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: 36.46,-94.96 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 977 253 25.9 20.9 74 5.0 22.3 186 14 301.0 304.0 296.3 348.3 16.09 2 950 498 22.9 19.2 80 3.7 20.4 189 21 300.4 303.2 295.3 344.2 14.93 3 900 968 19.9 15.2 74 4.8 16.7 208 34 302.1 304.3 293.8 337.9 12.13 4 850 1460 18.4 12.5 69 5.9 14.6 221 35 305.4 307.4 293.7 337.7 10.78 5 800 1978 15.1 11.2 77 3.9 12.6 225 33 307.2 309.2 294.0 338.8 10.48 6 750 2521 10.5 8.7 88 1.8 9.4 237 37 308.0 309.8 293.5 336.7 9.46 7 700 3093 6.4 3.5 82 2.9 4.7 243 44 309.5 310.9 292.0 331.2 7.04 8 650 3695 1.4 -0.2 89 1.6 0.6 243 47 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.6 5.82 9 600 4335 -2.9 -5.1 85 2.1 -3.9 240 51 312.7 313.6 290.7 326.5 4.37 10 550 5019 -7.2 -13.2 62 6.0 -9.4 239 55 315.6 316.1 289.9 323.8 2.52 11 500 5755 -11.6 -24.1 35 12.5 -15.0 240 56 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.7 1.09 12 450 6554 -16.9 -35.8 18 19.0 -20.3 243 57 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.5 0.40 13 400 7426 -23.2 -41.2 18 18.0 -25.6 242 64 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.8 0.26 14 350 8389 -30.2 -47.4 17 17.3 -31.7 241 71 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.15 15 300 9468 -38.5 -46.2 44 7.7 -39.1 245 84 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.20 16 250 10693 -48.5 -52.4 64 3.9 -48.6 245 93 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.12 17 200 12138 -53.8 -70.3 12 16.5 -54.1 250 91 347.5 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13963 -59.1 -80.9 4 21.7 -59.4 252 72 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16448 -68.1 -87.2 5 19.1 -68.2 253 38 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.29 m Freezing level: 633.94 mb = 3900.77 m = 12797.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.61 mb = 3774.16 m = 12382.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.40 mb = 887.05 m = 2910.22 ft T: 20.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 16.19 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.37 mb = 1963.63 m = 6442.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 39.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1656.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.60 mb = 1273.77 m = 4178.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.60 mb = 2480.83 m = 8139.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.60 mb = 11712.16 m = 38425.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1636.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.60 mb = 15149.94 m = 49703.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 302.9 neg: -5.3 tot: 297.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.54 Bulk Rich Number: 12.84 Bulk Shear: 129.03 m/s