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: 36.25,-94.21 Latitude: 36.25 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 962 381 25.1 20.4 75 4.7 21.8 186 16 301.6 304.5 296.3 348.4 15.90 2 950 494 23.9 19.7 77 4.3 20.9 187 23 301.5 304.3 295.9 346.6 15.34 3 900 964 19.6 17.5 88 2.0 18.2 192 33 301.7 304.3 295.1 343.4 14.16 4 850 1456 18.3 12.9 71 5.4 14.7 219 36 305.3 307.3 293.9 338.4 11.05 5 800 1974 16.1 2.9 41 13.2 8.7 242 34 308.3 309.4 290.7 326.5 5.91 6 750 2517 11.4 4.2 61 7.3 7.3 255 35 309.0 310.3 291.7 330.2 6.89 7 700 3089 6.1 2.1 75 4.0 3.9 252 36 309.3 310.5 291.4 328.9 6.38 8 650 3691 1.6 -1.4 80 3.0 0.0 246 39 310.7 311.7 290.9 327.3 5.31 9 600 4332 -2.6 -4.5 87 1.9 -3.5 248 43 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.6 4.57 10 550 5017 -6.9 -9.4 83 2.5 -7.9 244 48 315.9 316.5 290.8 326.9 3.41 11 500 5753 -11.5 -17.9 59 6.4 -13.6 243 54 319.0 319.3 290.3 325.2 1.86 12 450 6553 -16.8 -29.7 32 13.0 -19.6 244 58 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.7 0.72 13 400 7425 -23.5 -38.4 24 14.9 -25.6 242 68 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.35 14 350 8387 -30.4 -45.3 22 14.9 -31.9 240 76 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 15 300 9463 -38.8 -43.9 58 5.1 -39.2 243 87 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.26 16 250 10688 -48.5 -52.8 61 4.2 -48.7 244 99 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 17 200 12134 -53.4 -72.6 8 19.2 -53.7 252 84 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 13960 -59.0 -81.9 4 22.9 -59.2 253 67 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16454 -67.8 -87.5 4 19.7 -67.9 250 42 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.81 m Freezing level: 631.09 mb = 3933.51 m = 12905.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.31 mb = 3699.69 m = 12137.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.04 C = 87.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.01 mb = 973.53 m = 3193.95 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 21.89 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.43 mb = 2032.47 m = 6668.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -6.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Showalter Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.81 C Cross Totals Index: 24.41 C K Index: 38.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2042.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.26 mb = 1272.96 m = 4176.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.26 mb = 2592.06 m = 8504.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.26 mb = 11718.19 m = 38445.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2036.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.26 mb = 15687.87 m = 51468.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.5 neg: -1.6 tot: 311.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.95 Bulk Rich Number: 15.53 Bulk Shear: 131.52 m/s