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: 38.97,-90.44 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -90.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 988 157 22.1 19.3 85 2.7 20.2 224 1 296.2 298.8 293.8 337.8 14.44 2 950 495 19.6 17.6 88 2.0 18.2 210 7 297.1 299.5 293.3 336.0 13.44 3 900 959 16.4 15.5 95 0.9 15.8 212 12 298.4 300.6 292.9 334.5 12.42 4 850 1444 13.4 12.9 97 0.5 13.1 227 15 300.2 302.2 292.4 332.8 11.10 5 800 1953 10.4 10.2 98 0.2 10.3 217 19 302.3 304.1 292.1 331.3 9.80 6 750 2488 7.4 7.2 99 0.2 7.3 216 21 304.6 306.2 291.7 330.2 8.53 7 700 3054 4.3 4.1 99 0.2 4.2 197 30 307.2 308.6 291.6 329.5 7.35 8 650 3654 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.4 200 34 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.1 6.00 9 600 4293 -3.2 -3.6 97 0.4 -3.4 206 43 312.4 313.3 291.1 327.8 4.88 10 550 4978 -7.0 -7.5 96 0.6 -7.2 210 50 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.5 3.95 11 500 5715 -11.5 -12.7 91 1.2 -11.9 211 50 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.5 2.88 12 450 6515 -16.9 -18.7 86 1.8 -17.4 217 51 322.0 322.4 291.3 328.6 1.94 13 400 7388 -23.1 -25.5 81 2.4 -23.7 226 53 324.9 325.2 291.5 329.2 1.20 14 350 8350 -30.7 -33.6 75 2.9 -31.2 234 61 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.64 15 300 9425 -39.4 -42.6 71 3.3 -39.6 239 65 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.30 16 250 10648 -49.2 -52.8 66 3.6 -49.4 240 70 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12079 -54.7 -65.5 25 10.7 -54.9 256 70 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 13921 -57.0 -81.7 3 24.7 -57.3 246 62 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16436 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.5 241 39 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.60 m Freezing level: 642.79 mb = 3746.33 m = 12290.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.13 mb = 3714.37 m = 12186.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.35 mb = 501.24 m = 1644.47 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 10.07 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.34 mb = 937.03 m = 3074.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.13 C = 75.44 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 37.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 925.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.12 mb = 825.79 m = 2709.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.12 mb = 1158.55 m = 3800.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.12 mb = 10933.10 m = 35869.33 ft B at Equ Level: 922.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.12 mb = 13543.12 m = 44432.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.9 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 238.9 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.5 neg: -0.3 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 10.71 Bulk Shear: 86.39 m/s