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: 37.55,-94.18 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -94.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 SFC 969 294 21.8 20.9 95 0.9 21.1 210 15 297.6 300.5 295.4 344.6 16.23 2 950 463 20.9 20.1 95 0.8 20.4 210 26 298.4 301.3 295.4 344.4 15.82 3 900 931 18.8 17.4 92 1.4 17.8 218 42 300.9 303.5 294.8 342.1 14.03 4 850 1421 16.0 14.3 90 1.7 14.9 229 46 302.9 305.2 294.1 339.0 12.17 5 800 1934 12.4 10.8 90 1.6 11.4 234 45 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.9 10.23 6 750 2473 9.5 6.2 80 3.3 7.5 238 41 306.9 308.3 292.0 330.9 7.93 7 700 3042 6.1 2.9 80 3.2 4.4 244 38 309.3 310.6 291.7 330.1 6.76 8 650 3646 2.3 -0.9 79 3.3 0.7 252 37 311.6 312.7 291.4 328.8 5.51 9 600 4288 -1.9 -5.1 78 3.3 -3.4 255 40 314.0 314.8 291.1 327.8 4.35 10 550 4975 -6.4 -9.8 77 3.4 -7.8 256 46 316.5 317.2 290.9 327.3 3.31 11 500 5713 -10.7 -16.2 64 5.5 -12.6 250 55 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.3 2.16 12 450 6515 -16.4 -22.7 58 6.3 -18.1 244 65 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.3 1.37 13 400 7388 -23.6 -31.1 50 7.5 -25.0 238 73 324.3 324.4 290.8 326.8 0.71 14 350 8348 -31.5 -41.9 35 10.4 -32.6 234 81 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.3 0.28 15 300 9419 -39.9 -54.1 20 14.2 -40.6 241 75 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.08 16 250 10644 -46.7 -63.3 13 16.6 -47.1 249 59 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 17 200 12105 -51.4 -76.1 4 24.7 -51.8 263 53 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13936 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.0 260 59 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16428 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 259 45 402.9 402.9 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.45 m Freezing level: 622.13 mb = 4004.04 m = 13136.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.78 mb = 3748.04 m = 12296.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.51 mb = 404.11 m = 1325.81 ft T: 21.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 17.37 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1118.82 m = 3670.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.79 C = 78.42 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 37.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1831.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.67 mb = 905.21 m = 2969.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.67 mb = 1443.82 m = 4736.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.67 mb = 11256.74 m = 36931.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1825.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.67 mb = 14926.60 m = 48971.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.3 neg: -6.7 tot: 311.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.60 Bulk Rich Number: 24.44 Bulk Shear: 74.96 m/s