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: 36.20,-93.19 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 959 415 20.8 19.0 90 1.7 19.6 201 12 297.4 300.0 294.2 339.6 14.58 2 950 500 20.9 18.9 88 2.1 19.5 205 22 298.4 301.1 294.6 340.9 14.59 3 900 967 18.4 16.5 89 1.9 17.1 216 44 300.5 302.9 294.1 339.3 13.24 4 850 1456 16.2 13.8 86 2.4 14.6 237 52 303.1 305.3 293.8 338.0 11.76 5 800 1970 13.5 6.2 61 7.3 9.2 251 55 305.6 307.0 291.2 328.2 7.47 6 750 2510 9.4 1.6 58 7.9 5.2 252 49 306.8 307.9 290.1 324.4 5.72 7 700 3077 5.0 -2.4 59 7.4 1.4 251 52 308.0 308.9 289.4 322.2 4.58 8 650 3678 2.4 -15.6 25 18.0 -4.2 258 55 311.7 312.1 287.9 317.5 1.75 9 600 4321 -1.1 -21.1 20 20.0 -7.5 259 56 314.8 315.0 288.3 318.8 1.18 10 550 5007 -5.9 -32.5 10 26.7 -12.0 257 58 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.7 0.45 11 500 5745 -11.4 -33.7 14 22.3 -16.0 251 61 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.44 12 450 6543 -17.5 -36.2 18 18.8 -20.7 247 63 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.7 0.38 13 400 7412 -24.3 -41.9 18 17.6 -26.5 244 66 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.3 0.24 14 350 8371 -31.2 -52.8 10 21.6 -32.8 240 68 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.08 15 300 9444 -39.1 -58.6 11 19.5 -40.1 251 56 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.05 16 250 10676 -45.9 -63.9 11 18.0 -46.4 258 53 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.03 17 200 12133 -52.5 -75.6 4 23.2 -52.8 253 60 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 13958 -60.1 -81.3 5 21.2 -60.3 256 61 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16451 -65.1 -86.3 4 21.2 -65.3 262 45 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.43 m Freezing level: 615.92 mb = 4116.18 m = 13504.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.72 mb = 3220.82 m = 10566.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.58 mb = 632.26 m = 2074.30 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 23.41 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.04 mb = 1556.32 m = 5105.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.54 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 25.18 C K Index: 33.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1289.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.19 mb = 1138.24 m = 3734.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.19 mb = 2320.24 m = 7612.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.19 mb = 11019.47 m = 36152.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1275.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.19 mb = 14074.55 m = 46175.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 53.1 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 39.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 660.5 neg: -24.6 tot: 635.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 212.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.74 Bulk Shear: 166.72 m/s