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: 39.38,-90.28 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 988 173 14.6 13.8 95 0.8 14.1 326 14 288.8 290.6 287.8 317.1 10.09 2 950 500 12.0 11.1 94 0.9 11.4 334 25 289.4 290.9 286.8 314.0 8.74 3 900 953 11.1 8.6 84 2.6 9.6 340 25 293.0 294.4 287.2 315.3 7.79 4 850 1429 9.6 7.2 85 2.4 8.3 337 17 296.2 297.6 288.1 318.1 7.53 5 800 1932 8.0 6.7 92 1.2 7.3 294 5 299.7 301.1 289.5 322.5 7.73 6 750 2463 6.5 5.9 96 0.6 6.1 205 17 303.6 305.0 290.8 326.9 7.78 7 700 3028 3.5 2.5 93 1.0 2.9 204 34 306.3 307.6 290.6 326.2 6.54 8 650 3625 -0.5 -1.1 96 0.6 -0.8 204 43 308.4 309.4 290.3 325.2 5.44 9 600 4262 -3.5 -4.7 91 1.3 -4.1 202 54 312.1 313.0 290.6 326.2 4.48 10 550 4945 -7.0 -8.6 88 1.7 -7.7 207 63 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.5 3.63 11 500 5683 -11.3 -13.5 84 2.2 -12.1 214 70 319.3 319.8 291.2 328.2 2.71 12 450 6485 -15.9 -18.5 81 2.5 -16.7 229 71 323.2 323.6 291.7 329.9 1.98 13 400 7362 -22.0 -25.3 75 3.2 -22.8 236 76 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.7 1.23 14 350 8328 -29.8 -34.1 66 4.3 -30.4 238 68 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.8 0.61 15 300 9406 -39.3 -43.9 62 4.5 -39.7 236 63 329.9 330.0 292.0 330.9 0.26 16 250 10626 -49.2 -54.9 52 5.7 -49.4 223 62 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.09 17 200 12076 -50.2 -77.3 3 27.1 -50.7 242 83 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 13913 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 257 53 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16423 -64.3 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.5 246 43 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.73 m Freezing level: 656.15 mb = 3551.51 m = 11651.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.76 mb = 3492.72 m = 11458.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.60 % Est. max temperature: 22.85 C = 73.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.52 mb = 276.09 m = 905.81 ft T: 13.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 3.08 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.31 mb = 1723.71 m = 5655.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.02 C = 75.24 F Cap Strength: 6.97 C Lifted Index: 7.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.16 C Showalter Index: 6.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.91 C Cross Totals Index: 18.53 C K Index: 27.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10219.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.31 mb = 811.32 m = 2661.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 9.2 tot: 10.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.9 neg: -68.7 tot: 239.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 363.68 m/s