MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-89.83 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -89.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 993 115 27.7 18.1 56 9.7 21.0 187 16 301.5 303.9 294.4 340.5 13.25 2 950 500 23.5 16.9 66 6.6 19.0 191 25 301.1 303.4 294.0 338.9 12.85 3 900 969 19.0 15.7 81 3.4 16.8 195 28 301.1 303.4 293.8 338.0 12.52 4 850 1458 16.0 11.5 74 4.5 13.1 208 32 302.9 304.8 292.5 332.8 10.07 5 800 1971 12.1 10.4 90 1.7 11.0 208 29 304.0 305.9 292.7 333.7 9.95 6 750 2509 8.5 8.3 99 0.2 8.4 203 30 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.5 9.21 7 700 3076 5.0 2.7 85 2.3 3.8 203 29 308.0 309.3 291.3 328.4 6.67 8 650 3678 2.2 -3.3 67 5.5 -0.5 205 32 311.4 312.3 290.5 325.9 4.60 9 600 4321 -1.2 -5.8 71 4.6 -3.4 204 38 314.7 315.5 291.1 327.9 4.13 10 550 5010 -6.0 -8.2 85 2.2 -7.0 209 39 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.1 3.76 11 500 5747 -12.1 -13.5 89 1.4 -12.6 217 45 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.2 2.70 12 450 6549 -14.9 -29.3 28 14.4 -18.2 227 56 324.5 324.6 290.9 327.2 0.75 13 400 7430 -20.5 -42.5 12 22.0 -23.7 234 65 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23 14 350 8402 -27.7 -32.0 67 4.3 -28.5 241 65 331.4 331.5 292.8 334.1 0.75 15 300 9492 -36.6 -39.6 73 3.0 -37.0 252 67 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.3 0.41 16 250 10723 -48.3 -51.8 67 3.5 -48.4 258 76 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.13 17 200 12158 -55.1 -65.5 26 10.4 -55.3 253 72 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 13976 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 244 72 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16462 -67.5 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.5 256 41 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.06 m Freezing level: 618.10 mb = 4088.41 m = 13413.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.93 mb = 3604.41 m = 11825.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.32 mb = 1334.85 m = 4379.37 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 7.82 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1610.92 m = 5285.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.35 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 37.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 839.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.92 mb = 1358.76 m = 4457.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.92 mb = 1918.74 m = 6294.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.92 mb = 11402.76 m = 37410.19 ft B at Equ Level: 828.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.92 mb = 13771.97 m = 45183.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.4 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 236.4 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.1 neg: -13.3 tot: 83.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 31.35 Bulk Shear: 26.76 m/s