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: 37.63,-91.36 Latitude: 37.63 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 22 SFC 961 367 25.9 17.8 61 8.1 20.3 195 11 302.5 305.0 294.9 342.4 13.49 2 950 471 24.9 16.9 61 8.0 19.5 196 17 302.5 304.9 294.4 340.6 12.89 3 900 942 20.2 15.8 76 4.4 17.2 197 23 302.3 304.6 294.3 339.7 12.67 4 850 1433 15.6 14.7 95 0.9 15.0 197 23 302.4 304.7 294.1 339.3 12.45 5 800 1945 11.7 11.5 99 0.1 11.6 209 27 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.6 10.74 6 750 2483 8.3 8.2 99 0.1 8.3 223 27 305.6 307.3 292.6 333.1 9.14 7 700 3050 5.0 4.7 98 0.3 4.8 209 28 308.0 309.5 292.1 331.5 7.69 8 650 3652 1.4 1.1 98 0.3 1.3 202 33 310.6 311.8 291.8 330.3 6.38 9 600 4293 -2.3 -2.9 95 0.6 -2.6 194 37 313.5 314.4 291.6 329.7 5.14 10 550 4979 -6.5 -7.1 95 0.6 -6.8 197 41 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.5 4.08 11 500 5718 -10.5 -11.4 93 0.9 -10.9 208 48 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.8 3.19 12 450 6523 -14.8 -16.0 90 1.3 -15.2 216 58 324.7 325.2 292.5 332.9 2.43 13 400 7405 -20.7 -22.2 88 1.5 -21.1 227 71 328.1 328.4 292.7 333.7 1.61 14 350 8378 -27.8 -30.7 76 2.9 -28.3 244 80 331.3 331.4 292.9 334.3 0.85 15 300 9466 -36.9 -40.0 73 3.1 -37.2 246 81 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.39 16 250 10697 -48.5 -51.9 68 3.4 -48.7 249 80 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12125 -56.3 -64.8 34 8.5 -56.5 254 83 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 13951 -59.6 -81.3 4 21.7 -59.8 252 61 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16443 -65.5 -86.5 4 21.0 -65.6 248 43 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.38 m Freezing level: 630.83 mb = 3897.65 m = 12787.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.84 mb = 3853.58 m = 12642.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.67 % Est. max temperature: 26.78 C = 80.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.12 mb = 1391.36 m = 4564.78 ft T: 15.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 12.84 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.11 mb = 1521.65 m = 4992.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.10 C = 78.98 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.67 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 40.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1098.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.30 mb = 1489.75 m = 4887.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.30 mb = 1641.19 m = 5384.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.30 mb = 11535.69 m = 37846.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1098.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.30 mb = 14405.71 m = 47262.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.2 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 234.2 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.2 neg: -5.2 tot: 75.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 32.52 Bulk Shear: 33.77 m/s