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: 38.53,-90.34 Latitude: 38.53 Longitude: -90.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 985 161 20.1 19.0 93 1.2 19.4 63 10 294.6 297.1 293.0 335.0 14.14 2 950 470 17.9 17.1 95 0.7 17.4 74 14 295.3 297.7 292.5 332.8 13.06 3 900 935 17.8 16.7 93 1.1 17.1 152 17 299.9 302.3 294.1 339.2 13.42 4 850 1422 14.2 13.2 94 1.0 13.6 192 18 301.1 303.1 292.9 334.4 11.31 5 800 1932 11.3 10.0 92 1.3 10.5 216 23 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.0 9.68 6 750 2470 8.3 7.1 92 1.2 7.6 222 27 305.6 307.2 292.0 331.2 8.49 7 700 3038 5.3 4.5 94 0.8 4.8 202 29 308.3 309.8 292.1 331.4 7.55 8 650 3640 1.7 1.1 96 0.6 1.4 198 34 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.6 6.37 9 600 4281 -2.0 -2.9 93 0.9 -2.5 203 44 313.8 314.8 291.7 330.0 5.14 10 550 4968 -6.9 -9.2 84 2.3 -7.9 208 51 315.9 316.5 290.9 327.1 3.46 11 500 5704 -11.7 -12.9 91 1.2 -12.1 216 55 318.8 319.4 291.2 328.2 2.84 12 450 6505 -16.1 -19.5 75 3.5 -17.1 223 62 323.1 323.4 291.5 329.2 1.81 13 400 7380 -22.6 -28.9 56 6.3 -23.9 226 65 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.7 0.88 14 350 8345 -29.8 -34.3 65 4.5 -30.5 227 67 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.7 0.60 15 300 9428 -37.0 -40.1 72 3.2 -37.3 232 68 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.39 16 250 10662 -47.7 -51.2 67 3.5 -47.8 239 72 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12094 -57.9 -64.1 45 6.2 -58.0 248 100 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 18 150 13926 -57.6 -63.2 49 5.6 -57.7 249 68 370.9 370.9 300.8 371.1 0.05 19 100 16429 -64.8 -71.3 40 6.6 -64.8 249 39 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.7 0.03 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.19 m Freezing level: 627.31 mb = 3930.89 m = 12896.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.32 mb = 3860.72 m = 12666.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.23 mb = 306.77 m = 1006.45 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 7.98 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.44 mb = 1151.19 m = 3776.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.95 C = 78.71 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.89 C K Index: 38.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 577.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.66 mb = 739.65 m = 2426.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.66 mb = 1666.65 m = 5467.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.66 mb = 10250.85 m = 33630.98 ft B at Equ Level: 577.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.66 mb = 13293.72 m = 43614.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.3 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 235.3 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.1 neg: -4.6 tot: 243.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.2 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: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 244.90 m/s 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: 34.78,-92.23 Latitude: 34.78 Longitude: -92.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 996 91 26.7 19.5 65 7.1 21.7 210 8 300.2 302.8 295.0 342.7 14.51 2 950 508 23.3 17.9 72 5.4 19.5 202 21 300.8 303.3 294.6 341.0 13.69 3 900 977 18.8 16.4 86 2.4 17.2 198 24 300.9 303.3 294.2 339.6 13.16 4 850 1466 15.6 12.8 84 2.7 13.8 205 32 302.4 304.5 293.1 335.1 11.02 5 800 1979 12.0 11.0 94 1.0 11.4 209 35 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.8 10.35 6 750 2517 8.9 8.6 98 0.3 8.7 217 40 306.2 308.0 292.9 334.5 9.37 7 700 3087 5.8 5.4 97 0.5 5.6 225 40 308.9 310.5 292.7 333.6 8.05 8 650 3691 2.3 1.9 97 0.4 2.1 222 43 311.6 312.9 292.4 332.7 6.78 9 600 4333 -1.5 -2.2 95 0.7 -1.9 217 48 314.4 315.4 292.2 331.6 5.45 10 550 5023 -5.5 -6.6 92 1.1 -6.0 213 49 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.3 4.25 11 500 5764 -9.9 -10.6 94 0.7 -10.2 221 50 321.0 321.7 292.3 332.2 3.41 12 450 6573 -12.9 -13.6 95 0.7 -13.2 237 51 327.0 327.6 293.6 337.1 2.98 13 400 7461 -19.2 -20.7 87 1.6 -19.6 244 59 330.1 330.4 293.4 336.5 1.83 14 350 8437 -27.6 -30.2 78 2.7 -28.0 248 62 331.6 331.8 293.0 334.8 0.88 15 300 9526 -36.4 -39.6 73 3.1 -36.8 255 65 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.41 16 250 10763 -45.6 -49.9 62 4.3 -45.9 255 67 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.16 17 200 12223 -52.7 -69.4 11 16.7 -53.0 257 66 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14039 -61.9 -81.0 6 19.1 -62.0 253 67 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16487 -70.5 -84.8 10 14.3 -70.6 256 35 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.48 m Freezing level: 619.57 mb = 4081.93 m = 13392.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.28 mb = 4027.79 m = 13214.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.85 mb = 997.92 m = 3273.97 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 11.38 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.50 mb = 1341.41 m = 4400.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 847.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.90 mb = 1170.59 m = 3840.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.90 mb = 1517.12 m = 4977.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.90 mb = 11170.47 m = 36648.06 ft B at Equ Level: 837.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.90 mb = 13835.90 m = 45392.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 211.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 11.17 Bulk Shear: 75.87 m/s