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: 39.11,-91.95 Latitude: 39.11 Longitude: -91.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 978 255 23.6 18.4 73 5.2 20.0 201 8 298.7 301.2 294.0 338.6 13.72 2 950 503 20.7 17.2 81 3.5 18.3 204 10 298.2 300.5 293.4 336.2 13.11 3 900 968 17.4 14.9 85 2.5 15.7 242 7 299.4 301.6 292.9 334.2 11.92 4 850 1454 14.2 12.5 89 1.7 13.1 257 11 301.1 303.0 292.4 332.8 10.77 5 800 1965 11.5 9.7 89 1.8 10.3 253 20 303.4 305.1 292.2 331.6 9.46 6 750 2501 7.4 6.1 91 1.4 6.6 250 24 304.7 306.1 291.2 328.4 7.88 7 700 3066 3.8 2.8 93 1.0 3.2 242 30 306.7 308.0 290.9 327.1 6.69 8 650 3665 -0.2 -0.8 96 0.6 -0.5 248 33 308.7 309.8 290.5 325.8 5.54 9 600 4301 -4.2 -4.6 97 0.4 -4.4 242 38 311.2 312.1 290.4 325.5 4.53 10 550 4983 -8.0 -9.0 93 1.0 -8.4 235 45 314.6 315.3 290.6 326.0 3.53 11 500 5717 -12.8 -14.1 90 1.3 -13.3 236 50 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.9 2.57 12 450 6514 -17.6 -19.8 82 2.3 -18.2 232 57 321.2 321.5 290.9 327.2 1.76 13 400 7385 -23.6 -26.6 77 3.0 -24.3 228 62 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.1 1.09 14 350 8344 -31.5 -34.8 72 3.4 -31.9 224 70 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.4 0.57 15 300 9415 -40.3 -43.9 68 3.6 -40.5 226 79 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.26 16 250 10633 -49.8 -54.0 61 4.2 -49.9 236 95 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 12073 -53.1 -75.9 5 22.8 -53.4 244 77 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 13910 -57.4 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 244 62 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16423 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 242 39 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.70 m Freezing level: 652.76 mb = 3631.63 m = 11914.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3576.92 m = 11735.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.81 % Est. max temperature: 26.98 C = 80.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.63 mb = 914.14 m = 2999.11 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 13.12 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.50 mb = 1329.89 m = 4363.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.54 C = 77.97 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.07 C Cross Totals Index: 25.32 C K Index: 38.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1100.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.48 mb = 1115.84 m = 3660.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.48 mb = 1865.67 m = 6120.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.48 mb = 10910.67 m = 35795.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1098.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.48 mb = 13518.87 m = 44352.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.7 neg: -20.4 tot: 31.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 15.45 Bulk Shear: 71.22 m/s