MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.18,-94.18 Latitude: 36.18 Longitude: -94.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 965 385 17.6 15.3 87 2.3 16.1 183 7 293.7 295.7 290.6 326.3 11.42 2 950 522 21.0 16.1 73 5.0 17.7 196 20 298.5 300.7 292.8 333.9 12.17 3 900 991 20.0 14.3 70 5.7 16.3 228 30 302.1 304.2 293.3 336.0 11.46 4 850 1482 16.3 12.2 77 4.1 13.6 246 32 303.2 305.1 292.9 334.5 10.53 5 800 1995 13.4 5.0 57 8.4 8.6 240 19 305.4 306.7 290.6 326.2 6.87 6 750 2536 11.5 3.5 58 7.9 7.0 224 21 309.0 310.3 291.5 329.3 6.58 7 700 3109 7.3 3.3 76 4.0 5.1 231 26 310.6 311.9 292.3 332.1 6.95 8 650 3714 2.6 -4.4 60 7.0 -0.7 241 29 312.0 312.8 290.4 325.4 4.26 9 600 4357 -1.2 -7.9 61 6.6 -4.1 239 37 314.7 315.4 290.6 326.0 3.53 10 550 5045 -6.0 -17.4 40 11.5 -9.8 238 42 317.0 317.4 289.6 322.9 1.77 11 500 5782 -10.7 -31.9 16 21.2 -15.4 241 43 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.9 0.53 12 450 6582 -16.0 -37.5 14 21.4 -19.8 248 45 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.3 0.34 13 400 7460 -21.3 -42.2 13 20.9 -24.2 251 51 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.23 14 350 8428 -29.3 -46.9 17 17.5 -31.0 250 56 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.8 0.16 15 300 9509 -37.9 -50.0 27 12.1 -38.7 257 66 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.13 16 250 10739 -47.8 -52.1 61 4.3 -48.0 259 78 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.12 17 200 12182 -54.3 -69.0 15 14.7 -54.5 258 86 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.02 18 150 14003 -60.3 -83.3 3 23.0 -60.5 256 70 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16468 -69.7 -86.8 6 17.2 -69.7 262 38 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.40 m Freezing level: 616.00 mb = 4150.93 m = 13618.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.17 mb = 3636.72 m = 11931.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.46 mb = 674.71 m = 2213.60 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 9.72 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.77 mb = 2427.74 m = 7964.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.04 C = 89.67 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 251.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.61 mb = 1495.52 m = 4906.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.61 mb = 3793.22 m = 12444.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.61 mb = 10130.35 m = 33235.66 ft B at Equ Level: 249.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.61 mb = 12066.71 m = 39588.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.3 neg: -34.4 tot: 209.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 6.64 Bulk Shear: 37.97 m/s