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: 37.98,-93.57 Latitude: 37.98 Longitude: -93.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 SFC 971 268 23.1 20.6 86 2.5 21.4 222 15 298.8 301.7 295.6 345.2 15.95 2 950 461 21.7 20.0 90 1.6 20.5 221 29 299.2 302.0 295.5 345.0 15.70 3 900 929 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.1 222 39 300.3 303.0 295.1 343.2 14.65 4 850 1418 15.7 15.5 99 0.1 15.6 226 47 302.6 305.0 294.7 341.6 13.17 5 800 1931 12.7 12.4 98 0.3 12.5 231 47 304.7 306.8 294.0 338.7 11.38 6 750 2471 9.7 8.5 92 1.2 9.0 237 47 307.1 308.8 293.2 335.3 9.33 7 700 3042 6.3 4.6 89 1.6 5.4 242 47 309.4 310.9 292.5 332.9 7.65 8 650 3646 2.4 0.8 89 1.7 1.5 246 48 311.7 312.9 292.0 331.2 6.24 9 600 4288 -1.9 -3.3 90 1.4 -2.6 251 49 313.9 314.8 291.6 329.7 5.00 10 550 4975 -6.6 -8.4 87 1.9 -7.4 253 51 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.2 3.68 11 500 5712 -11.8 -14.7 79 2.9 -12.8 252 52 318.7 319.1 290.8 326.8 2.45 12 450 6511 -17.0 -20.1 76 3.2 -17.9 248 54 321.9 322.3 291.1 327.8 1.72 13 400 7384 -23.0 -26.2 75 3.2 -23.7 244 59 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.0 1.12 14 350 8349 -29.8 -33.1 73 3.3 -30.3 239 66 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.1 0.67 15 300 9429 -38.3 -41.5 72 3.2 -38.5 241 70 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 16 250 10657 -47.9 -51.5 66 3.6 -48.1 255 60 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 17 200 12097 -54.6 -67.8 18 13.2 -54.9 262 54 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13921 -59.5 -81.2 4 21.7 -59.7 255 63 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16426 -63.5 -86.6 3 23.1 -63.7 256 44 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.40 m Freezing level: 622.14 mb = 4003.71 m = 13135.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.45 mb = 3878.05 m = 12723.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.13 C = 82.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.64 mb = 583.37 m = 1913.91 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 18.45 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.98 mb = 880.84 m = 2889.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.55 C = 76.18 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.59 C Showalter Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.47 C Cross Totals Index: 27.32 C K Index: 41.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1988.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.49 mb = 847.34 m = 2779.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.49 mb = 990.67 m = 3250.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.49 mb = 11985.74 m = 39322.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1971.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.49 mb = 15644.11 m = 51325.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.9 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 271.9 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 313.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.49 Bulk Rich Number: 30.11 Bulk Shear: 66.06 m/s