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: 37.37,-91.65 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -91.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 965 354 21.1 18.5 85 2.6 19.3 197 6 297.2 299.7 293.7 337.8 14.02 2 950 493 20.2 17.9 87 2.3 18.7 200 13 297.7 300.2 293.7 337.4 13.71 3 900 959 18.5 15.8 84 2.7 16.7 220 31 300.6 302.9 293.7 337.7 12.65 4 850 1448 14.7 13.6 93 1.1 14.0 223 34 301.6 303.7 293.3 335.8 11.60 5 800 1958 11.4 10.5 94 0.9 10.9 218 32 303.3 305.2 292.6 333.2 10.04 6 750 2496 8.2 7.9 98 0.3 8.0 210 31 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.5 8.97 7 700 3063 4.9 4.6 98 0.3 4.7 207 32 307.9 309.3 292.0 331.1 7.62 8 650 3664 1.2 0.8 97 0.4 1.0 202 32 310.3 311.5 291.6 329.6 6.23 9 600 4305 -2.2 -3.8 89 1.6 -3.0 203 42 313.6 314.5 291.4 328.8 4.81 10 550 4992 -6.2 -9.3 79 3.1 -7.5 206 48 316.7 317.4 291.1 327.9 3.44 11 500 5730 -11.1 -17.1 61 6.0 -13.0 217 53 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.3 2.01 12 450 6531 -16.0 -19.4 75 3.4 -17.0 227 55 323.1 323.5 291.5 329.4 1.83 13 400 7410 -20.6 -22.9 82 2.2 -21.2 239 61 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.5 1.52 14 350 8383 -28.2 -31.1 76 2.9 -28.7 248 63 330.8 330.9 292.7 333.8 0.82 15 300 9469 -37.5 -40.6 72 3.1 -37.8 250 62 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.37 16 250 10697 -49.1 -52.6 67 3.5 -49.3 254 54 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.12 17 200 12125 -55.4 -67.1 22 11.7 -55.6 254 72 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13956 -58.8 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.0 251 62 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16447 -66.6 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 255 43 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.05 m Freezing level: 632.27 mb = 3891.58 m = 12767.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.81 mb = 3815.92 m = 12519.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.73 mb = 679.10 m = 2227.98 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 11.43 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.77 mb = 1350.05 m = 4429.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.21 C = 77.37 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 39.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 775.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.98 mb = 1122.47 m = 3682.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.98 mb = 1668.85 m = 5475.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.98 mb = 11286.93 m = 37030.15 ft B at Equ Level: 767.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.98 mb = 13625.97 m = 44704.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.9 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 241.9 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.9 neg: -22.6 tot: 88.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 13.20 Bulk Shear: 58.76 m/s