MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.15,-94.77 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 976 268 25.9 20.3 72 5.5 21.9 229 10 301.2 304.0 296.0 347.0 15.59 2 950 501 23.6 19.5 78 4.0 20.7 228 15 301.1 303.9 295.7 345.8 15.20 3 900 971 19.0 18.5 97 0.5 18.7 227 16 301.1 303.9 295.6 345.4 15.05 4 850 1461 15.6 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 227 24 302.5 304.9 294.6 340.9 13.01 5 800 1974 12.3 10.0 86 2.2 10.9 251 25 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.3 9.71 6 750 2513 9.7 3.0 63 6.7 6.0 254 27 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.5 6.35 7 700 3081 5.2 -1.6 61 6.8 1.8 253 31 308.2 309.1 289.8 323.3 4.86 8 650 3681 0.7 -11.7 39 12.4 -4.2 252 39 309.7 310.2 287.9 317.5 2.40 9 600 4317 -3.8 -19.4 29 15.6 -8.8 247 50 311.7 312.0 287.5 316.2 1.37 10 550 4998 -8.7 -20.7 37 12.0 -12.2 245 57 313.7 314.0 288.2 318.2 1.34 11 500 5728 -13.7 -38.5 10 24.8 -17.9 247 60 316.3 316.4 287.9 317.3 0.27 12 450 6520 -19.1 -35.0 23 15.8 -21.8 247 64 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.7 0.43 13 400 7385 -25.6 -40.1 24 14.5 -27.4 245 71 321.8 321.8 289.6 322.8 0.29 14 350 8338 -32.5 -49.1 18 16.6 -33.8 246 76 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.13 15 300 9408 -40.0 -56.3 16 16.3 -40.8 249 85 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.06 16 250 10632 -46.6 -67.7 7 21.2 -47.1 254 89 336.8 336.9 293.6 336.9 0.02 17 200 12096 -51.0 -77.7 3 26.7 -51.4 258 68 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.00 18 150 13937 -58.3 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 257 58 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16435 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 254 40 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.55 m Freezing level: 642.37 mb = 3777.90 m = 12394.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.13 mb = 3255.08 m = 10679.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.96 mb = 971.40 m = 3186.97 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 30.77 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.65 mb = 1070.21 m = 3511.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.11 C = 79.00 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -9.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.16 C Showalter Index: -7.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.26 C Cross Totals Index: 29.04 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 545.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2713.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.41 mb = 1043.65 m = 3424.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.41 mb = 1091.84 m = 3582.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.41 mb = 11548.57 m = 37888.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2700.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.41 mb = 15994.70 m = 52475.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.3 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 276.3 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 115.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.60 Bulk Rich Number: 31.68 Bulk Shear: 85.64 m/s