MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.01,-91.36 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -91.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 975 281 27.8 18.1 56 9.6 21.1 183 10 303.1 305.6 295.1 343.3 13.56 2 950 506 24.3 16.8 63 7.4 19.2 187 15 301.8 304.2 294.2 339.5 12.78 3 900 976 19.6 15.5 77 4.1 16.9 199 19 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.3 12.41 4 850 1467 16.6 11.3 71 5.3 13.3 220 25 303.6 305.4 292.6 333.2 9.95 5 800 1980 12.7 10.9 89 1.7 11.6 220 23 304.6 306.6 293.2 335.5 10.32 6 750 2520 9.4 4.5 72 4.9 6.6 202 21 306.8 308.1 291.2 328.3 7.08 7 700 3089 6.6 -3.7 48 10.2 1.6 204 24 309.8 310.5 289.6 322.8 4.17 8 650 3693 3.2 -9.7 38 12.8 -2.3 203 27 312.6 313.1 289.3 321.7 2.83 9 600 4336 -1.9 -8.8 59 7.0 -4.8 214 32 314.0 314.6 290.1 324.5 3.27 10 550 5021 -7.0 -12.8 63 5.8 -9.2 219 37 315.8 316.3 290.0 324.3 2.60 11 500 5756 -12.7 -15.3 81 2.6 -13.6 222 41 317.6 318.1 290.4 325.3 2.33 12 450 6553 -16.1 -30.9 27 14.9 -19.2 223 48 323.0 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.64 13 400 7433 -20.9 -43.5 11 22.5 -24.0 230 58 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.20 14 350 8402 -28.8 -45.6 18 16.8 -30.6 232 62 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.18 15 300 9486 -37.5 -43.8 52 6.3 -38.0 238 69 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.26 16 250 10716 -48.1 -51.0 72 2.9 -48.2 242 78 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.14 17 200 12157 -54.3 -67.3 19 13.0 -54.6 248 81 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13982 -59.2 -83.4 3 24.2 -59.4 244 72 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16462 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 251 37 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.57 m Freezing level: 618.38 mb = 4099.41 m = 13449.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.45 mb = 3331.98 m = 10931.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.39 mb = 1492.74 m = 4897.37 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 13.83 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.95 mb = 1781.98 m = 5846.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.98 C K Index: 30.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 959.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.04 mb = 1516.25 m = 4974.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.04 mb = 2084.99 m = 6840.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.04 mb = 11253.35 m = 36919.98 ft B at Equ Level: 953.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.04 mb = 13980.65 m = 45867.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.2 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 243.2 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.8 neg: -16.4 tot: 74.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 27.03 Bulk Shear: 35.49 m/s