MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.50,-92.31 Latitude: 37.50 Longitude: -92.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 964 364 23.1 19.2 78 3.9 20.4 203 6 299.4 302.0 294.8 342.1 14.65 2 950 494 22.3 18.6 80 3.7 19.8 203 12 299.8 302.5 294.7 341.8 14.35 3 900 962 18.9 16.1 84 2.8 17.1 209 29 301.0 303.4 294.1 339.0 12.93 4 850 1451 15.1 13.8 92 1.3 14.3 225 37 301.9 304.1 293.5 336.7 11.76 5 800 1962 11.7 10.5 92 1.2 11.0 229 35 303.7 305.5 292.7 333.5 10.01 6 750 2499 7.5 6.6 94 0.9 7.0 217 32 304.7 306.3 291.5 329.4 8.20 7 700 3064 3.7 2.2 90 1.5 2.9 199 31 306.6 307.8 290.6 326.2 6.43 8 650 3664 1.6 -6.5 55 8.1 -2.0 200 35 310.8 311.5 289.5 322.3 3.62 9 600 4304 -2.6 -8.5 64 5.8 -5.1 201 43 313.1 313.7 289.9 323.9 3.36 10 550 4988 -7.2 -10.6 77 3.4 -8.6 208 56 315.5 316.1 290.5 325.5 3.10 11 500 5723 -13.0 -13.4 97 0.4 -13.1 217 63 317.2 317.7 290.6 326.2 2.72 12 450 6520 -17.1 -22.0 66 4.9 -18.4 229 69 321.7 322.0 290.8 326.7 1.46 13 400 7395 -21.9 -27.1 63 5.2 -23.0 239 74 326.6 326.8 291.8 330.3 1.04 14 350 8364 -28.6 -33.1 66 4.4 -29.3 241 65 330.1 330.3 292.4 332.6 0.67 15 300 9450 -37.2 -40.6 71 3.4 -37.6 249 55 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.3 0.37 16 250 10679 -48.6 -52.6 63 4.0 -48.8 252 48 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12118 -55.2 -63.5 35 8.4 -55.4 247 63 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 13940 -58.8 -81.5 4 22.6 -59.1 254 67 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16446 -65.1 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.3 248 40 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.46 m Freezing level: 630.78 mb = 3909.74 m = 12827.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.63 mb = 3410.95 m = 11190.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.88 C = 80.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.20 mb = 864.50 m = 2836.24 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 19.88 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1341.57 m = 4401.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.47 C = 77.84 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -6.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.95 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.06 C Cross Totals Index: 26.79 C K Index: 40.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1363.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.76 mb = 1205.39 m = 3954.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.76 mb = 1453.33 m = 4768.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.76 mb = 11510.70 m = 37764.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1353.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.76 mb = 14377.38 m = 47169.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.6 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 242.6 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 2.9 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.9 neg: -39.0 tot: 122.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 16.33 Bulk Shear: 83.49 m/s