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: 38.05,-92.76 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -92.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 975 256 25.6 19.6 69 6.1 21.3 170 8 301.0 303.7 295.4 344.7 14.87 2 950 481 22.9 18.3 75 4.6 19.7 173 11 300.4 302.9 294.7 341.5 14.04 3 900 949 19.1 15.0 77 4.0 16.4 197 20 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.6 12.04 4 850 1439 16.1 11.7 75 4.5 13.3 222 23 303.1 304.9 292.6 333.4 10.20 5 800 1953 13.6 9.9 79 3.6 11.3 213 22 305.6 307.4 292.9 334.6 9.65 6 750 2493 9.0 6.7 86 2.3 7.6 211 26 306.4 307.9 292.1 331.3 8.26 7 700 3061 5.3 3.6 89 1.7 4.4 215 30 308.4 309.7 291.7 330.1 7.09 8 650 3663 1.6 -0.3 88 1.8 0.6 218 38 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.7 5.79 9 600 4303 -2.8 -4.5 88 1.7 -3.6 224 37 312.9 313.7 290.9 327.3 4.56 10 550 4987 -7.5 -9.9 82 2.5 -8.5 223 40 315.2 315.8 290.5 325.8 3.27 11 500 5722 -12.8 -13.4 95 0.6 -13.0 222 48 317.4 317.9 290.7 326.3 2.72 12 450 6517 -18.4 -25.8 52 7.4 -20.2 223 49 320.0 320.3 289.9 323.6 1.04 13 400 7386 -23.6 -27.8 68 4.2 -24.5 228 53 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.7 0.97 14 350 8348 -30.4 -33.6 74 3.1 -30.9 229 61 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.1 0.64 15 300 9427 -38.1 -41.3 72 3.2 -38.4 231 75 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.34 16 250 10653 -49.4 -52.9 67 3.5 -49.6 236 96 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12090 -52.7 -69.3 12 16.6 -53.0 248 77 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13933 -56.6 -81.4 3 24.8 -56.9 243 60 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16437 -66.2 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.3 247 39 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.04 m Freezing level: 631.94 mb = 3894.39 m = 12776.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.82 mb = 3751.99 m = 12309.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.22 mb = 1023.73 m = 3358.65 ft T: 18.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 11.30 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1692.06 m = 5551.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.51 C K Index: 38.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1417.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.23 mb = 1286.82 m = 4221.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.23 mb = 2270.34 m = 7448.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.23 mb = 11183.43 m = 36690.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1416.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.23 mb = 14348.54 m = 47074.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.8 neg: -4.7 tot: 140.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 18.47 Bulk Shear: 76.75 m/s