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: 37.28,-93.82 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 343 25.8 20.8 74 5.0 22.2 224 12 301.8 304.7 296.5 349.4 16.15 2 950 501 24.3 19.7 76 4.6 21.1 224 18 301.8 304.7 296.0 347.2 15.38 3 900 972 19.7 18.7 94 1.0 19.0 223 20 301.8 304.6 295.9 346.7 15.23 4 850 1462 15.7 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 223 26 302.5 305.0 294.7 341.5 13.15 5 800 1974 12.1 8.9 81 3.2 10.2 242 30 304.1 305.8 292.0 331.0 9.01 6 750 2513 10.1 0.8 52 9.3 5.2 251 36 307.5 308.6 290.0 324.2 5.41 7 700 3083 5.5 -0.4 66 5.8 2.5 247 42 308.5 309.5 290.3 325.0 5.33 8 650 3683 1.3 -19.0 20 20.3 -5.5 247 46 310.4 310.7 287.0 314.8 1.31 9 600 4320 -3.4 -21.5 23 18.2 -8.9 246 51 312.2 312.4 287.4 316.0 1.14 10 550 5001 -8.7 -26.1 23 17.4 -13.2 245 56 313.7 313.9 287.6 316.5 0.82 11 500 5732 -13.3 -25.5 35 12.1 -16.3 247 61 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.1 0.96 12 450 6525 -18.7 -33.3 27 14.6 -21.4 246 66 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.5 0.51 13 400 7391 -25.1 -38.7 27 13.6 -27.0 244 72 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.6 0.33 14 350 8346 -32.1 -46.8 22 14.7 -33.4 244 79 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.16 15 300 9417 -40.0 -55.4 18 15.5 -40.8 247 85 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 16 250 10641 -46.9 -66.8 9 19.8 -47.4 251 90 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.02 17 200 12100 -51.6 -76.5 4 24.9 -52.0 255 70 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13935 -58.9 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.1 256 62 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16435 -65.4 -86.3 4 20.8 -65.5 250 38 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.10 m Freezing level: 636.13 mb = 3859.80 m = 12663.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.50 mb = 3264.07 m = 10708.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.45 mb = 976.88 m = 3204.94 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 25.16 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1148.54 m = 3768.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.08 C = 78.95 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -9.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.15 C Showalter Index: -7.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.97 C Cross Totals Index: 28.83 C K Index: 38.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2825.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.37 mb = 1122.06 m = 3681.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.37 mb = 1170.72 m = 3840.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.37 mb = 11800.75 m = 38715.89 ft B at Equ Level: 2808.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.48 Bulk Rich Number: 29.25 Bulk Shear: 96.60 m/s