MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.12,-94.12 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -94.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 962 401 23.3 19.5 79 3.8 20.6 188 12 299.7 302.4 295.1 343.5 14.97 2 950 514 22.1 18.9 82 3.2 19.9 190 17 299.6 302.3 294.9 342.4 14.65 3 900 982 20.5 14.7 69 5.9 16.6 215 34 302.7 304.8 293.7 337.4 11.74 4 850 1474 16.8 12.5 76 4.3 14.0 227 32 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.8 10.77 5 800 1989 13.6 13.1 97 0.5 13.3 228 26 305.7 307.9 294.6 341.3 11.91 6 750 2531 11.3 4.6 63 6.7 7.4 235 30 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.6 7.09 7 700 3104 7.0 3.3 78 3.6 4.9 242 37 310.2 311.5 292.2 331.7 6.97 8 650 3708 2.2 -0.7 81 2.9 0.7 237 41 311.5 312.5 291.4 328.9 5.60 9 600 4349 -2.5 -5.7 78 3.3 -4.0 236 47 313.3 314.1 290.7 326.5 4.15 10 550 5033 -7.6 -11.8 72 4.1 -9.2 237 49 315.0 315.6 290.0 324.2 2.83 11 500 5768 -11.5 -17.7 60 6.1 -13.5 239 46 319.0 319.4 290.4 325.4 1.91 12 450 6570 -15.9 -23.1 54 7.3 -17.9 245 49 323.3 323.5 291.1 327.9 1.32 13 400 7446 -22.2 -35.8 28 13.6 -24.5 245 59 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.7 0.45 14 350 8412 -29.5 -46.7 17 17.2 -31.2 245 67 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.16 15 300 9493 -38.0 -44.0 54 5.9 -38.5 248 78 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.26 16 250 10720 -48.4 -52.0 66 3.6 -48.6 247 86 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12162 -54.3 -69.0 15 14.7 -54.5 251 94 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 13983 -59.8 -82.8 3 23.1 -60.0 253 75 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16459 -68.2 -87.3 5 19.1 -68.2 253 37 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.47 m Freezing level: 626.38 mb = 4010.78 m = 13158.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.56 mb = 3800.09 m = 12467.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.30 mb = 883.72 m = 2899.30 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 10.78 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.98 mb = 1893.71 m = 6212.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.81 C = 83.87 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.33 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 37.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1096.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.41 mb = 1459.73 m = 4789.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.41 mb = 3027.99 m = 9934.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.41 mb = 11360.47 m = 37271.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1087.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.41 mb = 14130.66 m = 46359.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.9 neg: -24.9 tot: 221.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 15.18 Bulk Shear: 72.25 m/s