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: 38.57,-89.81 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -89.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 992 143 22.3 17.1 72 5.2 18.8 192 8 296.2 298.4 292.3 332.1 12.45 2 950 517 22.3 14.8 63 7.4 17.4 230 25 299.8 301.8 292.4 332.6 11.22 3 900 985 18.9 13.8 72 5.1 15.6 249 21 301.0 303.0 292.7 333.7 11.12 4 850 1473 14.9 13.1 89 1.8 13.7 246 18 301.7 303.8 293.0 334.9 11.22 5 800 1984 11.2 11.1 99 0.1 11.2 235 17 303.1 305.0 292.8 334.1 10.42 6 750 2522 8.8 8.6 99 0.1 8.7 210 20 306.1 307.9 292.9 334.5 9.42 7 700 3090 5.3 4.6 96 0.6 4.9 221 26 308.3 309.8 292.2 331.7 7.64 8 650 3693 1.8 -2.1 75 3.9 -0.2 226 37 311.0 312.0 290.8 326.8 5.06 9 600 4333 -2.6 -4.4 87 1.8 -3.4 233 43 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.7 4.60 10 550 5018 -7.1 -12.0 68 4.9 -9.0 238 47 315.7 316.2 290.2 324.7 2.77 11 500 5753 -12.6 -20.8 50 8.2 -15.0 238 49 317.7 317.9 289.5 322.6 1.45 12 450 6549 -17.5 -30.9 30 13.5 -20.2 240 45 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.6 0.64 13 400 7422 -22.4 -42.2 15 19.7 -25.1 242 54 325.9 325.9 290.8 326.7 0.23 14 350 8387 -30.0 -47.5 17 17.4 -31.7 238 62 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.15 15 300 9463 -39.1 -49.9 31 10.8 -39.8 241 68 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.13 16 250 10687 -49.1 -52.5 68 3.3 -49.3 245 82 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.12 17 200 12125 -53.8 -72.4 8 18.6 -54.1 248 88 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13955 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.2 -59.0 246 71 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16442 -67.7 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.8 242 37 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.42 m Freezing level: 629.52 mb = 3955.11 m = 12975.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.55 mb = 3673.45 m = 12051.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.33 mb = 810.50 m = 2659.10 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 7.69 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1752.66 m = 5750.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.56 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C K Index: 39.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 355.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.04 mb = 1382.85 m = 4536.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.04 mb = 3043.02 m = 9983.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.04 mb = 10320.34 m = 33858.96 ft B at Equ Level: 354.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.04 mb = 12317.74 m = 40412.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.8 neg: -11.0 tot: 130.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 14.30 Bulk Shear: 24.87 m/s