MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.21,-90.46 Latitude: 37.21 Longitude: -90.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 983 191 25.1 17.0 60 8.2 19.6 184 9 299.8 302.1 293.4 336.2 12.46 2 950 486 23.4 15.7 62 7.8 18.2 189 24 301.0 303.1 293.3 335.8 11.85 3 900 955 19.5 13.9 70 5.6 15.8 194 35 301.6 303.7 292.9 334.6 11.16 4 850 1444 14.9 12.6 86 2.4 13.4 197 37 301.8 303.8 292.7 333.7 10.82 5 800 1955 11.3 10.9 98 0.3 11.0 211 38 303.2 305.1 292.7 333.8 10.31 6 750 2493 8.6 8.4 99 0.1 8.5 218 38 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.9 9.29 7 700 3061 5.2 5.0 99 0.2 5.1 220 42 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.1 7.84 8 650 3663 1.8 1.2 96 0.6 1.5 221 46 311.0 312.3 292.0 331.1 6.46 9 600 4305 -1.8 -2.2 97 0.5 -2.0 222 52 314.1 315.1 292.0 331.2 5.41 10 550 4994 -5.5 -6.4 93 0.9 -6.0 222 58 317.5 318.4 292.1 331.4 4.30 11 500 5736 -9.3 -10.0 95 0.7 -9.6 231 59 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.6 3.59 12 450 6542 -15.1 -19.0 73 3.8 -16.3 234 59 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.7 1.90 13 400 7422 -20.8 -29.1 47 8.4 -22.5 234 58 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.1 0.86 14 350 8394 -28.0 -33.5 59 5.5 -28.9 235 52 331.0 331.1 292.6 333.4 0.65 15 300 9480 -37.3 -42.7 57 5.4 -37.8 244 44 332.8 332.9 292.8 334.0 0.30 16 250 10710 -48.6 -52.5 63 4.0 -48.7 249 46 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12148 -53.2 -67.8 15 14.6 -53.5 249 64 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 13970 -60.6 -81.4 5 20.9 -60.7 253 61 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16465 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 265 43 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.84 m Freezing level: 624.66 mb = 3988.43 m = 13085.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.89 mb = 3927.96 m = 12886.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.23 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.79 mb = 1227.72 m = 4027.89 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.76 mb = 1677.59 m = 5503.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.75 C = 81.94 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: 0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 36.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 243.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.98 mb = 1513.98 m = 4967.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.98 mb = 1871.06 m = 6138.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.98 mb = 10761.88 m = 35307.58 ft B at Equ Level: 241.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.98 mb = 12212.27 m = 40066.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 44.6 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 33.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 305.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 2.28 Bulk Shear: 106.68 m/s