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: 38.43,-90.36 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -90.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 989 164 17.9 17.5 98 0.4 17.6 349 4 291.9 294.2 291.2 328.2 12.80 2 950 509 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 293 16 293.1 295.2 290.7 326.4 11.68 3 900 968 14.1 13.6 97 0.5 13.8 280 16 296.0 298.0 291.0 327.6 10.96 4 850 1450 11.9 11.7 99 0.2 11.8 266 16 298.7 300.5 291.3 328.5 10.23 5 800 1957 10.0 9.8 99 0.1 9.9 238 18 301.8 303.5 291.7 330.1 9.57 6 750 2492 7.4 7.2 99 0.2 7.3 224 22 304.6 306.2 291.8 330.3 8.55 7 700 3058 4.5 4.3 99 0.2 4.4 208 31 307.5 308.9 291.7 330.2 7.48 8 650 3659 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.5 203 37 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.3 6.03 9 600 4297 -3.0 -3.3 98 0.3 -3.1 205 43 312.7 313.6 291.3 328.4 5.00 10 550 4983 -6.7 -7.5 94 0.8 -7.1 207 51 316.1 316.9 291.4 328.9 3.96 11 500 5721 -11.1 -12.5 89 1.4 -11.6 211 53 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.1 2.92 12 450 6523 -15.8 -17.7 85 1.9 -16.4 220 58 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.5 2.11 13 400 7401 -21.7 -24.1 81 2.4 -22.3 227 60 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.6 1.37 14 350 8369 -28.7 -31.7 76 3.0 -29.2 235 59 330.1 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.77 15 300 9454 -37.6 -40.8 71 3.3 -37.9 242 67 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.36 16 250 10683 -48.5 -52.0 67 3.5 -48.6 237 67 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12107 -59.6 -65.3 48 5.7 -59.7 243 80 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 18 150 13932 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.9 249 63 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16438 -66.8 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 241 44 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.90 m Freezing level: 641.24 mb = 3770.46 m = 12370.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.63 mb = 3737.15 m = 12260.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.03 % Est. max temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.84 mb = 210.30 m = 689.96 ft T: 17.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 1.93 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.34 mb = 714.11 m = 2342.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.35 C = 68.63 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 34.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5922.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.33 mb = 659.51 m = 2163.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.7 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 246.7 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.7 neg: -74.3 tot: -21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 144.95 m/s