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: 38.50,-90.29 Latitude: 38.50 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 20.9 153 9 301.6 304.1 294.6 341.3 13.46 2 950 476 24.2 17.1 65 7.1 19.4 158 15 301.7 304.1 294.4 340.2 13.04 3 900 946 19.8 15.9 78 3.9 17.2 167 19 301.9 304.3 294.2 339.5 12.73 4 850 1437 16.4 12.2 76 4.2 13.7 196 26 303.4 305.3 293.0 334.8 10.57 5 800 1950 12.3 10.4 88 1.9 11.1 206 29 304.3 306.1 292.8 334.0 9.95 6 750 2488 8.0 6.8 92 1.2 7.3 202 33 305.3 306.8 291.7 330.2 8.28 7 700 3055 4.6 2.3 85 2.4 3.4 203 35 307.6 308.8 291.0 327.4 6.46 8 650 3656 2.0 -7.3 50 9.2 -2.1 206 36 311.2 311.9 289.4 322.0 3.41 9 600 4296 -2.0 -9.4 57 7.3 -5.1 210 38 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.8 3.13 10 550 4981 -7.3 -11.9 70 4.6 -9.1 213 42 315.4 315.9 290.1 324.5 2.79 11 500 5715 -12.9 -14.1 91 1.1 -13.3 215 46 317.3 317.8 290.5 325.8 2.58 12 450 6511 -17.4 -24.8 53 7.4 -19.2 222 57 321.4 321.6 290.4 325.3 1.14 13 400 7383 -23.0 -27.5 66 4.5 -24.0 230 71 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.6 1.00 14 350 8352 -28.4 -30.7 81 2.3 -28.8 236 83 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.6 0.85 15 300 9437 -37.7 -41.0 71 3.3 -38.1 239 80 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.5 0.35 16 250 10664 -49.1 -52.7 66 3.6 -49.2 245 79 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12093 -54.8 -66.0 24 11.2 -55.0 254 73 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.03 18 150 13928 -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 40 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.11 m Freezing level: 625.37 mb = 3971.18 m = 13028.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.50 mb = 3415.91 m = 11206.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.16 C = 84.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.11 mb = 1295.74 m = 4251.05 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 19.25 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.05 mb = 1627.78 m = 5340.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.06 C Showalter Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.15 C K Index: 39.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1405.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.85 mb = 1398.21 m = 4587.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.85 mb = 1856.92 m = 6092.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.85 mb = 11516.16 m = 37782.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1395.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.85 mb = 14404.83 m = 47259.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.3 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 235.3 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 15.24 Bulk Shear: 92.22 m/s