MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.39,-92.28 Latitude: 37.39 Longitude: -92.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 962 387 23.0 19.7 81 3.4 20.6 179 9 299.4 302.2 295.2 343.6 15.14 2 950 499 20.9 18.5 86 2.5 19.2 182 12 298.4 301.0 294.3 339.9 14.24 3 900 966 19.9 17.0 84 2.9 17.9 223 30 302.0 304.5 294.9 342.3 13.67 4 850 1457 17.4 13.3 77 4.0 14.7 243 25 304.3 306.4 293.9 338.3 11.40 5 800 1972 12.7 10.9 89 1.8 11.6 236 19 304.7 306.6 293.2 335.5 10.28 6 750 2510 8.4 7.2 92 1.2 7.7 231 20 305.7 307.3 292.1 331.5 8.55 7 700 3078 4.9 3.7 92 1.2 4.2 223 22 308.0 309.3 291.7 329.8 7.16 8 650 3680 1.6 -0.1 88 1.7 0.7 210 31 310.7 311.8 291.4 328.9 5.84 9 600 4320 -2.5 -4.1 89 1.5 -3.3 214 39 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.1 4.72 10 550 5006 -6.7 -7.5 94 0.8 -7.0 222 42 316.2 316.9 291.4 328.9 3.96 11 500 5744 -11.2 -11.6 97 0.4 -11.3 226 46 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.8 3.15 12 450 6545 -16.3 -16.6 98 0.3 -16.4 227 44 322.7 323.2 291.9 330.6 2.33 13 400 7421 -21.9 -25.1 75 3.2 -22.7 232 46 326.5 326.7 291.9 330.8 1.24 14 350 8387 -30.0 -38.8 42 8.8 -31.1 234 61 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.7 0.38 15 300 9465 -38.7 -46.1 45 7.4 -39.2 237 72 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.7 0.20 16 250 10689 -48.6 -53.1 59 4.5 -48.7 241 89 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 17 200 12134 -53.8 -72.9 8 19.1 -54.1 248 88 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13961 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 247 71 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16452 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.3 -66.9 243 37 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.00 m Freezing level: 630.93 mb = 3923.93 m = 12873.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.54 mb = 3784.41 m = 12415.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.18 mb = 811.66 m = 2662.90 ft T: 20.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 14.22 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.64 mb = 1642.69 m = 5389.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.04 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.54 C Cross Totals Index: 24.53 C K Index: 40.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1554.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.90 mb = 1228.64 m = 4030.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.90 mb = 1888.56 m = 6195.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.90 mb = 11578.77 m = 37987.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1539.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.90 mb = 14940.59 m = 49017.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.9 neg: -7.8 tot: 146.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.33 Bulk Rich Number: 45.33 Bulk Shear: 34.28 m/s