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: 38.36,-93.35 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 974 258 25.1 19.4 71 5.7 21.1 203 8 300.5 303.2 295.2 343.6 14.70 2 950 476 22.6 18.4 77 4.3 19.6 204 10 300.1 302.7 294.7 341.5 14.12 3 900 944 18.0 17.4 96 0.6 17.7 207 11 300.1 302.7 294.6 341.3 14.07 4 850 1432 14.7 12.9 89 1.8 13.6 220 15 301.5 303.5 292.9 334.2 11.07 5 800 1945 13.9 9.1 73 4.8 10.9 212 23 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.3 9.09 6 750 2485 8.8 7.0 88 1.9 7.7 215 24 306.2 307.7 292.1 331.5 8.38 7 700 3052 4.5 3.2 92 1.2 3.8 221 24 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.5 6.91 8 650 3652 0.4 -0.3 95 0.7 0.0 231 26 309.4 310.5 290.9 327.2 5.75 9 600 4289 -3.8 -4.1 98 0.3 -3.9 229 30 311.8 312.6 290.7 326.6 4.72 10 550 4971 -8.0 -8.5 96 0.5 -8.2 230 33 314.6 315.3 290.6 326.3 3.65 11 500 5706 -12.3 -13.6 90 1.3 -12.8 226 39 318.0 318.5 290.8 326.8 2.67 12 450 6504 -17.5 -19.3 86 1.8 -18.1 216 50 321.2 321.5 291.0 327.4 1.84 13 400 7374 -24.0 -26.4 81 2.3 -24.5 221 52 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.7 1.11 14 350 8334 -31.1 -34.0 75 3.0 -31.5 227 61 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.1 0.61 15 300 9411 -38.3 -41.6 71 3.3 -38.6 229 80 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.33 16 250 10635 -49.8 -53.3 67 3.5 -50.0 230 105 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 17 200 12075 -53.1 -72.6 8 19.5 -53.4 246 78 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 18 150 13920 -56.6 -81.3 3 24.8 -56.9 248 58 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16433 -65.2 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.4 245 39 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.92 m Freezing level: 645.66 mb = 3706.86 m = 12161.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.75 mb = 3654.60 m = 11990.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.53 mb = 977.04 m = 3205.49 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 17.27 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.35 mb = 1084.07 m = 3556.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.10 C = 77.18 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.58 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 25.23 C K Index: 38.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1864.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.83 mb = 1050.67 m = 3447.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.83 mb = 1195.80 m = 3923.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 813.83 mb = 1799.84 m = 5904.91 ft B at Equ Level: 9.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.83 mb = 14627.04 m = 47988.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 65.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 48.39 Bulk Shear: 38.53 m/s