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: 36.14,-94.14 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 394 23.0 19.5 80 3.6 20.5 188 12 299.4 302.1 295.0 343.0 14.95 2 950 513 22.0 18.9 83 3.1 19.9 190 17 299.5 302.2 294.8 342.2 14.64 3 900 982 20.7 14.5 68 6.2 16.5 215 34 302.8 304.9 293.6 337.2 11.61 4 850 1474 16.8 12.5 76 4.3 14.0 227 32 303.8 305.8 293.3 335.9 10.80 5 800 1988 13.7 13.2 97 0.5 13.4 228 26 305.7 308.0 294.7 341.7 12.01 6 750 2531 11.2 5.0 66 6.2 7.6 235 30 308.7 310.1 292.0 331.1 7.30 7 700 3103 6.9 3.2 77 3.7 4.8 241 38 310.2 311.5 292.1 331.5 6.91 8 650 3707 2.2 -0.7 81 2.9 0.7 237 41 311.4 312.5 291.4 328.9 5.58 9 600 4349 -2.6 -5.9 78 3.4 -4.1 236 48 313.2 313.9 290.6 326.2 4.10 10 550 5032 -7.8 -11.5 75 3.7 -9.2 236 49 314.8 315.4 290.0 324.2 2.88 11 500 5767 -11.4 -16.3 67 4.9 -13.1 239 46 319.1 319.5 290.6 326.2 2.14 12 450 6569 -15.8 -21.4 62 5.6 -17.4 245 48 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.6 1.54 13 400 7445 -22.3 -34.3 33 12.0 -24.4 245 58 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.52 14 350 8411 -29.6 -46.6 18 17.0 -31.3 245 67 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.17 15 300 9492 -38.0 -43.8 54 5.8 -38.5 248 78 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.8 0.26 16 250 10719 -48.4 -52.0 66 3.6 -48.6 247 86 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12160 -54.3 -69.1 15 14.8 -54.5 251 94 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 13982 -59.7 -82.8 3 23.1 -59.9 253 75 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16459 -68.1 -87.2 5 19.2 -68.2 252 37 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.89 m Freezing level: 626.93 mb = 4003.37 m = 13134.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.00 mb = 3794.20 m = 12448.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.12 mb = 847.05 m = 2779.00 ft T: 21.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.45 mb = 1920.15 m = 6299.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.05 C = 84.30 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.98 C K Index: 37.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1084.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.07 mb = 1462.89 m = 4799.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.07 mb = 3031.71 m = 9946.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.07 mb = 11369.15 m = 37299.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1073.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.07 mb = 14144.00 m = 46403.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.3 neg: -24.4 tot: 226.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 14.90 Bulk Shear: 72.81 m/s