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: 37.53,-92.24 Latitude: 37.53 Longitude: -92.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 357 23.1 19.0 78 4.1 20.3 203 6 299.3 302.0 294.7 341.6 14.50 2 950 494 22.2 18.5 79 3.7 19.6 203 12 299.7 302.3 294.7 341.4 14.24 3 900 962 19.0 16.1 83 2.9 17.1 210 29 301.1 303.4 294.1 339.1 12.92 4 850 1451 15.1 13.9 92 1.2 14.3 226 37 302.0 304.2 293.6 336.9 11.81 5 800 1963 11.8 10.1 89 1.8 10.7 228 35 303.8 305.6 292.4 332.8 9.74 6 750 2500 7.5 6.6 95 0.8 7.0 218 33 304.7 306.2 291.5 329.3 8.21 7 700 3065 3.8 2.4 91 1.4 3.0 200 31 306.7 307.9 290.7 326.5 6.51 8 650 3664 1.6 -6.0 57 7.7 -1.9 201 35 310.8 311.5 289.6 322.7 3.75 9 600 4305 -2.7 -7.9 67 5.2 -5.0 201 42 313.0 313.7 290.0 324.2 3.51 10 550 4988 -7.4 -10.4 79 3.0 -8.6 208 55 315.3 315.9 290.4 325.5 3.16 11 500 5724 -12.7 -13.3 96 0.5 -12.9 217 62 317.5 318.0 290.7 326.5 2.75 12 450 6521 -17.2 -22.6 63 5.3 -18.6 228 68 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.4 1.39 13 400 7395 -22.0 -26.9 65 4.9 -23.1 239 75 326.4 326.6 291.7 330.1 1.06 14 350 8364 -28.6 -32.9 67 4.2 -29.3 242 67 330.1 330.3 292.4 332.7 0.69 15 300 9449 -37.2 -40.7 70 3.4 -37.6 249 57 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.37 16 250 10679 -48.5 -52.2 65 3.8 -48.6 253 49 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.12 17 200 12117 -55.3 -62.8 39 7.5 -55.4 246 63 345.2 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.04 18 150 13940 -58.7 -81.4 4 22.7 -58.9 253 67 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16446 -65.2 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.3 249 39 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.51 m Freezing level: 631.07 mb = 3906.63 m = 12816.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.96 mb = 3431.70 m = 11258.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.01 C = 80.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.66 mb = 879.47 m = 2885.36 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 18.95 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1355.52 m = 4447.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.78 C Showalter Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.87 C Cross Totals Index: 26.62 C K Index: 40.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1348.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.45 mb = 1208.75 m = 3965.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.45 mb = 1556.72 m = 5107.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.45 mb = 11519.35 m = 37792.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1337.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.45 mb = 14390.77 m = 47213.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.5 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 242.5 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.9 neg: -40.5 tot: 122.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 16.28 Bulk Shear: 82.87 m/s