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: 38.84,-90.28 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 991 149 18.2 17.5 96 0.7 17.7 206 5 292.0 294.3 291.2 328.2 12.78 2 950 511 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 250 18 292.6 294.6 290.2 324.6 11.26 3 900 969 14.1 13.0 93 1.2 13.4 265 25 296.1 298.0 290.7 326.4 10.49 4 850 1450 11.5 9.5 88 2.0 10.3 264 28 298.2 299.8 290.0 324.0 8.83 5 800 1955 8.4 5.9 84 2.5 7.0 265 29 300.1 301.4 289.3 321.7 7.30 6 750 2486 5.6 3.9 88 1.8 4.6 260 27 302.7 303.9 289.6 322.9 6.74 7 700 3047 2.6 1.7 94 0.9 2.2 239 24 305.4 306.6 290.0 324.3 6.21 8 650 3644 -0.0 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.2 213 28 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.7 5.76 9 600 4284 -2.5 -2.9 97 0.4 -2.7 199 37 313.2 314.2 291.6 329.5 5.15 10 550 4971 -6.2 -7.0 94 0.8 -6.5 198 46 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.1 4.13 11 500 5710 -10.5 -11.7 90 1.3 -10.9 204 53 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.6 3.11 12 450 6513 -16.0 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.6 212 56 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.2 2.09 13 400 7390 -21.6 -23.9 82 2.3 -22.2 221 56 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.8 1.39 14 350 8359 -28.7 -31.6 76 2.9 -29.2 230 56 330.1 330.3 292.5 332.9 0.78 15 300 9443 -37.7 -40.9 72 3.2 -38.0 234 65 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.36 16 250 10671 -48.9 -52.4 67 3.5 -49.0 236 69 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.12 17 200 12092 -59.6 -65.1 49 5.5 -59.7 243 85 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.03 18 150 13920 -57.7 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 249 62 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16430 -66.1 -85.5 5 19.5 -66.2 239 45 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.42 m Freezing level: 650.41 mb = 3639.42 m = 11940.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.37 mb = 3602.69 m = 11819.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.78 % Est. max temperature: 24.64 C = 76.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.50 mb = 232.58 m = 763.06 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 4.67 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.63 mb = 981.70 m = 3220.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.22 C = 72.00 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: 2.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: 3.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 30.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.23 mb = 679.90 m = 2230.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.23 mb = 1890.07 m = 6200.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 676.23 mb = 3325.63 m = 10910.73 ft B at Equ Level: 25.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 606.23 mb = 4201.03 m = 13782.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: -20.0 tot: -3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 58.17 m/s