MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.46,-89.5 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -89.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 992 144 28.8 19.3 57 9.5 22.1 205 13 302.7 305.3 295.6 345.2 14.36 2 950 520 23.4 17.3 69 6.0 19.2 206 19 300.9 303.3 294.3 339.7 13.21 3 900 990 19.7 16.3 81 3.4 17.4 217 25 301.8 304.2 294.4 340.4 13.08 4 850 1480 16.1 13.6 85 2.6 14.4 226 30 303.0 305.1 293.6 337.3 11.56 5 800 1993 12.2 9.9 86 2.3 10.7 222 28 304.1 305.9 292.4 332.8 9.59 6 750 2531 8.5 7.6 94 0.9 8.0 216 24 305.8 307.4 292.3 332.2 8.77 7 700 3099 4.8 1.7 80 3.1 3.1 216 23 307.8 309.0 290.8 326.8 6.21 8 650 3700 2.0 -6.9 52 8.8 -2.0 219 24 311.2 311.9 289.5 322.4 3.52 9 600 4341 -1.7 -16.1 32 14.4 -6.8 224 31 314.2 314.5 288.8 320.2 1.81 10 550 5028 -6.2 -20.3 32 14.1 -10.6 223 39 316.7 317.0 289.2 321.4 1.38 11 500 5764 -12.3 -17.2 67 4.9 -13.9 226 42 318.0 318.4 290.2 324.7 1.99 12 450 6561 -16.8 -28.4 36 11.6 -19.4 228 38 322.2 322.3 290.3 325.1 0.82 13 400 7438 -21.2 -35.6 26 14.4 -23.7 240 50 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.1 0.46 14 350 8407 -29.2 -46.2 18 17.0 -30.9 241 60 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.17 15 300 9492 -37.1 -47.1 34 10.0 -37.9 252 67 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.18 16 250 10724 -47.7 -53.1 54 5.4 -47.9 257 73 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.11 17 200 12163 -55.0 -66.1 24 11.1 -55.2 256 88 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 13985 -59.7 -75.2 12 15.5 -59.9 248 73 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16454 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.2 249 41 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.81 m Freezing level: 622.98 mb = 4046.04 m = 13274.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.35 mb = 3461.70 m = 11357.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.90 mb = 1341.29 m = 4400.51 ft T: 17.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 20.22 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.73 mb = 1533.07 m = 5029.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.18 C Showalter Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 38.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1377.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.86 mb = 1341.64 m = 4401.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.86 mb = 1693.38 m = 5555.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.86 mb = 11581.65 m = 37997.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1370.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.86 mb = 14910.08 m = 48916.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.6 neg: -30.7 tot: 44.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 56.46 Bulk Shear: 24.41 m/s