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: 38.91,-89.57 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -89.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 989 169 19.8 18.9 94 1.0 19.2 204 5 293.9 296.4 292.7 333.8 13.99 2 950 518 18.8 18.0 95 0.8 18.2 261 16 296.3 298.8 293.3 336.0 13.79 3 900 981 16.1 14.5 90 1.6 15.1 266 20 298.1 300.2 292.3 332.0 11.64 4 850 1466 13.6 11.8 89 1.8 12.4 247 19 300.4 302.2 291.9 330.6 10.29 5 800 1975 10.9 9.6 92 1.2 10.1 234 20 302.7 304.5 291.9 330.8 9.44 6 750 2511 7.4 6.9 97 0.5 7.1 239 23 304.6 306.2 291.6 329.8 8.37 7 700 3077 4.3 4.0 98 0.3 4.1 244 29 307.3 308.6 291.6 329.5 7.30 8 650 3677 0.7 0.4 98 0.3 0.5 240 32 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.5 6.06 9 600 4317 -2.5 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.7 231 38 313.2 314.2 291.6 329.6 5.19 10 550 5003 -6.6 -6.9 98 0.3 -6.8 236 48 316.2 317.0 291.6 329.5 4.14 11 500 5740 -11.6 -12.1 96 0.5 -11.8 239 53 318.9 319.5 291.4 328.9 3.02 12 450 6541 -16.5 -18.1 87 1.6 -17.0 240 53 322.5 322.9 291.6 329.5 2.05 13 400 7415 -22.5 -26.2 72 3.7 -23.3 237 50 325.7 326.0 291.6 329.7 1.13 14 350 8382 -29.6 -35.3 58 5.7 -30.4 233 60 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.8 0.54 15 300 9460 -39.1 -43.7 62 4.6 -39.5 234 67 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.27 16 250 10682 -49.6 -53.1 67 3.5 -49.7 240 80 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.11 17 200 12113 -55.2 -68.3 18 13.0 -55.5 247 92 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13939 -58.3 -81.8 3 23.5 -58.6 249 69 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16433 -67.6 -87.7 4 20.1 -67.7 240 41 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.34 m Freezing level: 639.49 mb = 3811.47 m = 12504.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.28 mb = 3772.43 m = 12376.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.78 C = 80.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.40 mb = 290.50 m = 953.06 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 5.39 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 947.84 m = 3109.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.93 C = 75.07 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 36.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 533.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.31 mb = 762.04 m = 2500.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.31 mb = 1582.15 m = 5190.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.31 mb = 10989.13 m = 36053.14 ft B at Equ Level: 521.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.31 mb = 12841.46 m = 42130.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.7 neg: -2.7 tot: 61.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 10.13 Bulk Shear: 52.73 m/s