.7 330.0 8.20 7 700 3080 4.6 1.6 80 3.1 3.0 223 29 307.6 308.8 290.7 326.4 6.14 8 650 3681 2.0 -2.3 73 4.2 -0.2 217 33 311.2 312.1 290.8 326.8 4.98 9 600 4323 -1.8 -4.1 84 2.4 -2.9 217 40 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.0 4.71 10 550 5011 -5.9 -9.1 78 3.2 -7.3 220 45 317.0 317.7 291.2 328.3 3.48 11 500 5749 -11.1 -19.4 51 8.2 -13.7 223 48 319.5 319.8 290.3 325.1 1.65 12 450 6549 -15.9 -32.7 22 16.8 -19.3 225 52 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.54 13 400 7428 -21.2 -40.4 16 19.2 -24.1 231 60 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.28 14 350 8397 -28.8 -34.8 56 6.0 -29.7 234 60 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.1 0.57 15 300 9482 -37.2 -40.7 70 3.5 -37.5 240 58 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.37 16 250 10713 -48.4 -52.0 67 3.5 -48.6 256 69 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12142 -56.6 -67.9 23 11.3 -56.8 253 84 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 18 150 13962 -58.8 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.0 244 70 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16452 -67.6 -86.8 5 19.2 -67.7 245 39 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.38 m Freezing level: 623.55 mb = 4020.69 m = 13191.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.47 mb = 3650.45 m = 11976.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.89 mb = 977.40 m = 3206.64 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 16.91 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1342.43 m = 4404.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.10 C Showalter Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 37.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1239.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.36 mb = 1243.27 m = 4078.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.36 mb = 1391.67 m = 4565.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.36 mb = 11608.99 m = 38086.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1239.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.36 mb = 14502.30 m = 47579.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.5 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 247.5 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.4 neg: -5.8 tot: 124.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 16.65 Bulk Shear: 74.47 m/s