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: 37.55,-89.25 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -89.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 988 157 24.3 17.3 65 7.0 19.5 183 11 298.5 300.8 293.1 335.2 12.65 2 950 501 23.8 15.0 58 8.8 17.9 193 30 301.4 303.5 293.0 334.9 11.38 3 900 971 19.5 13.9 70 5.6 15.8 198 33 301.6 303.6 292.9 334.4 11.13 4 850 1460 15.3 11.1 76 4.2 12.7 207 34 302.2 304.0 292.1 331.3 9.82 5 800 1971 11.6 10.1 90 1.5 10.6 215 34 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.5 9.74 6 750 2508 8.1 7.1 93 1.0 7.5 214 31 305.4 306.9 291.9 330.9 8.46 7 700 3076 5.1 3.2 87 1.9 4.1 220 33 308.2 309.5 291.5 329.3 6.91 8 650 3678 2.7 -1.3 75 4.0 0.7 217 39 312.0 313.0 291.4 328.8 5.35 9 600 4322 -0.6 -5.9 67 5.3 -3.1 219 46 315.4 316.2 291.3 328.6 4.10 10 550 5012 -5.8 -11.1 66 5.3 -7.9 225 49 317.2 317.8 290.9 327.0 2.99 11 500 5749 -12.3 -15.1 79 2.8 -13.3 229 51 318.0 318.5 290.5 325.8 2.36 12 450 6550 -15.6 -33.9 19 18.3 -19.2 238 57 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.48 13 400 7428 -21.1 -44.9 10 23.8 -24.2 238 63 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.17 14 350 8397 -29.0 -42.8 25 13.8 -30.6 235 65 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.25 15 300 9478 -38.8 -49.1 33 10.3 -39.5 238 69 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.15 16 250 10702 -47.7 -59.9 23 12.2 -48.1 241 70 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.05 17 200 12154 -52.7 -75.4 5 22.7 -53.1 245 74 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13975 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.0 247 64 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16471 -66.7 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.8 247 39 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.38 m Freezing level: 609.24 mb = 4203.35 m = 13790.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.14 mb = 3788.68 m = 12429.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.68 mb = 1050.35 m = 3446.00 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 7.16 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.80 mb = 1795.80 m = 5891.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 36.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 341.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.40 mb = 1535.41 m = 5037.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.40 mb = 2209.53 m = 7249.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.40 mb = 10506.22 m = 34468.80 ft B at Equ Level: 337.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.40 mb = 12236.91 m = 40146.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.5 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 247.5 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.8 neg: -8.5 tot: 197.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 6.18 Bulk Shear: 55.26 m/s