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: 38.68,-92.10 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -92.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 980 216 23.7 20.0 80 3.7 21.1 185 8 298.6 301.3 295.0 342.7 15.18 2 950 490 20.1 18.6 91 1.5 19.1 194 14 297.6 300.2 294.1 339.0 14.30 3 900 957 18.6 17.2 92 1.4 17.6 233 28 300.6 303.2 294.6 341.2 13.81 4 850 1446 15.4 13.4 88 2.0 14.1 225 27 302.3 304.4 293.3 336.1 11.46 5 800 1957 12.0 9.2 83 2.9 10.3 232 30 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.3 9.16 6 750 2496 8.9 5.2 78 3.7 6.8 241 31 306.2 307.6 291.4 328.8 7.44 7 700 3064 5.5 -1.1 62 6.7 2.1 251 32 308.6 309.6 290.0 324.2 5.04 8 650 3664 0.4 -1.2 89 1.6 -0.4 252 40 309.4 310.5 290.6 326.2 5.41 9 600 4301 -3.8 -6.6 81 2.8 -5.0 246 46 311.7 312.4 290.0 324.0 3.90 10 550 4983 -7.9 -11.2 77 3.3 -9.2 242 53 314.7 315.3 290.0 324.3 2.96 11 500 5718 -12.0 -14.4 82 2.4 -12.9 236 57 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.7 2.50 12 450 6517 -16.8 -19.8 77 3.0 -17.7 229 57 322.1 322.4 291.2 328.1 1.76 13 400 7391 -22.9 -29.6 54 6.7 -24.2 223 59 325.2 325.4 291.2 328.1 0.82 14 350 8352 -31.0 -46.6 20 15.6 -32.4 225 70 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.17 15 300 9427 -39.4 -48.3 38 8.9 -40.0 232 83 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.16 16 250 10645 -49.6 -53.8 62 4.2 -49.8 236 96 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 17 200 12084 -54.8 -72.5 9 17.7 -55.1 239 87 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.01 18 150 13918 -57.4 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 246 67 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 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: 5673.50 m Freezing level: 645.08 mb = 3726.95 m = 12227.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.75 mb = 3568.30 m = 11706.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.46 % Est. max temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.49 mb = 687.66 m = 2256.06 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 16.92 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1182.39 m = 3879.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.54 C = 79.77 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -5.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.40 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1714.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.14 mb = 907.54 m = 2977.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.14 mb = 1544.10 m = 5065.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.14 mb = 11465.29 m = 37615.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1713.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.14 mb = 14795.68 m = 48541.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.4 neg: -10.0 tot: 191.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.94 Bulk Rich Number: 15.38 Bulk Shear: 111.48 m/s