MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.36,-89.33 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -89.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 986 149 15.9 15.4 97 0.4 15.6 286 6 290.2 292.2 289.3 321.8 11.26 2 950 463 13.5 13.3 99 0.1 13.4 321 8 290.8 292.6 288.6 319.6 10.17 3 900 918 12.1 11.2 95 0.8 11.6 277 15 293.9 295.6 288.9 320.7 9.34 4 850 1397 10.9 10.0 94 0.9 10.3 263 21 297.6 299.2 290.0 324.0 9.09 5 800 1901 8.4 6.9 90 1.5 7.6 249 26 300.1 301.6 289.8 323.3 7.84 6 750 2433 6.1 3.6 84 2.5 4.7 247 31 303.2 304.4 289.7 323.1 6.61 7 700 2995 2.3 0.3 87 2.0 1.3 244 33 305.0 306.1 289.4 322.0 5.60 8 650 3590 -1.4 -2.5 92 1.1 -2.0 239 40 307.4 308.3 289.5 322.4 4.89 9 600 4223 -4.5 -5.9 90 1.3 -5.1 228 59 310.9 311.6 289.9 323.8 4.11 10 550 4909 -6.0 -7.1 92 1.1 -6.5 208 60 316.9 317.7 291.7 330.1 4.09 11 500 5648 -11.0 -12.6 88 1.6 -11.6 215 72 319.6 320.2 291.5 329.2 2.90 12 450 6449 -15.9 -17.9 85 2.0 -16.6 215 75 323.2 323.6 291.8 330.3 2.08 13 400 7328 -21.2 -23.4 82 2.2 -21.7 213 79 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.6 1.45 14 350 8300 -28.2 -30.8 78 2.6 -28.6 211 86 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.84 15 300 9387 -36.7 -39.8 73 3.1 -37.1 214 87 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.40 16 250 10620 -47.2 -50.7 67 3.5 -47.4 222 85 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.15 17 200 12084 -48.9 -77.4 2 28.5 -49.4 243 76 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 13937 -57.9 -83.2 3 25.3 -58.2 251 56 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16431 -65.1 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.3 254 37 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.75 m Freezing level: 669.22 mb = 3361.63 m = 11028.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.60 mb = 3220.99 m = 10567.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.09 % Est. max temperature: 23.91 C = 75.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.21 mb = 198.51 m = 651.27 ft T: 15.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 2.27 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 730.48 m = 2396.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.32 C = 64.97 F Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lifted Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 29.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8387.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.85 mb = 652.83 m = 2141.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 5.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -43.0 tot: -7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 210.82 m/s