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,-90.42 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -90.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 984 168 27.0 18.1 58 8.9 20.8 153 8 301.5 304.0 294.6 341.1 13.42 2 950 475 24.1 17.1 65 7.0 19.3 158 15 301.6 304.0 294.3 339.9 12.98 3 900 945 19.8 15.7 77 4.1 17.1 169 20 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.0 12.57 4 850 1436 16.5 12.0 74 4.6 13.6 198 27 303.5 305.4 292.9 334.4 10.40 5 800 1949 12.4 10.1 86 2.3 10.9 208 29 304.3 306.1 292.6 333.4 9.74 6 750 2487 7.9 6.7 92 1.2 7.2 204 33 305.1 306.7 291.7 329.9 8.21 7 700 3053 4.6 2.1 84 2.5 3.3 204 35 307.6 308.8 290.9 327.2 6.39 8 650 3654 1.8 -7.1 52 8.9 -2.2 205 36 311.0 311.6 289.3 321.9 3.45 9 600 4294 -2.2 -9.3 59 7.0 -5.2 209 39 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.7 3.16 10 550 4979 -7.4 -12.0 69 4.6 -9.2 211 42 315.3 315.8 290.0 324.3 2.76 11 500 5713 -12.8 -13.9 92 1.1 -13.2 214 47 317.4 317.9 290.6 326.0 2.61 12 450 6509 -17.6 -24.7 54 7.1 -19.4 222 58 321.1 321.3 290.3 325.1 1.14 13 400 7381 -22.9 -25.9 76 3.0 -23.6 231 74 325.2 325.5 291.5 329.3 1.15 14 350 8350 -28.3 -30.7 81 2.3 -28.7 236 84 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.6 0.85 15 300 9436 -37.6 -40.7 73 3.0 -37.9 238 80 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.37 16 250 10663 -49.1 -52.6 66 3.6 -49.2 244 78 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12092 -55.5 -64.9 30 9.4 -55.6 254 75 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.1 0.03 18 150 13928 -57.7 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 249 66 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16430 -65.6 -86.3 4 20.7 -65.8 246 39 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.02 m Freezing level: 628.05 mb = 3935.09 m = 12910.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.03 mb = 3407.94 m = 11180.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.53 mb = 1290.22 m = 4232.96 ft T: 17.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 19.17 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.93 mb = 1658.45 m = 5441.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.96 C Showalter Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 38.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1351.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.85 mb = 1407.06 m = 4616.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.85 mb = 1866.33 m = 6123.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.85 mb = 11544.50 m = 37875.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1340.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.85 mb = 14449.20 m = 47404.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.2 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 235.2 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 178.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.40 Bulk Rich Number: 14.30 Bulk Shear: 94.51 m/s