MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.19,-91.08 Latitude: 37.19 Longitude: -91.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 975 262 25.2 15.6 55 9.6 18.8 179 9 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.4 11.53 2 950 486 23.9 14.9 57 8.9 17.9 184 22 301.4 303.5 293.0 334.7 11.30 3 900 955 19.6 14.0 70 5.6 16.0 190 31 301.7 303.8 293.0 334.9 11.25 4 850 1444 15.2 12.0 81 3.2 13.1 199 34 302.1 304.0 292.5 332.9 10.41 5 800 1955 11.4 10.2 92 1.3 10.6 213 34 303.3 305.1 292.4 332.5 9.80 6 750 2492 8.0 7.8 99 0.2 7.9 213 32 305.3 306.9 292.3 332.0 8.89 7 700 3059 4.6 4.4 99 0.2 4.5 214 39 307.6 309.0 291.9 330.5 7.52 8 650 3660 1.3 -0.1 90 1.4 0.5 216 46 310.4 311.5 291.3 328.5 5.83 9 600 4302 -1.1 -6.3 67 5.3 -3.5 217 53 314.9 315.6 291.0 327.6 3.97 10 550 4990 -5.9 -11.3 66 5.4 -8.1 219 57 317.1 317.7 290.7 326.7 2.93 11 500 5729 -10.3 -23.5 33 13.3 -14.0 227 62 320.5 320.8 290.1 324.5 1.15 12 450 6535 -14.9 -34.6 17 19.7 -18.8 229 59 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.1 0.45 13 400 7413 -21.7 -31.6 40 9.9 -23.6 234 64 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.3 0.68 14 350 8380 -29.8 -34.3 65 4.5 -30.4 242 61 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.8 0.60 15 300 9461 -37.8 -41.0 72 3.2 -38.1 250 72 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.5 0.35 16 250 10688 -47.6 -53.2 53 5.6 -47.9 249 73 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.11 17 200 12148 -51.9 -71.6 8 19.8 -52.2 243 82 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 13975 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.4 242 64 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16466 -65.7 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 252 37 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.32 m Freezing level: 622.93 mb = 4007.35 m = 13147.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.23 mb = 3743.94 m = 12283.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.83 mb = 1475.64 m = 4841.27 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 10.40 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.57 mb = 1813.49 m = 5949.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.72 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 300.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.45 mb = 1630.20 m = 5348.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.45 mb = 2097.50 m = 6881.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.45 mb = 10011.31 m = 32845.11 ft B at Equ Level: 299.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.45 mb = 11940.59 m = 39174.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 263.5 neg: -4.4 tot: 259.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 2.95 Bulk Shear: 102.02 m/s