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: 38.55,-90.32 Latitude: 38.55 Longitude: -90.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 990 159 21.1 19.1 88 2.0 19.7 162 7 295.1 297.6 293.3 335.8 14.19 2 950 515 19.3 17.7 90 1.6 18.2 219 15 296.8 299.2 293.3 335.8 13.51 3 900 979 16.6 14.2 86 2.4 15.1 252 15 298.7 300.7 292.2 331.9 11.40 4 850 1464 13.9 11.5 85 2.4 12.4 252 18 300.7 302.6 291.8 330.3 10.06 5 800 1974 11.4 9.5 88 1.9 10.2 247 20 303.3 305.0 292.0 331.1 9.34 6 750 2511 7.9 6.7 92 1.2 7.2 244 22 305.2 306.7 291.7 329.9 8.21 7 700 3078 4.3 3.6 95 0.7 3.9 248 31 307.3 308.6 291.4 329.0 7.10 8 650 3677 0.3 -0.0 98 0.3 0.1 237 35 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.4 5.89 9 600 4316 -2.8 -3.2 97 0.3 -3.0 230 41 312.8 313.8 291.3 328.7 5.05 10 550 5002 -6.5 -7.2 95 0.7 -6.8 231 46 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.3 4.04 11 500 5740 -10.8 -11.9 92 1.0 -11.2 235 49 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.0 3.08 12 450 6542 -16.3 -17.5 90 1.2 -16.7 236 53 322.8 323.2 291.7 330.1 2.15 13 400 7419 -22.1 -23.8 86 1.7 -22.5 235 51 326.2 326.5 292.0 331.1 1.40 14 350 8385 -29.6 -33.1 72 3.5 -30.1 228 54 328.9 329.0 292.1 331.3 0.67 15 300 9464 -38.8 -42.7 67 3.9 -39.2 226 62 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.30 16 250 10688 -49.5 -53.0 67 3.5 -49.7 234 78 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12119 -55.3 -68.5 18 13.2 -55.6 245 91 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13943 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.8 248 72 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16437 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 239 39 396.9 396.9 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.04 m Freezing level: 645.67 mb = 3732.30 m = 12244.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.84 mb = 3703.54 m = 12150.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.77 mb = 408.82 m = 1341.25 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 5.50 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 1124.16 m = 3688.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.27 C = 77.48 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 517.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.65 mb = 859.35 m = 2819.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.65 mb = 2103.83 m = 6902.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.65 mb = 11012.58 m = 36130.06 ft B at Equ Level: 505.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.65 mb = 12870.50 m = 42225.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.0 neg: -9.4 tot: 83.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 8.75 Bulk Shear: 59.11 m/s