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: 36.81,-92.72 Latitude: 36.81 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 335 26.3 19.1 65 7.2 21.2 182 12 302.2 304.9 295.5 345.0 14.49 2 950 500 24.4 18.0 67 6.4 19.9 186 19 301.9 304.5 294.9 342.5 13.76 3 900 971 19.8 16.8 83 3.0 17.7 192 25 301.9 304.4 294.7 341.6 13.45 4 850 1461 16.2 13.4 84 2.8 14.4 216 31 303.1 305.2 293.6 337.0 11.44 5 800 1975 13.5 9.4 77 4.0 11.0 222 30 305.5 307.2 292.7 333.5 9.32 6 750 2517 11.2 4.2 62 7.0 7.2 241 32 308.7 310.0 291.7 329.9 6.90 7 700 3089 6.8 2.7 75 4.1 4.5 249 39 310.0 311.2 291.9 330.5 6.64 8 650 3693 1.8 -0.4 85 2.3 0.7 246 41 311.1 312.1 291.4 328.8 5.72 9 600 4334 -2.8 -4.3 89 1.5 -3.5 243 44 312.9 313.8 291.0 327.5 4.64 10 550 5017 -7.5 -10.5 79 2.9 -8.7 241 48 315.1 315.7 290.3 325.3 3.13 11 500 5752 -12.1 -18.9 57 6.8 -14.2 241 52 318.3 318.6 290.0 324.1 1.72 12 450 6550 -17.4 -21.4 71 4.0 -18.5 242 55 321.4 321.7 290.7 326.7 1.54 13 400 7421 -23.7 -32.4 45 8.7 -25.2 244 64 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.5 0.63 14 350 8382 -30.6 -44.2 25 13.7 -32.0 241 75 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.21 15 300 9459 -38.7 -44.4 55 5.8 -39.2 244 86 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.24 16 250 10684 -48.6 -52.3 65 3.8 -48.7 245 97 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12127 -53.7 -71.6 10 17.8 -54.0 250 86 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13953 -58.8 -81.7 4 23.0 -59.0 250 70 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16450 -67.0 -87.5 4 20.4 -67.1 249 37 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.68 m Freezing level: 630.10 mb = 3947.85 m = 12952.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.02 mb = 3791.83 m = 12440.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.56 mb = 1246.47 m = 4089.44 ft T: 17.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 15.10 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.82 mb = 1553.33 m = 5096.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.56 C = 81.61 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.23 C Cross Totals Index: 25.47 C K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1720.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.48 mb = 1376.16 m = 4514.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.48 mb = 2702.08 m = 8864.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.48 mb = 11705.30 m = 38402.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1700.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.48 mb = 15151.33 m = 49708.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 260.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.40 Bulk Rich Number: 14.57 Bulk Shear: 118.12 m/s