MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.46,-90.58 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -90.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 971 277 26.4 18.9 63 7.5 21.1 174 11 302.1 304.7 295.3 344.2 14.27 2 950 471 24.3 17.7 67 6.6 19.8 176 20 301.9 304.4 294.8 341.9 13.58 3 900 942 19.8 16.5 82 3.2 17.5 179 25 301.9 304.3 294.6 341.0 13.26 4 850 1432 15.3 14.5 95 0.8 14.7 182 27 302.2 304.4 293.9 338.4 12.27 5 800 1944 12.4 10.5 88 1.9 11.2 199 32 304.4 306.2 292.9 334.4 10.03 6 750 2483 9.0 6.6 85 2.4 7.6 198 29 306.3 307.9 292.0 331.1 8.19 7 700 3052 5.7 2.2 78 3.5 3.8 195 29 308.8 310.0 291.3 328.5 6.41 8 650 3655 3.1 -3.4 62 6.5 -0.1 201 33 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.0 4.59 9 600 4299 -0.9 -7.5 61 6.7 -3.8 208 39 315.1 315.8 290.8 326.8 3.62 10 550 4988 -5.5 -14.0 51 8.5 -8.7 215 46 317.5 318.0 290.3 325.3 2.35 11 500 5726 -11.5 -18.9 54 7.4 -13.8 223 53 319.0 319.3 290.2 324.8 1.72 12 450 6529 -14.7 -34.9 16 20.2 -18.7 229 60 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.3 0.44 13 400 7409 -21.4 -32.3 37 10.9 -23.5 234 68 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.64 14 350 8379 -28.2 -31.6 73 3.4 -28.8 235 68 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.6 0.78 15 300 9471 -35.4 -38.5 74 3.0 -35.8 243 66 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.2 0.46 16 250 10708 -47.3 -50.8 67 3.5 -47.5 247 71 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.14 17 200 12141 -58.2 -62.3 59 4.2 -58.3 252 95 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 18 150 13958 -59.0 -80.6 4 21.6 -59.2 245 70 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16449 -66.2 -79.4 14 13.2 -66.2 255 44 399.9 399.9 305.2 400.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.32 m Freezing level: 610.66 mb = 4161.60 m = 13653.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.89 mb = 3644.04 m = 11955.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.52 mb = 1227.07 m = 4025.79 ft T: 17.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 19.39 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1362.87 m = 4471.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.47 C = 79.65 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.82 C Cross Totals Index: 25.98 C K Index: 37.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1190.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.73 mb = 1334.01 m = 4376.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.73 mb = 1383.99 m = 4540.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.73 mb = 12309.43 m = 40384.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1172.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.73 mb = 14617.36 m = 47956.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.8 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 235.8 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.7 neg: -14.2 tot: 141.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 20.29 Bulk Shear: 58.68 m/s