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: 37.73,-90.25 Latitude: 37.73 Longitude: -90.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 977 258 22.7 19.5 82 3.2 20.5 157 5 297.9 300.6 294.5 340.7 14.77 2 950 499 20.6 18.2 86 2.4 19.0 180 13 298.1 300.7 294.0 338.8 14.01 3 900 966 17.9 16.5 91 1.4 17.0 202 21 300.0 302.4 294.0 338.6 13.21 4 850 1453 14.7 13.8 95 0.8 14.1 212 24 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.3 11.78 5 800 1964 11.4 11.1 98 0.4 11.2 208 25 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.4 10.43 6 750 2502 8.3 7.9 98 0.4 8.0 202 30 305.6 307.2 292.4 332.6 8.97 7 700 3069 4.3 3.3 93 1.0 3.8 199 29 307.3 308.6 291.3 328.5 6.96 8 650 3669 1.7 -3.5 69 5.1 -0.9 203 38 310.8 311.7 290.3 325.1 4.55 9 600 4310 -1.8 -7.7 64 5.8 -4.4 206 44 314.0 314.7 290.4 325.5 3.58 10 550 4997 -6.5 -10.4 74 3.9 -8.1 210 51 316.4 317.0 290.7 326.7 3.15 11 500 5734 -11.6 -16.7 66 5.1 -13.3 218 55 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.9 2.07 12 450 6535 -15.2 -31.6 23 16.4 -18.7 224 54 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.3 0.60 13 400 7415 -21.4 -37.3 22 16.0 -23.9 230 59 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.7 0.39 14 350 8382 -29.8 -39.7 38 9.9 -31.0 234 70 328.5 328.6 291.7 329.8 0.35 15 300 9464 -37.3 -40.9 69 3.6 -37.7 242 65 332.8 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.36 16 250 10694 -48.7 -52.5 65 3.8 -48.9 250 61 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 17 200 12126 -55.2 -67.4 21 12.1 -55.5 250 74 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13954 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 247 67 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16449 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 245 41 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.34 m Freezing level: 626.29 mb = 3973.04 m = 13034.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.28 mb = 3554.24 m = 11660.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.72 mb = 666.94 m = 2188.09 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 15.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1160.46 m = 3807.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.43 C = 77.77 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.01 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 39.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1080.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.19 mb = 973.32 m = 3193.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.19 mb = 1411.47 m = 4630.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.19 mb = 11393.05 m = 37378.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1072.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.19 mb = 14197.30 m = 46578.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.2 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 238.2 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.8 neg: -5.0 tot: 126.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 12.79 Bulk Shear: 84.46 m/s