MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-93.59 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 962 386 21.8 19.4 86 2.4 20.1 213 11 298.3 301.0 294.7 341.6 14.90 2 950 492 22.6 18.9 80 3.7 20.1 215 20 300.1 302.8 295.0 343.0 14.65 3 900 962 18.8 17.4 91 1.4 17.8 220 28 300.9 303.5 294.8 342.1 14.02 4 850 1451 16.1 12.5 79 3.7 13.8 242 27 303.1 305.0 293.0 335.0 10.77 5 800 1964 13.2 6.2 62 7.0 9.1 252 27 305.2 306.6 291.0 327.6 7.43 6 750 2504 10.4 -0.9 45 11.3 4.5 250 29 307.8 308.7 289.5 322.6 4.78 7 700 3073 5.8 -7.7 37 13.5 -0.2 252 34 308.9 309.4 288.2 318.5 3.05 8 650 3674 1.9 -19.0 19 21.0 -5.1 254 44 311.2 311.4 287.2 315.5 1.31 9 600 4314 -2.8 -21.9 21 19.1 -8.6 254 51 312.9 313.1 287.6 316.6 1.10 10 550 4996 -7.7 -30.2 15 22.5 -12.9 253 53 315.0 315.1 287.8 316.9 0.57 11 500 5729 -12.8 -27.6 28 14.8 -16.3 254 57 317.5 317.6 288.8 320.3 0.79 12 450 6523 -18.8 -38.3 16 19.5 -21.8 255 61 319.6 319.7 289.0 320.7 0.31 13 400 7389 -25.2 -40.9 22 15.8 -27.2 252 65 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.3 0.27 14 350 8344 -32.1 -47.0 21 14.9 -33.4 250 74 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.16 15 300 9416 -38.9 -55.3 16 16.4 -39.8 255 82 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.07 16 250 10647 -45.5 -66.3 8 20.7 -46.1 259 79 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.02 17 200 12115 -51.3 -74.1 5 22.8 -51.7 268 60 351.5 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13947 -59.6 -81.4 4 21.8 -59.8 260 53 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16444 -65.6 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 254 41 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.08 m Freezing level: 629.52 mb = 3936.24 m = 12914.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.26 mb = 3046.78 m = 9995.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.31 mb = 692.86 m = 2273.14 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 27.54 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1433.34 m = 4702.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.89 C Cross Totals Index: 25.23 C K Index: 27.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1737.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.28 mb = 1170.81 m = 3841.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.28 mb = 2034.91 m = 6676.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.28 mb = 11102.43 m = 36424.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1721.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.28 mb = 14674.79 m = 48145.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 202.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.70 Bulk Rich Number: 20.35 Bulk Shear: 85.37 m/s