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: 38.57,-90.75 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -90.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 987 181 17.6 17.4 98 0.2 17.5 220 1 291.9 294.1 291.1 327.9 12.75 2 950 508 15.6 15.2 97 0.4 15.4 274 16 293.0 295.1 290.5 325.8 11.51 3 900 966 13.6 12.7 94 0.9 13.0 277 25 295.5 297.4 290.3 325.1 10.28 4 850 1447 11.7 10.3 91 1.3 10.9 277 26 298.4 300.1 290.5 325.5 9.30 5 800 1953 9.0 7.8 92 1.2 8.3 268 26 300.7 302.2 290.4 325.3 8.33 6 750 2485 6.1 5.2 94 0.9 5.6 251 24 303.2 304.6 290.4 325.5 7.43 7 700 3048 3.3 2.6 95 0.7 2.9 223 24 306.1 307.4 290.6 326.2 6.58 8 650 3646 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 201 30 309.0 310.1 290.9 327.0 5.80 9 600 4285 -2.4 -2.9 96 0.5 -2.7 197 37 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.6 5.14 10 550 4973 -5.9 -6.9 93 1.0 -6.3 200 43 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.5 4.16 11 500 5713 -10.2 -11.7 89 1.5 -10.8 204 50 320.6 321.2 292.0 330.9 3.13 12 450 6518 -15.1 -16.9 86 1.8 -15.7 212 54 324.2 324.7 292.2 331.9 2.26 13 400 7398 -21.3 -23.7 81 2.4 -21.9 219 55 327.4 327.6 292.3 332.3 1.42 14 350 8368 -28.4 -31.3 76 2.9 -28.9 229 57 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.4 0.80 15 300 9453 -37.6 -40.8 72 3.2 -37.9 238 69 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.36 16 250 10682 -48.7 -52.2 67 3.5 -48.9 235 68 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 17 200 12104 -59.8 -65.5 47 5.7 -59.9 243 79 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 18 150 13929 -57.9 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.1 251 61 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16438 -66.1 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.2 242 45 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.70 m Freezing level: 648.47 mb = 3665.78 m = 12026.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.63 mb = 3626.01 m = 11896.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.29 % Est. max temperature: 24.70 C = 76.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.75 mb = 209.74 m = 688.12 ft T: 17.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.79 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 805.80 m = 2643.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.41 C = 68.73 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: 3.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: 31.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5847.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.34 mb = 703.28 m = 2307.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 4.3 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -64.1 tot: -56.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: -4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 91.31 m/s