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: 38.28,-92.73 Latitude: 38.28 Longitude: -92.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 977 247 24.5 20.4 78 4.1 21.6 197 8 299.6 302.5 295.6 345.3 15.63 2 950 488 21.1 19.0 88 2.1 19.6 203 12 298.6 301.3 294.7 341.5 14.72 3 900 955 18.3 16.9 91 1.4 17.3 232 28 300.4 302.8 294.3 340.1 13.55 4 850 1443 15.7 12.5 82 3.1 13.6 225 26 302.6 304.5 292.9 334.5 10.80 5 800 1956 12.7 9.0 78 3.7 10.4 231 31 304.7 306.4 292.2 331.9 9.06 6 750 2495 9.4 6.1 80 3.3 7.5 241 30 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.7 7.90 7 700 3065 5.7 1.4 74 4.2 3.4 250 30 308.8 309.9 291.0 327.5 6.07 8 650 3665 0.3 -0.2 96 0.5 0.0 249 36 309.3 310.4 290.9 327.3 5.81 9 600 4303 -3.6 -4.4 94 0.8 -4.0 245 41 312.0 312.8 290.7 326.4 4.59 10 550 4986 -7.7 -8.4 95 0.7 -8.0 238 45 314.9 315.6 290.8 326.8 3.69 11 500 5721 -12.0 -12.5 96 0.5 -12.2 229 51 318.4 319.0 291.2 328.1 2.92 12 450 6520 -17.0 -19.8 79 2.8 -17.8 224 53 321.9 322.2 291.1 327.9 1.77 13 400 7393 -23.0 -29.0 58 6.0 -24.2 229 59 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.2 0.87 14 350 8356 -30.5 -34.0 72 3.5 -31.0 230 73 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.8 0.61 15 300 9430 -39.7 -43.3 68 3.6 -40.0 234 85 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.28 16 250 10648 -49.5 -54.3 57 4.8 -49.7 237 100 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.10 17 200 12091 -54.3 -73.3 8 19.0 -54.6 240 83 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 13925 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.9 247 67 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16431 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 238 40 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.11 m Freezing level: 646.09 mb = 3714.92 m = 12187.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.75 mb = 3668.13 m = 12034.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.35 mb = 761.52 m = 2498.40 ft T: 19.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 18.88 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1180.19 m = 3871.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.19 C = 79.15 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -5.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 35.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1776.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.69 mb = 976.51 m = 3203.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.69 mb = 1617.28 m = 5305.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.69 mb = 11692.80 m = 38361.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1757.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.69 mb = 14682.43 m = 48170.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.5 neg: -13.0 tot: 148.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 22.32 Bulk Shear: 79.61 m/s