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: 38.68,-90.63 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -90.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 989 168 24.7 17.8 66 6.9 19.9 223 7 298.8 301.2 293.5 336.8 13.05 2 950 514 21.0 16.0 73 4.9 17.7 229 12 298.5 300.7 292.7 333.8 12.14 3 900 981 17.7 14.4 81 3.4 15.5 257 20 299.8 301.9 292.6 333.4 11.50 4 850 1468 14.9 12.6 86 2.3 13.4 248 22 301.8 303.8 292.7 333.9 10.86 5 800 1979 11.3 10.0 92 1.3 10.5 241 25 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.0 9.67 6 750 2515 8.3 7.1 92 1.2 7.6 219 26 305.6 307.1 292.0 331.1 8.47 7 700 3083 4.9 3.1 88 1.9 3.9 228 31 308.0 309.2 291.4 328.9 6.84 8 650 3684 0.8 -0.9 88 1.7 -0.1 226 38 309.9 310.9 290.9 327.0 5.51 9 600 4322 -3.1 -3.7 95 0.6 -3.4 222 43 312.6 313.5 291.1 327.9 4.86 10 550 5007 -7.4 -7.9 96 0.5 -7.7 227 47 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.6 3.83 11 500 5742 -12.1 -13.3 91 1.1 -12.6 230 50 318.2 318.8 290.9 327.3 2.75 12 450 6540 -17.3 -18.9 87 1.6 -17.7 234 48 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.91 13 400 7413 -23.1 -26.0 77 2.9 -23.8 240 51 324.9 325.1 291.4 328.9 1.14 14 350 8375 -30.8 -35.6 63 4.8 -31.4 240 61 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.2 0.53 15 300 9448 -39.9 -45.5 55 5.6 -40.3 239 70 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.22 16 250 10670 -49.2 -52.7 67 3.5 -49.3 240 87 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12107 -53.6 -73.8 7 20.2 -53.9 247 84 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13941 -58.1 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.3 246 70 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16438 -66.9 -86.0 5 19.1 -67.0 238 38 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.87 m Freezing level: 639.45 mb = 3818.30 m = 12527.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.22 mb = 3668.32 m = 12035.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.82 mb = 1039.30 m = 3409.74 ft T: 17.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 6.88 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.23 mb = 1605.35 m = 5266.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.76 C K Index: 37.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 670.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.98 mb = 1220.82 m = 4005.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.98 mb = 2189.46 m = 7183.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.98 mb = 10933.06 m = 35869.19 ft B at Equ Level: 655.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.98 mb = 12779.51 m = 41927.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.2 neg: -8.5 tot: 50.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 9.66 Bulk Shear: 69.45 m/s