MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.34,-93.91 Latitude: 39.34 Longitude: -93.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 977 249 24.8 15.6 57 9.2 18.7 187 9 299.9 302.0 292.6 333.5 11.47 2 950 498 24.4 14.9 55 9.5 18.1 198 23 302.0 304.0 293.2 335.3 11.30 3 900 968 20.1 14.1 68 6.1 16.1 207 27 302.2 304.3 293.2 335.6 11.27 4 850 1458 15.6 13.1 85 2.5 14.0 214 28 302.5 304.6 293.2 335.7 11.21 5 800 1971 12.9 9.8 81 3.1 11.0 240 28 304.9 306.7 292.7 333.6 9.57 6 750 2511 9.5 9.0 97 0.5 9.2 237 26 306.8 308.6 293.3 336.0 9.66 7 700 3081 5.7 4.4 91 1.3 4.9 250 26 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.8 7.52 8 650 3683 1.9 -1.7 77 3.6 0.1 252 32 311.2 312.1 291.0 327.4 5.21 9 600 4325 -0.6 -13.9 36 13.3 -5.7 246 33 315.4 315.8 289.5 322.6 2.18 10 550 5016 -4.5 -35.3 7 30.8 -11.3 245 37 318.7 318.8 288.7 320.0 0.34 11 500 5756 -10.2 -37.8 8 27.6 -15.4 242 39 320.6 320.7 289.3 321.7 0.29 12 450 6559 -15.8 -41.9 9 26.1 -19.8 245 37 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.21 13 400 7435 -22.3 -43.7 12 21.4 -25.1 248 39 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.7 0.20 14 350 8401 -29.4 -51.5 10 22.1 -31.2 244 43 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.09 15 300 9483 -37.3 -59.3 8 22.0 -38.4 245 41 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.04 16 250 10716 -46.7 -62.0 16 15.4 -47.1 247 46 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.9 0.04 17 200 12168 -54.1 -70.1 12 16.0 -54.4 242 45 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 13983 -60.4 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.6 247 45 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16454 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 251 34 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.52 m Freezing level: 611.85 mb = 4173.11 m = 13691.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.32 mb = 3691.55 m = 12111.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.29 mb = 1415.14 m = 4642.80 ft T: 16.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 16.03 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.11 mb = 2107.11 m = 6913.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.27 C = 86.49 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 37.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 294.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.15 mb = 1678.62 m = 5507.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.15 mb = 2927.26 m = 9603.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.15 mb = 9874.12 m = 32395.03 ft B at Equ Level: 292.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.15 mb = 12066.09 m = 39586.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.1 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 268.1 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.5 neg: -4.9 tot: 187.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 5.61 Bulk Shear: 52.52 m/s