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: 38.97,-90.12 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -90.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 989 166 24.4 18.0 67 6.4 20.0 220 11 298.5 300.9 293.6 336.9 13.20 2 950 516 20.7 16.4 77 4.3 17.8 228 15 298.2 300.5 292.9 334.5 12.48 3 900 981 17.1 15.0 87 2.1 15.7 251 20 299.2 301.4 292.9 334.2 12.00 4 850 1468 14.6 12.3 86 2.3 13.1 250 25 301.5 303.4 292.5 332.9 10.63 5 800 1978 11.2 9.7 91 1.5 10.3 241 25 303.1 304.8 292.1 331.3 9.49 6 750 2515 8.0 7.3 95 0.8 7.6 222 26 305.3 306.9 292.0 331.1 8.57 7 700 3082 4.6 3.4 92 1.2 3.9 231 30 307.6 308.9 291.4 329.0 7.00 8 650 3682 0.5 -0.3 94 0.9 0.1 234 37 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.4 5.75 9 600 4320 -3.1 -3.5 97 0.4 -3.3 229 43 312.5 313.4 291.2 328.0 4.91 10 550 5005 -7.1 -7.9 94 0.8 -7.5 230 46 315.6 316.4 291.1 327.9 3.83 11 500 5741 -11.7 -13.0 90 1.3 -12.2 232 47 318.7 319.3 291.2 328.0 2.80 12 450 6541 -16.8 -18.7 85 1.9 -17.4 234 47 322.1 322.5 291.3 328.7 1.93 13 400 7415 -22.7 -25.4 78 2.7 -23.3 235 48 325.5 325.7 291.6 329.8 1.21 14 350 8379 -30.3 -34.2 69 3.9 -30.9 236 55 327.8 328.0 291.7 330.1 0.60 15 300 9454 -39.8 -44.0 64 4.2 -40.1 238 66 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.26 16 250 10673 -49.8 -53.2 67 3.4 -49.9 242 85 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.11 17 200 12108 -53.8 -73.2 8 19.3 -54.1 248 86 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13941 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.2 246 70 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16439 -67.0 -84.8 6 17.8 -67.1 241 39 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.90 m Freezing level: 642.69 mb = 3774.91 m = 12384.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.85 mb = 3695.74 m = 12124.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.37 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.25 mb = 978.62 m = 3210.64 ft T: 17.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 9.51 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1463.66 m = 4801.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.36 C = 81.26 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 37.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 736.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.79 mb = 1116.45 m = 3662.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.79 mb = 1969.69 m = 6462.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.79 mb = 10914.38 m = 35807.89 ft B at Equ Level: 734.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.79 mb = 13114.06 m = 43024.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.3 neg: -5.1 tot: 51.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 14.74 Bulk Shear: 49.99 m/s