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: 37.73,-89.02 Latitude: 37.73 Longitude: -89.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 989 146 27.2 17.9 57 9.3 20.8 186 14 301.3 303.8 294.3 340.1 13.17 2 950 499 24.0 17.0 65 7.1 19.2 191 24 301.6 304.0 294.2 339.6 12.90 3 900 969 19.5 15.9 80 3.6 17.1 194 27 301.6 303.9 294.1 339.1 12.73 4 850 1458 15.6 12.2 80 3.5 13.4 208 30 302.5 304.5 292.7 333.8 10.53 5 800 1971 12.4 12.0 97 0.4 12.1 215 26 304.4 306.4 293.7 337.5 11.09 6 750 2509 8.8 8.4 97 0.4 8.6 212 24 306.1 307.9 292.8 334.1 9.27 7 700 3078 5.2 3.4 88 1.8 4.2 210 27 308.2 309.5 291.6 329.6 6.99 8 650 3680 1.9 -2.9 71 4.7 -0.4 207 31 311.1 312.0 290.6 326.0 4.76 9 600 4321 -1.1 -6.7 66 5.6 -3.6 207 35 314.8 315.6 290.9 327.2 3.87 10 550 5010 -6.1 -9.8 75 3.7 -7.6 216 39 316.9 317.5 291.0 327.6 3.30 11 500 5747 -12.6 -13.7 92 1.0 -13.0 221 42 317.6 318.1 290.7 326.4 2.66 12 450 6545 -15.4 -33.6 20 18.2 -19.0 224 51 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.7 0.50 13 400 7426 -20.9 -40.9 15 20.0 -23.8 233 62 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.27 14 350 8396 -28.2 -35.5 49 7.4 -29.3 240 69 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.7 0.53 15 300 9482 -37.7 -43.7 53 6.1 -38.2 249 69 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.26 16 250 10708 -48.7 -53.3 58 4.6 -48.9 252 70 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 17 200 12143 -56.0 -62.1 46 6.1 -56.2 246 73 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.04 18 150 13963 -58.1 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 242 71 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16453 -67.5 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.6 252 40 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.95 m Freezing level: 618.56 mb = 4083.13 m = 13395.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.85 mb = 3619.18 m = 11873.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.45 mb = 1323.50 m = 4342.13 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 11.46 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1561.53 m = 5123.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -5.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 38.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1061.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.37 mb = 1394.05 m = 4573.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.37 mb = 1851.22 m = 6073.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.37 mb = 11490.55 m = 37698.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1058.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.37 mb = 14327.11 m = 47004.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.3 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 240.3 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.9 neg: -10.3 tot: 94.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 41.45 Bulk Shear: 25.61 m/s