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: 36.19,-91.47 Latitude: 36.19 Longitude: -91.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 988 167 21.1 17.5 80 3.6 18.7 146 5 295.2 297.5 292.3 332.0 12.83 2 950 511 21.9 15.7 68 6.2 17.8 187 26 299.4 301.6 292.9 334.3 11.92 3 900 979 18.8 14.4 75 4.4 15.9 200 39 300.9 303.0 293.0 334.8 11.53 4 850 1468 15.2 13.0 86 2.3 13.8 213 37 302.1 304.2 293.0 335.0 11.13 5 800 1980 13.1 7.1 67 6.0 9.5 233 37 305.1 306.6 291.5 329.0 7.94 6 750 2521 10.5 3.5 62 7.0 6.6 248 44 308.0 309.2 291.2 328.1 6.57 7 700 3091 5.8 1.6 75 4.2 3.5 247 47 308.9 310.0 291.1 327.8 6.14 8 650 3692 1.0 -0.5 90 1.5 0.3 239 49 310.1 311.2 291.1 327.8 5.70 9 600 4332 -2.7 -4.5 87 1.8 -3.6 245 51 313.0 313.8 291.0 327.4 4.56 10 550 5017 -6.9 -9.6 81 2.8 -8.0 251 54 315.9 316.6 290.8 326.7 3.35 11 500 5754 -11.3 -15.2 73 3.9 -12.7 253 55 319.3 319.7 290.9 327.1 2.34 12 450 6554 -16.8 -22.2 63 5.3 -18.3 251 56 322.1 322.3 290.9 327.0 1.43 13 400 7428 -22.6 -26.3 72 3.7 -23.5 246 57 325.6 325.8 291.6 329.5 1.11 14 350 8394 -29.4 -32.3 76 2.9 -29.9 237 56 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.7 0.72 15 300 9472 -39.4 -42.7 71 3.3 -39.7 236 66 329.8 329.9 292.0 330.9 0.29 16 250 10693 -48.1 -61.9 19 13.8 -48.5 246 83 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.04 17 200 12144 -53.2 -75.1 5 21.9 -53.5 254 66 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13964 -60.4 -80.7 5 20.3 -60.6 255 60 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.00 19 100 16459 -65.6 -87.0 4 21.4 -65.8 255 43 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.53 m Freezing level: 636.45 mb = 3865.37 m = 12681.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.66 mb = 3733.10 m = 12247.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.76 mb = 623.35 m = 2045.10 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 8.28 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 1963.45 m = 6441.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 24.29 C K Index: 35.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 462.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.42 mb = 1264.71 m = 4149.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.42 mb = 3144.22 m = 10315.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.42 mb = 10549.67 m = 34611.35 ft B at Equ Level: 456.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.42 mb = 12290.81 m = 40323.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 44.7 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 33.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 552.9 neg: -2.9 tot: 550.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 183.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.46 Bulk Rich Number: 2.54 Bulk Shear: 181.71 m/s