MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.59,-90.6 Latitude: 38.59 Longitude: -90.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 987 174 21.0 15.5 71 5.4 17.4 179 7 295.2 297.3 291.0 327.7 11.31 2 950 505 21.7 15.5 68 6.1 17.6 215 29 299.2 301.3 292.6 333.5 11.75 3 900 973 19.3 13.1 67 6.2 15.3 238 35 301.4 303.4 292.4 332.7 10.60 4 850 1462 15.5 10.5 72 4.9 12.4 246 32 302.3 304.1 291.8 330.3 9.43 5 800 1974 13.3 2.9 49 10.4 7.5 249 22 305.3 306.4 289.8 323.2 5.89 6 750 2515 12.1 2.0 50 10.1 6.5 254 19 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.0 5.92 7 700 3089 8.4 -4.0 41 12.4 2.3 248 27 311.8 312.5 290.2 324.6 4.05 8 650 3695 3.1 -9.3 40 12.4 -2.2 241 29 312.5 313.1 289.3 321.9 2.91 9 600 4337 -1.3 -20.5 22 19.2 -7.5 237 33 314.6 314.9 288.3 318.8 1.25 10 550 5024 -6.1 -23.5 24 17.4 -11.1 240 34 316.8 317.0 288.9 320.4 1.04 11 500 5762 -10.8 -34.5 12 23.7 -15.7 244 37 319.9 319.9 289.2 321.3 0.41 12 450 6562 -17.1 -37.9 15 20.7 -20.6 244 39 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.9 0.32 13 400 7432 -23.3 -43.0 15 19.7 -25.8 244 43 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.5 0.21 14 350 8396 -29.6 -50.1 12 20.4 -31.4 252 46 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.11 15 300 9477 -38.4 -48.8 33 10.4 -39.1 256 49 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 16 250 10701 -48.5 -56.1 41 7.6 -48.7 253 59 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 17 200 12146 -53.5 -70.1 11 16.6 -53.8 254 71 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13974 -59.7 -81.3 4 21.6 -59.9 256 65 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16451 -68.0 -87.2 5 19.1 -68.1 254 36 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.97 m Freezing level: 614.55 mb = 4150.65 m = 13617.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.46 mb = 3393.45 m = 11133.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.02 mb = 867.48 m = 2846.03 ft T: 19.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 10.24 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.42 mb = 2712.58 m = 8899.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.13 C = 97.03 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 24.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 152.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 305.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.42 mb = 1397.23 m = 4584.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.42 mb = 4722.72 m = 15494.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 341.42 mb = 8570.37 m = 28117.68 ft B at Equ Level: 151.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.42 mb = 11201.18 m = 36748.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.8 neg: -25.4 tot: 237.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 5.51 Bulk Shear: 27.73 m/s