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: 36.23,-94.69 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 968 329 26.8 20.6 69 6.3 22.3 190 17 302.8 305.8 296.7 350.0 15.95 2 950 491 24.6 19.5 73 5.1 21.0 191 25 302.2 305.0 296.0 347.0 15.17 3 900 963 20.0 18.2 89 1.8 18.7 195 31 302.1 304.8 295.7 345.6 14.74 4 850 1454 16.8 14.7 88 2.0 15.4 213 36 303.7 306.0 294.5 340.9 12.49 5 800 1971 16.2 -1.3 30 17.4 7.1 236 33 308.4 309.2 289.3 321.9 4.35 6 750 2515 12.0 -3.8 33 15.8 4.2 254 38 309.6 310.3 289.3 321.7 3.86 7 700 3086 6.5 1.8 72 4.7 3.9 249 39 309.6 310.8 291.4 328.9 6.23 8 650 3689 1.0 0.5 96 0.5 0.7 245 39 310.1 311.2 291.4 329.0 6.10 9 600 4328 -2.9 -3.5 96 0.6 -3.2 247 42 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.3 4.92 10 550 5013 -7.0 -7.7 95 0.6 -7.3 246 48 315.7 316.5 291.2 328.3 3.91 11 500 5750 -11.5 -12.1 95 0.6 -11.7 244 54 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.0 3.03 12 450 6551 -17.0 -18.2 90 1.2 -17.4 244 59 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.7 2.03 13 400 7422 -23.7 -30.4 54 6.6 -25.0 243 68 324.2 324.3 290.8 326.9 0.77 14 350 8382 -31.1 -41.1 37 10.1 -32.2 241 80 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.0 0.30 15 300 9456 -39.2 -44.0 60 4.9 -39.5 243 92 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.2 0.26 16 250 10680 -48.4 -53.7 54 5.3 -48.6 244 103 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.10 17 200 12130 -52.7 -75.4 5 22.6 -53.1 254 81 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13960 -58.9 -80.6 4 21.6 -59.2 254 63 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16453 -67.6 -87.9 4 20.3 -67.7 251 42 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.38 m Freezing level: 637.37 mb = 3850.16 m = 12631.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.79 mb = 3802.55 m = 12475.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.53 mb = 1121.64 m = 3679.87 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 28.30 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1348.08 m = 4422.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.31 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -7.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 26.19 C K Index: 38.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2419.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.38 mb = 1220.93 m = 4005.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.38 mb = 2532.56 m = 8308.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.38 mb = 11863.59 m = 38922.08 ft B at Equ Level: 2410.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.38 mb = 15957.99 m = 52354.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.9 neg: -10.3 tot: 280.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.20 Bulk Rich Number: 20.36 Bulk Shear: 118.81 m/s