MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.29,-91.30 Latitude: 37.29 Longitude: -91.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 301 22.4 18.3 78 4.1 19.6 192 4 298.0 300.5 293.8 337.9 13.76 2 950 496 21.4 17.4 78 4.0 18.7 198 13 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.4 13.23 3 900 963 18.3 15.6 84 2.8 16.5 210 26 300.4 302.7 293.6 337.0 12.48 4 850 1451 15.1 13.9 92 1.2 14.3 213 32 301.9 304.1 293.5 336.7 11.79 5 800 1962 11.6 11.4 99 0.2 11.5 211 32 303.5 305.5 293.1 335.2 10.66 6 750 2500 8.4 8.3 99 0.1 8.3 206 32 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.4 9.19 7 700 3068 4.7 4.2 96 0.6 4.4 201 30 307.7 309.1 291.7 330.2 7.39 8 650 3669 1.6 -0.8 84 2.4 0.4 209 38 310.8 311.8 291.2 328.1 5.57 9 600 4310 -1.6 -5.6 74 4.0 -3.5 204 44 314.2 315.0 291.0 327.6 4.19 10 550 4997 -6.5 -11.5 68 5.0 -8.5 209 49 316.3 316.9 290.5 325.7 2.89 11 500 5734 -11.7 -19.8 51 8.2 -14.2 218 54 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.2 1.58 12 450 6536 -15.7 -28.8 32 13.1 -18.7 228 55 323.5 323.6 290.6 326.3 0.79 13 400 7413 -21.3 -24.6 75 3.3 -22.1 235 68 327.2 327.5 292.2 331.8 1.30 14 350 8386 -27.8 -30.3 79 2.5 -28.3 249 68 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.5 0.88 15 300 9472 -37.6 -40.9 72 3.2 -37.9 253 63 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.36 16 250 10699 -49.2 -53.2 63 4.0 -49.3 254 57 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12132 -54.6 -68.7 16 14.1 -54.9 251 73 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13960 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 250 65 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16451 -66.6 -85.0 6 18.4 -66.8 255 39 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.93 m Freezing level: 625.39 mb = 3984.52 m = 13072.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.20 mb = 3728.09 m = 12231.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.18 mb = 818.26 m = 2684.55 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 13.75 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1435.46 m = 4709.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.24 C = 79.23 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.52 C K Index: 40.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 749.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.11 mb = 1173.14 m = 3848.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.11 mb = 1825.31 m = 5988.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.11 mb = 11148.17 m = 36574.93 ft B at Equ Level: 745.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.11 mb = 13427.83 m = 44054.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.4 neg: -22.4 tot: 116.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 9.92 Bulk Shear: 75.55 m/s