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: 37.98,-90.71 Latitude: 37.98 Longitude: -90.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 973 268 24.7 17.4 64 7.3 19.7 178 2 300.1 302.5 293.9 338.1 12.97 2 950 480 24.0 16.1 61 7.9 18.6 198 13 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.4 12.17 3 900 951 19.9 14.4 70 5.5 16.3 200 23 302.0 304.1 293.3 336.0 11.51 4 850 1440 15.1 13.3 89 1.8 14.0 201 25 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.7 11.40 5 800 1951 10.9 10.7 99 0.1 10.8 202 29 302.8 304.6 292.5 333.0 10.18 6 750 2487 7.6 7.1 97 0.5 7.3 216 26 304.9 306.4 291.8 330.4 8.49 7 700 3053 4.2 2.7 89 1.6 3.4 214 32 307.2 308.4 291.0 327.4 6.63 8 650 3652 0.9 -1.9 81 2.8 -0.5 213 42 310.0 311.0 290.6 326.0 5.12 9 600 4292 -2.3 -4.0 88 1.7 -3.1 214 48 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.5 4.75 10 550 4979 -6.7 -8.9 84 2.2 -7.6 215 56 316.2 316.8 291.0 327.7 3.55 11 500 5715 -12.1 -15.5 76 3.4 -13.2 221 60 318.3 318.7 290.5 325.9 2.30 12 450 6517 -15.4 -30.7 26 15.3 -18.7 231 60 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.3 0.66 13 400 7395 -21.5 -38.9 19 17.4 -24.2 236 62 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.33 14 350 8362 -29.5 -42.0 29 12.4 -31.0 233 53 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.27 15 300 9442 -38.5 -49.2 31 10.8 -39.2 235 47 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.14 16 250 10666 -48.3 -58.2 31 9.9 -48.6 240 65 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.06 17 200 12120 -51.8 -71.7 7 19.9 -52.2 243 80 350.7 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 13949 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.2 -59.0 251 60 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16456 -65.8 -86.2 4 20.4 -66.0 248 39 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.40 m Freezing level: 635.54 mb = 3837.41 m = 12589.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.56 mb = 3571.12 m = 11716.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.57 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.25 mb = 1189.50 m = 3902.52 ft T: 17.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 12.15 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.62 mb = 1614.15 m = 5295.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.22 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 38.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 808.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.56 mb = 1534.17 m = 5033.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.56 mb = 1685.84 m = 5530.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.56 mb = 11053.91 m = 36265.67 ft B at Equ Level: 788.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.56 mb = 13321.38 m = 43704.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.2 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 244.2 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.1 neg: -5.6 tot: 175.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 8.29 Bulk Shear: 97.59 m/s