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: 38.57,-91.63 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -91.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 978 212 21.3 20.3 94 1.1 20.6 356 3 296.3 299.1 294.5 340.9 15.45 2 950 468 21.1 18.7 86 2.5 19.5 197 7 298.6 301.3 294.4 340.6 14.41 3 900 936 18.8 16.3 85 2.5 17.1 191 20 300.9 303.3 294.1 339.2 13.04 4 850 1425 15.3 14.0 92 1.3 14.4 205 34 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.4 11.90 5 800 1936 11.2 10.4 95 0.8 10.7 216 44 303.1 305.0 292.4 332.8 9.98 6 750 2473 7.7 6.5 92 1.3 7.0 215 42 305.0 306.5 291.5 329.4 8.11 7 700 3039 4.4 2.9 90 1.5 3.5 204 37 307.3 308.6 291.1 327.9 6.74 8 650 3638 0.5 -1.9 84 2.4 -0.7 202 41 309.6 310.5 290.4 325.5 5.13 9 600 4276 -3.6 -5.1 89 1.5 -4.3 205 48 312.0 312.8 290.5 325.8 4.37 10 550 4960 -7.6 -8.7 92 1.1 -8.0 208 52 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.7 3.61 11 500 5696 -11.2 -12.4 90 1.3 -11.6 213 55 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.1 2.95 12 450 6498 -16.0 -17.6 87 1.6 -16.5 226 61 323.2 323.6 291.8 330.4 2.14 13 400 7376 -21.3 -23.5 82 2.2 -21.9 233 62 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.3 1.44 14 350 8346 -28.6 -31.4 77 2.8 -29.1 237 62 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.79 15 300 9431 -37.5 -40.7 72 3.2 -37.8 241 63 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.9 0.36 16 250 10660 -48.6 -52.1 67 3.5 -48.8 245 63 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12086 -57.1 -63.0 47 5.9 -57.2 254 78 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 13925 -58.0 -83.2 3 25.3 -58.2 246 51 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16428 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 255 41 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.58 m Freezing level: 643.50 mb = 3721.27 m = 12208.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.10 mb = 3538.18 m = 11608.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.56 C = 81.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.35 mb = 347.20 m = 1139.09 ft T: 21.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 15.35 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.95 mb = 1236.41 m = 4056.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.67 C = 80.01 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.28 C Showalter Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 39.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1356.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.72 mb = 957.64 m = 3141.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.72 mb = 1497.51 m = 4913.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.72 mb = 11691.68 m = 38358.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1351.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.72 mb = 14680.60 m = 48164.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.8 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 238.8 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 3.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.6 neg: -63.1 tot: 206.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.27 Bulk Rich Number: 9.20 Bulk Shear: 147.38 m/s