MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.12,-94.21 Latitude: 36.12 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 57 SFC 962 394 20.8 20.2 96 0.7 20.4 244 12 297.3 300.1 295.0 342.6 15.66 2 950 499 20.2 19.8 97 0.5 19.9 242 18 297.7 300.5 294.9 342.4 15.44 3 900 965 18.1 17.9 99 0.2 17.9 241 36 300.1 302.8 294.9 342.4 14.45 4 850 1454 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.1 249 43 302.1 304.4 294.3 339.9 12.79 5 800 1967 12.6 12.5 99 0.1 12.5 251 46 304.6 306.7 294.0 338.7 11.43 6 750 2507 9.7 9.5 99 0.2 9.6 252 48 307.1 309.0 293.6 337.2 9.97 7 700 3077 6.4 6.0 97 0.4 6.1 252 49 309.5 311.1 293.1 335.2 8.38 8 650 3682 2.6 1.9 95 0.7 2.2 252 50 311.9 313.1 292.5 332.9 6.75 9 600 4325 -1.2 -3.2 86 2.0 -2.2 255 51 314.7 315.7 291.9 330.7 5.03 10 550 5014 -5.8 -10.2 71 4.4 -7.6 259 52 317.2 317.8 291.0 327.6 3.21 11 500 5753 -11.2 -16.8 63 5.7 -13.0 264 52 319.4 319.8 290.6 326.3 2.05 12 450 6553 -17.1 -21.8 67 4.7 -18.4 266 51 321.7 322.0 290.8 326.8 1.48 13 400 7423 -23.7 -28.7 63 5.0 -24.7 262 54 324.2 324.3 290.9 327.3 0.89 14 350 8385 -30.6 -36.1 59 5.4 -31.4 254 60 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.3 0.50 15 300 9462 -38.6 -46.7 42 8.1 -39.2 255 65 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.19 16 250 10694 -45.8 -58.1 24 12.3 -46.3 257 60 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.06 17 200 12153 -51.6 -75.9 4 24.3 -52.0 254 62 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13980 -60.2 -82.9 4 22.7 -60.4 264 58 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16462 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.3 265 44 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.84 m Freezing level: 615.85 mb = 4121.16 m = 13520.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.11 mb = 3995.63 m = 13108.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.47 C = 81.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.72 mb = 474.25 m = 1555.92 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 16.32 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.85 mb = 985.72 m = 3233.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.73 C = 74.72 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 26.24 C K Index: 41.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1580.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.00 mb = 898.49 m = 2947.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.00 mb = 1137.99 m = 3733.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.00 mb = 11183.04 m = 36689.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1571.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.00 mb = 14762.61 m = 48433.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.40 Bulk Rich Number: 19.89 Bulk Shear: 79.44 m/s