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: 38.50,-90.32 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -90.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 988 161 19.7 19.2 96 0.6 19.4 132 6 293.9 296.5 293.0 334.7 14.28 2 950 495 18.7 17.8 94 0.9 18.1 176 14 296.2 298.6 293.2 335.4 13.63 3 900 959 16.3 14.9 92 1.3 15.4 198 18 298.3 300.4 292.5 333.0 11.95 4 850 1443 13.4 11.9 91 1.5 12.5 210 17 300.2 302.1 291.9 330.7 10.38 5 800 1952 10.6 9.4 92 1.2 9.9 218 18 302.4 304.1 291.7 330.0 9.28 6 750 2488 7.4 6.5 94 0.9 6.9 220 20 304.6 306.1 291.4 328.9 8.11 7 700 3053 4.1 3.3 94 0.9 3.7 217 23 307.1 308.4 291.2 328.2 6.93 8 650 3652 0.2 -0.1 98 0.3 0.0 202 29 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.3 5.86 9 600 4291 -2.9 -3.3 97 0.4 -3.1 202 38 312.8 313.7 291.3 328.5 4.99 10 550 4977 -6.6 -7.5 94 0.8 -7.0 206 47 316.2 317.0 291.4 329.0 3.97 11 500 5715 -10.7 -12.0 90 1.3 -11.2 211 53 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.0 3.04 12 450 6519 -15.3 -17.0 87 1.7 -15.9 219 58 324.0 324.4 292.2 331.6 2.24 13 400 7398 -21.4 -23.6 82 2.3 -22.0 224 59 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.2 1.42 14 350 8368 -28.9 -31.8 76 2.9 -29.4 227 59 329.8 329.9 292.4 332.6 0.76 15 300 9451 -37.9 -41.0 73 3.1 -38.2 234 61 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10679 -48.6 -52.1 67 3.5 -48.8 240 60 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12102 -59.1 -64.2 51 5.1 -59.2 253 80 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.03 18 150 13934 -57.5 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 247 62 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16436 -66.0 -85.5 5 19.5 -66.1 241 43 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.36 m Freezing level: 646.70 mb = 3694.56 m = 12121.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.23 mb = 3661.88 m = 12013.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.98 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.51 mb = 231.54 m = 759.65 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 8.15 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 940.11 m = 3084.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.97 C = 75.15 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 35.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.21 mb = 740.31 m = 2428.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.21 mb = 1361.87 m = 4468.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.21 mb = 10724.99 m = 35186.56 ft B at Equ Level: 386.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.21 mb = 12836.64 m = 42114.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.5 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 237.5 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.1 neg: -3.6 tot: 86.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 6.14 Bulk Shear: 63.43 m/s