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: 36.18,-93.43 Latitude: 36.18 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 953 475 25.4 18.7 66 6.8 20.7 194 13 302.7 305.4 295.6 345.2 14.35 2 950 503 24.8 18.2 67 6.6 20.2 196 15 302.3 304.9 295.2 343.6 13.97 3 900 975 20.1 16.8 81 3.3 17.8 200 27 302.2 304.7 294.8 342.0 13.46 4 850 1465 16.6 12.8 78 3.8 14.1 218 37 303.6 305.6 293.4 336.3 11.02 5 800 1980 14.0 9.2 73 4.8 11.0 234 33 306.1 307.8 292.7 333.8 9.18 6 750 2523 11.1 5.8 70 5.3 8.0 249 32 308.7 310.1 292.3 332.3 7.74 7 700 3094 6.5 3.4 81 3.1 4.8 254 32 309.7 311.0 292.1 331.3 7.02 8 650 3698 1.9 0.0 87 1.9 0.9 245 32 311.1 312.2 291.6 329.5 5.90 9 600 4339 -2.4 -3.7 91 1.2 -3.0 239 34 313.3 314.2 291.3 328.6 4.86 10 550 5024 -7.1 -7.9 94 0.9 -7.4 238 40 315.7 316.4 291.2 328.0 3.83 11 500 5761 -11.2 -15.4 71 4.2 -12.7 240 47 319.4 319.8 290.9 327.0 2.30 12 450 6560 -17.1 -22.9 61 5.7 -18.7 242 51 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.4 1.35 13 400 7433 -22.7 -25.4 78 2.7 -23.4 242 57 325.5 325.7 291.6 329.7 1.21 14 350 8398 -29.8 -33.7 69 3.9 -30.4 242 68 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.8 0.63 15 300 9476 -38.7 -42.2 70 3.5 -39.0 244 81 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.31 16 250 10701 -48.7 -52.5 64 3.8 -48.9 245 96 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 17 200 12144 -53.4 -71.5 9 18.0 -53.7 251 88 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 13970 -59.1 -81.6 4 22.5 -59.3 251 70 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16457 -68.1 -87.2 5 19.2 -68.2 253 42 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.78 m Freezing level: 628.15 mb = 3978.02 m = 13051.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.55 mb = 3840.15 m = 12598.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.16 mb = 1333.55 m = 4375.11 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.83 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.89 mb = 1844.37 m = 6051.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.11 C = 82.59 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 37.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1521.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.04 mb = 1495.10 m = 4905.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.04 mb = 2723.54 m = 8935.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.04 mb = 11467.97 m = 37624.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1515.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.04 mb = 14752.66 m = 48400.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.0 neg: -4.9 tot: 240.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.28 Bulk Rich Number: 21.12 Bulk Shear: 72.02 m/s