MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.15,-93.94 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -93.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 960 411 24.4 19.7 75 4.6 21.1 189 15 301.0 303.8 295.7 345.8 15.24 2 950 500 23.9 19.2 75 4.8 20.6 190 21 301.5 304.2 295.6 345.2 14.85 3 900 970 19.7 17.3 86 2.5 18.0 196 32 301.8 304.4 295.0 342.8 13.90 4 850 1461 17.5 12.5 72 5.0 14.3 220 37 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.6 10.76 5 800 1978 14.8 7.8 63 6.9 10.6 240 32 306.9 308.5 292.3 332.2 8.34 6 750 2520 10.9 6.0 72 4.9 8.0 253 32 308.4 309.8 292.3 332.3 7.83 7 700 3091 6.3 2.1 75 4.2 4.0 253 33 309.4 310.6 291.5 329.1 6.38 8 650 3694 1.8 -0.7 83 2.5 0.5 247 34 311.0 312.0 291.3 328.4 5.59 9 600 4336 -2.2 -3.9 88 1.7 -3.0 246 38 313.5 314.5 291.3 328.7 4.79 10 550 5021 -6.6 -8.4 87 1.8 -7.4 246 43 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.1 3.68 11 500 5759 -11.3 -14.9 75 3.5 -12.6 245 49 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.3 2.41 12 450 6560 -16.6 -22.9 58 6.3 -18.3 244 54 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.1 1.35 13 400 7433 -23.0 -31.0 48 8.0 -24.5 242 60 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.7 0.72 14 350 8396 -30.2 -39.0 42 8.8 -31.3 240 68 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.4 0.37 15 300 9474 -38.5 -43.0 62 4.6 -38.9 242 81 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.28 16 250 10700 -48.7 -51.6 72 2.9 -48.8 244 96 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 17 200 12143 -53.9 -71.2 10 17.3 -54.2 251 87 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13967 -59.0 -80.5 5 21.5 -59.2 252 68 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16458 -68.2 -87.2 5 19.1 -68.3 250 43 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.38 m Freezing level: 627.73 mb = 3979.85 m = 13057.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.05 mb = 3780.29 m = 12402.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.70 mb = 1001.66 m = 3286.25 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 13.65 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1849.62 m = 6068.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.18 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 37.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1758.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.72 mb = 1343.53 m = 4407.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.72 mb = 2444.96 m = 8021.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.72 mb = 11623.30 m = 38133.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1755.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.72 mb = 15002.60 m = 49220.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.6 neg: -2.3 tot: 288.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.15 Bulk Rich Number: 17.29 Bulk Shear: 101.73 m/s