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: 38.64,-92.14 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -92.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 981 212 23.8 20.0 79 3.8 21.2 183 8 298.6 301.4 295.0 342.8 15.20 2 950 490 20.2 18.6 91 1.6 19.1 194 14 297.7 300.3 294.1 339.3 14.36 3 900 957 18.6 17.0 90 1.7 17.5 233 28 300.7 303.2 294.5 340.9 13.67 4 850 1445 15.4 13.2 87 2.2 14.0 225 26 302.3 304.4 293.3 335.7 11.31 5 800 1957 12.2 9.0 81 3.1 10.2 232 30 304.1 305.8 292.0 331.2 9.05 6 750 2496 9.1 5.2 77 3.9 6.8 241 30 306.4 307.8 291.4 328.9 7.41 7 700 3064 5.6 -0.7 64 6.4 2.4 251 32 308.7 309.7 290.2 324.7 5.18 8 650 3665 0.4 -0.9 91 1.3 -0.3 252 39 309.4 310.4 290.7 326.5 5.51 9 600 4302 -3.8 -6.4 82 2.6 -5.0 246 45 311.7 312.4 290.0 324.2 3.95 10 550 4984 -7.9 -10.8 80 2.9 -9.1 242 52 314.7 315.3 290.2 324.5 3.05 11 500 5719 -12.1 -14.1 85 2.0 -12.8 236 57 318.3 318.8 290.8 326.8 2.57 12 450 6518 -16.9 -19.8 78 3.0 -17.7 228 57 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.1 1.76 13 400 7391 -22.9 -29.9 53 7.0 -24.3 223 59 325.2 325.4 291.2 328.1 0.80 14 350 8353 -30.9 -45.8 22 14.9 -32.3 227 71 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.18 15 300 9428 -39.4 -46.7 46 7.3 -39.9 232 83 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.19 16 250 10646 -49.6 -54.0 60 4.3 -49.8 236 96 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 17 200 12085 -54.8 -72.7 9 18.0 -55.0 239 86 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.01 18 150 13919 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 246 67 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16425 -66.6 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.7 237 41 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.37 m Freezing level: 645.41 mb = 3723.20 m = 12215.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.18 mb = 3600.46 m = 11812.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.97 mb = 692.29 m = 2271.27 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 16.11 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1201.32 m = 3941.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.07 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.28 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1706.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.84 mb = 919.75 m = 3017.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.84 mb = 1556.99 m = 5108.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.84 mb = 11504.14 m = 37742.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1701.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.84 mb = 14858.42 m = 48747.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.8 neg: -9.0 tot: 189.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.89 Bulk Rich Number: 15.53 Bulk Shear: 109.88 m/s