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: 38.68,-90.34 Latitude: 38.68 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 31 SFC 986 152 19.5 18.1 92 1.3 18.6 62 9 293.8 296.2 292.3 332.0 13.39 2 950 471 17.3 16.5 95 0.9 16.8 60 7 294.8 297.0 291.9 330.5 12.48 3 900 935 17.7 16.2 91 1.5 16.7 161 14 299.8 302.1 293.8 337.8 13.01 4 850 1422 14.4 13.2 93 1.2 13.6 190 18 301.2 303.3 292.9 334.5 11.30 5 800 1933 11.4 9.6 89 1.7 10.3 211 22 303.3 305.0 292.1 331.4 9.44 6 750 2470 8.4 5.9 84 2.5 6.9 223 27 305.7 307.2 291.5 329.2 7.78 7 700 3038 5.0 2.1 82 2.8 3.4 206 30 308.0 309.2 291.0 327.5 6.38 8 650 3638 1.0 -0.9 87 1.9 0.0 206 35 310.1 311.1 290.9 327.2 5.52 9 600 4278 -2.4 -4.1 88 1.7 -3.2 212 44 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.3 4.71 10 550 4964 -6.7 -9.7 80 2.9 -7.9 215 52 316.1 316.7 290.8 326.9 3.34 11 500 5701 -11.9 -14.6 81 2.7 -12.8 222 58 318.5 319.0 290.7 326.7 2.47 12 450 6500 -16.1 -21.5 63 5.4 -17.6 224 63 323.0 323.3 291.2 328.2 1.53 13 400 7375 -22.8 -29.9 52 7.1 -24.2 225 63 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.2 0.80 14 350 8340 -30.0 -33.7 70 3.7 -30.6 227 65 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.63 15 300 9421 -37.3 -40.5 73 3.1 -37.7 230 65 332.8 332.8 292.9 334.2 0.37 16 250 10654 -47.7 -51.2 67 3.5 -47.9 235 67 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.14 17 200 12085 -58.1 -63.0 54 4.8 -58.2 246 95 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.04 18 150 13919 -57.4 -62.3 54 4.9 -57.5 248 67 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.4 0.06 19 100 16427 -64.5 -73.4 28 8.9 -64.6 248 37 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.2 0.02 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.44 m Freezing level: 635.34 mb = 3825.58 m = 12550.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.69 mb = 3641.62 m = 11947.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.96 mb = 319.57 m = 1048.45 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 10.60 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.65 mb = 1276.69 m = 4188.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.11 C K Index: 36.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 368.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.67 mb = 758.87 m = 2489.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.67 mb = 2539.60 m = 8331.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.67 mb = 9108.42 m = 29882.89 ft B at Equ Level: 368.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.67 mb = 12627.82 m = 41429.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.4 neg: -5.1 tot: 214.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 1.70 Bulk Shear: 217.44 m/s