MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.05,-92.91 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 976 264 24.6 19.3 72 5.3 20.9 172 4 299.9 302.5 295.0 342.6 14.62 2 950 499 22.1 17.8 77 4.3 19.1 183 7 299.6 302.1 294.1 339.4 13.62 3 900 967 19.4 16.2 82 3.2 17.2 229 20 301.5 303.8 294.3 339.7 12.98 4 850 1457 16.7 10.5 67 6.2 12.8 234 22 303.7 305.4 292.2 331.8 9.42 5 800 1970 12.3 8.9 80 3.4 10.2 227 18 304.2 305.9 292.0 331.1 8.97 6 750 2508 7.9 6.2 89 1.7 6.9 224 21 305.2 306.7 291.5 329.2 7.98 7 700 3074 4.5 2.6 88 1.8 3.5 219 28 307.4 308.7 291.0 327.7 6.63 8 650 3674 0.9 -1.2 86 2.1 -0.2 221 38 310.0 311.0 290.8 326.8 5.40 9 600 4313 -3.2 -4.3 92 1.1 -3.7 218 45 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.0 4.63 10 550 4997 -7.4 -8.2 94 0.8 -7.7 222 47 315.3 316.1 291.0 327.4 3.75 11 500 5733 -12.1 -13.3 91 1.2 -12.5 224 47 318.3 318.8 291.0 327.4 2.75 12 450 6530 -17.4 -18.8 89 1.4 -17.9 230 47 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.92 13 400 7401 -23.8 -26.9 76 3.0 -24.5 235 50 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.7 1.06 14 350 8361 -31.6 -34.7 74 3.1 -32.0 231 66 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.3 0.58 15 300 9436 -39.0 -42.3 71 3.2 -39.3 234 77 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.31 16 250 10657 -50.1 -53.8 65 3.7 -50.2 242 83 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.10 17 200 12099 -52.6 -75.7 5 23.1 -52.9 244 73 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13933 -57.7 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 246 66 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16440 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 246 38 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.31 m Freezing level: 638.99 mb = 3814.88 m = 12515.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.15 mb = 3647.52 m = 11966.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.14 mb = 936.68 m = 3073.06 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 12.92 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.50 mb = 1623.22 m = 5325.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.45 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.04 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1617.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.93 mb = 1238.66 m = 4063.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.93 mb = 1897.28 m = 6224.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.93 mb = 11282.16 m = 37014.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1614.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.93 mb = 14496.46 m = 47559.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.6 neg: -6.3 tot: 107.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 19.42 Bulk Shear: 83.30 m/s