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: 38.48,-90.29 Latitude: 38.48 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 985 161 27.2 18.2 58 9.0 20.9 154 9 301.7 304.2 294.7 341.4 13.48 2 950 476 24.3 17.1 64 7.1 19.4 159 15 301.8 304.2 294.4 340.3 13.04 3 900 947 19.9 15.9 78 4.0 17.2 167 19 302.0 304.3 294.2 339.6 12.75 4 850 1437 16.4 12.4 77 3.9 13.8 194 25 303.3 305.3 293.1 335.2 10.74 5 800 1950 12.4 10.5 88 1.9 11.2 206 29 304.3 306.2 292.9 334.2 9.99 6 750 2488 8.0 6.8 92 1.2 7.3 202 33 305.2 306.8 291.7 330.1 8.27 7 700 3055 4.6 2.3 85 2.3 3.4 203 35 307.6 308.8 291.0 327.3 6.46 8 650 3656 2.0 -7.4 50 9.4 -2.1 205 36 311.2 311.9 289.3 322.0 3.38 9 600 4297 -2.0 -9.5 57 7.4 -5.1 210 38 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.8 3.11 10 550 4982 -7.3 -12.0 69 4.8 -9.1 213 42 315.4 316.0 290.1 324.4 2.76 11 500 5716 -12.9 -14.1 91 1.1 -13.3 215 46 317.3 317.8 290.5 325.8 2.58 12 450 6512 -17.4 -24.7 53 7.3 -19.2 222 57 321.4 321.6 290.4 325.4 1.15 13 400 7384 -22.9 -27.3 67 4.4 -23.9 230 72 325.2 325.4 291.4 328.8 1.02 14 350 8353 -28.4 -30.6 81 2.2 -28.7 236 83 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.6 0.86 15 300 9438 -37.8 -41.2 70 3.4 -38.1 239 80 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.5 0.35 16 250 10665 -49.1 -52.8 65 3.7 -49.3 245 79 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 17 200 12094 -54.8 -66.2 23 11.4 -55.0 254 73 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 13929 -57.4 -80.9 4 23.5 -57.7 248 66 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16431 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 246 40 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.45 m Freezing level: 625.11 mb = 3974.81 m = 13040.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.50 mb = 3416.09 m = 11207.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.40 mb = 1302.93 m = 4274.64 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.64 mb = 1622.01 m = 5321.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.09 C Showalter Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.32 C Cross Totals Index: 25.37 C K Index: 39.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1420.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.36 mb = 1403.35 m = 4604.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.36 mb = 1862.27 m = 6109.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.36 mb = 11531.46 m = 37832.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1409.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.36 mb = 14427.20 m = 47332.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.2 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 235.2 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 169.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.38 Bulk Rich Number: 15.75 Bulk Shear: 90.17 m/s