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: 38.62,-91.68 Latitude: 38.62 Longitude: -91.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 982 208 22.2 19.6 85 2.6 20.4 168 8 296.9 299.5 294.2 339.5 14.74 2 950 494 21.6 17.5 77 4.1 18.8 197 21 299.1 301.5 293.8 337.9 13.32 3 900 962 18.6 14.8 79 3.8 16.1 225 25 300.7 302.9 293.2 335.6 11.86 4 850 1450 15.2 10.5 74 4.7 12.3 230 29 302.0 303.8 291.7 329.9 9.41 5 800 1961 12.3 7.2 71 5.1 9.3 238 32 304.2 305.7 291.2 328.2 7.98 6 750 2500 9.1 3.9 70 5.2 6.2 244 35 306.4 307.7 290.9 327.0 6.76 7 700 3068 5.1 0.7 73 4.4 2.8 250 38 308.1 309.2 290.5 325.8 5.74 8 650 3667 0.3 -0.6 94 0.9 -0.2 248 42 309.3 310.4 290.8 326.8 5.66 9 600 4306 -3.3 -4.5 92 1.2 -3.8 243 47 312.3 313.2 290.7 326.7 4.58 10 550 4990 -7.3 -8.6 91 1.3 -7.9 240 50 315.4 316.1 290.9 327.1 3.63 11 500 5725 -11.8 -13.4 88 1.6 -12.4 236 52 318.6 319.2 291.0 327.7 2.73 12 450 6525 -16.6 -18.6 85 1.9 -17.2 229 54 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.0 1.97 13 400 7400 -22.8 -25.1 81 2.3 -23.3 223 56 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.7 1.24 14 350 8363 -30.9 -34.7 69 3.9 -31.4 222 60 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.2 0.57 15 300 9437 -39.4 -45.4 53 6.0 -39.9 231 76 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.7 0.22 16 250 10656 -49.6 -53.1 66 3.6 -49.7 236 92 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.11 17 200 12093 -55.0 -71.4 11 16.4 -55.2 241 88 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 13925 -57.5 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 246 68 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16429 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 236 40 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.53 m Freezing level: 645.88 mb = 3719.98 m = 12204.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.66 mb = 3634.30 m = 11923.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.14 mb = 538.07 m = 1765.31 ft T: 21.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 13.68 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.63 mb = 1463.31 m = 4800.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.36 C = 81.26 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1080.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.91 mb = 1144.74 m = 3755.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.91 mb = 2216.27 m = 7271.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.91 mb = 11308.58 m = 37101.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1064.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.91 mb = 13678.99 m = 44878.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 253.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 253.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 10.04 Bulk Shear: 107.58 m/s