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,-90.32 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -90.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 162 27.1 18.2 58 9.0 20.9 153 9 301.6 304.1 294.6 341.2 13.44 2 950 476 24.2 17.1 65 7.1 19.3 158 15 301.7 304.1 294.3 340.1 13.02 3 900 946 19.8 15.9 78 4.0 17.1 168 20 301.9 304.3 294.1 339.4 12.69 4 850 1437 16.5 12.2 76 4.3 13.7 196 26 303.4 305.3 293.0 334.7 10.53 5 800 1950 12.3 10.3 87 2.0 11.1 206 29 304.3 306.1 292.7 333.9 9.89 6 750 2488 8.0 6.7 92 1.2 7.2 202 33 305.2 306.8 291.7 330.1 8.26 7 700 3054 4.6 2.2 84 2.4 3.3 203 35 307.6 308.8 290.9 327.3 6.44 8 650 3655 1.9 -7.2 51 9.2 -2.1 205 36 311.2 311.8 289.3 322.0 3.42 9 600 4296 -2.1 -9.4 57 7.3 -5.1 210 38 313.7 314.3 289.9 323.8 3.13 10 550 4981 -7.3 -11.9 70 4.6 -9.1 212 42 315.4 315.9 290.1 324.4 2.78 11 500 5715 -12.9 -14.0 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 7.3 -19.3 222 57 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.3 1.14 13 400 7383 -23.0 -27.1 69 4.1 -23.9 230 72 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.8 1.03 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 -40.9 72 3.2 -38.0 238 80 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.36 16 250 10664 -49.1 -52.7 66 3.6 -49.2 245 78 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12093 -55.0 -65.7 25 10.7 -55.2 254 73 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 13928 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 248 66 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16431 -65.7 -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: 5689.86 m Freezing level: 626.00 mb = 3962.77 m = 13001.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.61 mb = 3414.29 m = 11201.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.04 mb = 1296.16 m = 4252.43 ft T: 17.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 19.22 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.27 mb = 1635.46 m = 5365.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.25 C = 84.64 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.01 C Showalter Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 39.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1392.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.54 mb = 1401.06 m = 4596.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.54 mb = 1859.94 m = 6102.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.54 mb = 11525.07 m = 37811.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1381.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.54 mb = 14418.64 m = 47304.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.3 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 235.3 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 15.02 Bulk Shear: 92.74 m/s