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,-90.18 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -90.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 991 151 22.8 16.8 69 6.0 18.8 196 7 296.7 299.0 292.3 332.2 12.26 2 950 516 21.3 15.4 69 5.9 17.4 229 21 298.8 300.9 292.5 332.8 11.68 3 900 983 18.2 14.1 77 4.2 15.5 256 21 300.3 302.4 292.6 333.4 11.29 4 850 1471 14.7 12.8 88 1.9 13.5 249 20 301.6 303.6 292.8 334.1 11.01 5 800 1982 11.1 10.6 97 0.4 10.8 238 19 302.9 304.8 292.5 333.0 10.11 6 750 2519 9.0 8.9 99 0.1 8.9 208 22 306.4 308.2 293.1 335.2 9.58 7 700 3088 5.5 4.8 96 0.6 5.1 220 27 308.5 310.0 292.3 332.2 7.75 8 650 3691 1.7 -2.4 74 4.0 -0.3 223 37 310.9 311.8 290.7 326.4 4.95 9 600 4331 -2.7 -4.0 91 1.3 -3.3 229 43 313.0 313.9 291.2 328.0 4.75 10 550 5015 -7.3 -10.6 77 3.3 -8.7 236 47 315.4 316.0 290.4 325.4 3.10 11 500 5750 -12.6 -19.8 55 7.2 -14.7 236 50 317.7 318.0 289.7 323.0 1.59 12 450 6546 -17.7 -28.8 37 11.2 -20.1 241 47 321.0 321.2 289.9 323.8 0.79 13 400 7418 -22.6 -39.4 20 16.7 -25.1 242 55 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.7 0.31 14 350 8381 -30.3 -45.3 22 14.9 -31.8 239 63 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.19 15 300 9457 -39.3 -49.0 35 9.7 -39.9 240 69 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.15 16 250 10681 -49.0 -52.5 67 3.5 -49.2 243 83 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12119 -53.6 -73.1 8 19.5 -53.9 248 86 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 13950 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 246 72 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16441 -67.5 -84.2 8 16.7 -67.6 241 37 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.54 m Freezing level: 630.61 mb = 3938.79 m = 12922.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.04 mb = 3652.61 m = 11983.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.49 mb = 911.85 m = 2991.61 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 8.89 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1666.68 m = 5468.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.35 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 39.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 396.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.42 mb = 1278.26 m = 4193.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.42 mb = 3271.36 m = 10732.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.42 mb = 10304.22 m = 33806.08 ft B at Equ Level: 395.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.42 mb = 12299.56 m = 40352.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.6 neg: -3.6 tot: 109.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 10.70 Bulk Shear: 37.10 m/s