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: 37.62,-92.25 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -92.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 967 336 22.6 19.1 80 3.5 20.2 207 5 298.6 301.2 294.5 340.8 14.51 2 950 494 21.7 18.4 82 3.3 19.5 207 12 299.2 301.8 294.4 340.6 14.18 3 900 962 18.7 16.5 87 2.2 17.2 214 29 300.8 303.2 294.2 339.5 13.20 4 850 1450 14.9 14.1 95 0.8 14.4 230 36 301.7 303.9 293.6 337.1 11.98 5 800 1962 11.5 9.9 90 1.6 10.6 229 35 303.5 305.2 292.3 332.2 9.64 6 750 2498 7.4 7.0 97 0.4 7.2 218 34 304.7 306.2 291.7 330.0 8.43 7 700 3064 4.1 3.3 95 0.7 3.7 198 32 307.0 308.3 291.2 328.2 6.96 8 650 3663 1.5 -4.1 66 5.6 -1.2 200 35 310.6 311.4 290.0 324.3 4.34 9 600 4303 -3.0 -7.3 73 4.2 -4.9 200 43 312.6 313.3 290.1 324.4 3.69 10 550 4986 -7.8 -10.0 84 2.2 -8.7 206 55 314.8 315.5 290.4 325.3 3.25 11 500 5721 -12.5 -13.1 95 0.6 -12.8 215 62 317.8 318.3 290.9 326.9 2.79 12 450 6519 -17.4 -21.4 71 4.1 -18.5 226 68 321.4 321.7 290.7 326.7 1.54 13 400 7392 -22.2 -25.5 74 3.3 -22.9 239 75 326.2 326.4 291.8 330.4 1.20 14 350 8361 -28.5 -31.6 75 3.1 -29.0 245 70 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.2 0.78 15 300 9447 -37.1 -40.1 73 3.1 -37.4 251 61 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.6 0.39 16 250 10678 -48.3 -51.8 67 3.5 -48.5 253 50 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12113 -55.4 -61.5 46 6.1 -55.5 246 61 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 13937 -58.6 -81.6 4 23.0 -58.9 253 67 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16445 -65.1 -85.9 4 20.8 -65.2 249 39 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.52 m Freezing level: 633.67 mb = 3872.27 m = 12704.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.45 mb = 3509.81 m = 11514.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.45 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.73 mb = 783.61 m = 2570.87 ft T: 19.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 16.53 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.58 mb = 1275.42 m = 4184.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.40 C = 77.73 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -5.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.53 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 26.60 C K Index: 40.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1360.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.06 mb = 1124.32 m = 3688.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.06 mb = 1469.66 m = 4821.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.06 mb = 11557.41 m = 37917.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1347.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.06 mb = 14450.37 m = 47408.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.0 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 242.0 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 3.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.4 neg: -44.1 tot: 96.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 15.47 Bulk Shear: 87.94 m/s