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: 37.35,-89.65 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 139 23.8 16.9 65 6.9 19.1 180 11 297.8 300.0 292.7 333.5 12.30 2 950 500 23.9 14.7 56 9.2 17.8 191 31 301.5 303.5 292.9 334.4 11.17 3 900 970 19.5 13.5 68 6.0 15.6 196 33 301.6 303.6 292.7 333.7 10.86 4 850 1458 15.4 10.9 74 4.5 12.6 206 34 302.3 304.1 292.0 331.0 9.68 5 800 1970 11.4 10.5 94 0.9 10.8 213 34 303.3 305.1 292.5 333.0 9.99 6 750 2507 8.0 7.3 96 0.6 7.6 216 32 305.2 306.8 292.0 331.1 8.61 7 700 3074 5.1 3.1 87 2.0 4.0 217 34 308.1 309.4 291.5 329.1 6.86 8 650 3676 2.5 -1.0 78 3.5 0.7 217 40 311.8 312.8 291.4 328.9 5.47 9 600 4320 -0.7 -4.8 74 4.1 -2.6 219 47 315.3 316.2 291.6 329.6 4.48 10 550 5010 -5.7 -10.7 68 4.9 -7.8 224 50 317.3 317.9 291.0 327.3 3.08 11 500 5747 -12.1 -16.5 70 4.4 -13.6 230 52 318.3 318.7 290.3 325.3 2.11 12 450 6549 -15.3 -33.2 20 17.9 -18.9 238 56 324.0 324.2 290.6 325.9 0.52 13 400 7428 -21.1 -46.4 8 25.3 -24.2 236 62 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.15 14 350 8397 -29.4 -43.7 24 14.3 -30.9 235 66 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.23 15 300 9477 -38.7 -50.9 26 12.2 -39.5 239 69 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.12 16 250 10703 -47.5 -62.9 16 15.3 -48.0 242 71 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 17 200 12158 -52.0 -73.2 6 21.2 -52.3 247 76 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 13978 -60.2 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 246 65 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16473 -66.6 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.7 248 38 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.25 m Freezing level: 610.75 mb = 4181.77 m = 13719.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.88 mb = 3802.40 m = 12474.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.24 mb = 1024.56 m = 3361.38 ft T: 19.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 4.07 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.87 mb = 1824.69 m = 5986.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.51 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 228.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.67 mb = 1561.50 m = 5122.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.67 mb = 2237.21 m = 7339.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 634.67 mb = 3868.12 m = 12690.53 ft B at Equ Level: 37.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.67 mb = 11696.06 m = 38372.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.9 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 246.9 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.3 neg: -3.9 tot: 212.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 3.80 Bulk Shear: 60.06 m/s