MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.23,-91.58 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -91.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 987 188 25.6 13.4 47 12.2 17.7 198 9 299.9 301.7 291.3 328.8 9.83 2 950 523 23.9 12.0 47 11.9 16.3 203 26 301.5 303.2 291.4 329.0 9.29 3 900 992 19.6 10.0 54 9.5 13.7 206 32 301.7 303.3 290.9 327.2 8.61 4 850 1481 16.3 11.4 73 4.9 13.2 225 36 303.2 305.0 292.5 333.0 10.01 5 800 1994 11.9 10.4 90 1.5 11.0 236 37 303.9 305.7 292.7 333.5 9.95 6 750 2531 8.5 4.0 73 4.5 6.0 238 35 305.8 307.1 290.7 326.4 6.81 7 700 3099 6.0 -5.0 45 11.0 0.8 238 30 309.2 309.9 289.0 321.0 3.78 8 650 3702 1.6 -0.6 86 2.2 0.5 229 28 310.8 311.8 291.2 328.3 5.65 9 600 4342 -2.5 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.7 221 37 313.3 314.2 291.5 329.4 5.11 10 550 5027 -7.2 -8.8 88 1.6 -7.9 225 45 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.1 3.58 11 500 5763 -11.9 -16.1 71 4.2 -13.3 230 46 318.5 319.0 290.5 325.8 2.18 12 450 6561 -16.9 -25.7 47 8.7 -19.1 235 49 321.9 322.2 290.5 325.6 1.05 13 400 7434 -23.0 -29.5 55 6.5 -24.3 240 57 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.1 0.83 14 350 8398 -29.8 -33.1 73 3.3 -30.3 244 62 328.5 328.7 292.0 331.0 0.67 15 300 9480 -37.8 -41.0 72 3.2 -38.1 248 64 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10706 -49.0 -52.6 66 3.6 -49.1 252 69 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.12 17 200 12143 -53.3 -71.1 10 17.7 -53.7 261 86 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13976 -58.8 -80.9 4 22.1 -59.0 252 65 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16466 -68.2 -87.1 5 18.9 -68.3 252 40 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.64 m Freezing level: 630.42 mb = 3952.43 m = 12967.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.42 mb = 3795.52 m = 12452.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.82 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.13 mb = 1732.16 m = 5682.88 ft T: 14.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 12.53 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.23 mb = 2639.26 m = 8658.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.13 C = 89.84 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 28.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5504.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.92 mb = 2036.35 m = 6680.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.2 neg: -13.4 tot: 205.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 46.04 m/s