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: 38.46,-90.37 Latitude: 38.46 Longitude: -90.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 984 165 20.3 19.3 94 1.0 19.6 67 10 294.8 297.4 293.3 336.1 14.45 2 950 469 18.3 17.7 97 0.6 17.9 78 18 295.7 298.1 293.0 334.6 13.53 3 900 934 17.8 16.8 94 1.0 17.1 151 17 299.9 302.3 294.1 339.3 13.50 4 850 1421 14.3 13.4 94 0.9 13.7 192 17 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.9 11.46 5 800 1932 11.4 10.6 95 0.8 10.9 211 21 303.3 305.1 292.6 333.3 10.09 6 750 2469 8.4 8.0 97 0.4 8.1 215 25 305.7 307.3 292.4 332.7 8.99 7 700 3038 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.3 200 29 308.5 310.0 292.5 332.8 7.95 8 650 3640 1.9 1.6 98 0.3 1.7 194 34 311.1 312.3 292.2 331.6 6.61 9 600 4283 -1.8 -2.9 92 1.1 -2.3 199 43 314.1 315.1 291.8 330.4 5.15 10 550 4970 -7.0 -9.9 80 2.9 -8.1 206 51 315.8 316.5 290.7 326.5 3.29 11 500 5705 -11.8 -13.0 91 1.2 -12.2 215 55 318.7 319.2 291.2 328.0 2.82 12 450 6505 -16.1 -20.2 71 4.1 -17.3 223 62 323.0 323.3 291.4 328.8 1.71 13 400 7382 -22.4 -27.9 61 5.4 -23.6 226 65 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.3 0.97 14 350 8347 -29.6 -33.8 67 4.2 -30.3 227 67 328.8 329.0 292.0 331.1 0.62 15 300 9431 -36.8 -40.0 72 3.2 -37.1 232 69 333.5 333.6 293.0 335.0 0.39 16 250 10665 -47.6 -51.2 67 3.5 -47.8 241 75 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12097 -57.9 -64.9 40 7.1 -58.0 249 102 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.03 18 150 13929 -57.6 -64.9 39 7.4 -57.7 250 68 370.9 370.9 300.8 371.1 0.04 19 100 16430 -65.0 -70.5 46 5.5 -65.1 249 40 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.3 0.03 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.02 m Freezing level: 624.18 mb = 3972.25 m = 13032.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.74 mb = 3907.34 m = 12819.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.40 mb = 286.31 m = 939.32 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 6.62 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1094.75 m = 3591.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.21 C K Index: 39.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 713.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.25 mb = 724.09 m = 2375.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.25 mb = 1548.80 m = 5081.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.25 mb = 11001.39 m = 36093.38 ft B at Equ Level: 709.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.25 mb = 13628.68 m = 44712.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.1 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 232.1 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 247.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.87 Bulk Shear: 249.06 m/s