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: 38.87,-91.26 Latitude: 38.87 Longitude: -91.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 981 222 22.3 19.5 84 2.8 20.4 178 10 297.1 299.8 294.3 339.7 14.73 2 950 497 21.1 17.0 77 4.2 18.3 209 23 298.6 301.0 293.4 336.2 12.90 3 900 964 18.5 13.4 72 5.1 15.2 229 26 300.6 302.5 292.3 332.4 10.82 4 850 1452 14.9 10.5 75 4.4 12.2 231 31 301.7 303.5 291.6 329.7 9.44 5 800 1962 11.8 7.7 76 4.1 9.4 238 35 303.8 305.3 291.3 328.6 8.30 6 750 2500 8.8 4.2 73 4.6 6.2 244 34 306.1 307.4 290.9 327.1 6.91 7 700 3068 4.8 0.2 73 4.5 2.4 251 35 307.7 308.8 290.2 324.9 5.57 8 650 3667 -0.1 -1.1 93 1.1 -0.6 255 40 308.9 309.9 290.5 325.6 5.42 9 600 4304 -3.5 -4.6 92 1.1 -4.0 247 46 312.1 312.9 290.6 326.3 4.52 10 550 4988 -7.4 -8.5 91 1.1 -7.8 243 50 315.3 316.0 290.9 327.1 3.66 11 500 5723 -12.1 -13.7 88 1.6 -12.7 238 53 318.2 318.8 290.9 327.0 2.66 12 450 6523 -16.7 -18.5 86 1.7 -17.3 231 53 322.2 322.6 291.4 328.9 1.98 13 400 7397 -22.7 -24.9 83 2.2 -23.2 224 57 325.5 325.7 291.7 329.9 1.27 14 350 8360 -30.6 -33.5 76 2.9 -31.0 220 61 327.5 327.6 291.7 329.9 0.65 15 300 9434 -39.7 -43.1 71 3.3 -40.0 227 74 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.28 16 250 10653 -49.6 -53.0 68 3.3 -49.8 235 93 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 17 200 12088 -54.5 -71.5 11 16.9 -54.8 242 89 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.01 18 150 13922 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.9 246 68 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16426 -66.8 -87.2 4 20.5 -66.9 235 40 398.7 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.75 m Freezing level: 650.86 mb = 3656.21 m = 11995.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.25 mb = 3540.10 m = 11614.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.48 mb = 574.67 m = 1885.36 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 14.82 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.72 mb = 1584.35 m = 5197.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.40 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 33.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 779.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.89 mb = 1225.01 m = 4019.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.89 mb = 2523.51 m = 8279.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.89 mb = 10972.22 m = 35997.65 ft B at Equ Level: 771.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.89 mb = 13204.01 m = 43319.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 231.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 9.28 Bulk Shear: 84.00 m/s