MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.28,-91.52 Latitude: 36.28 Longitude: -91.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 985 185 21.1 19.1 88 2.0 19.7 245 13 295.5 298.0 293.4 336.3 14.22 2 950 501 19.0 17.9 94 1.0 18.3 240 30 296.4 298.9 293.3 336.1 13.75 3 900 964 16.4 16.2 99 0.2 16.3 242 44 298.4 300.8 293.3 336.1 12.95 4 850 1450 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.7 249 52 300.6 302.7 293.0 334.7 11.60 5 800 1960 10.8 10.6 99 0.2 10.7 255 55 302.6 304.5 292.4 332.5 10.07 6 750 2496 7.6 7.4 99 0.2 7.5 259 57 304.8 306.4 291.9 330.7 8.63 7 700 3062 4.1 3.8 98 0.3 3.9 259 57 307.1 308.4 291.5 329.0 7.22 8 650 3661 0.5 0.2 97 0.4 0.3 257 55 309.5 310.7 291.2 328.0 5.96 9 600 4300 -2.9 -3.2 97 0.3 -3.0 253 52 312.8 313.8 291.3 328.7 5.04 10 550 4986 -6.5 -6.8 97 0.3 -6.7 247 50 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.8 4.17 11 500 5725 -10.4 -11.2 94 0.8 -10.7 242 49 320.4 321.0 292.0 331.1 3.25 12 450 6530 -15.4 -17.1 86 1.7 -16.0 238 51 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.4 2.22 13 400 7408 -22.0 -24.1 83 2.1 -22.5 239 56 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.2 1.36 14 350 8374 -29.7 -32.5 77 2.8 -30.2 243 60 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.3 0.71 15 300 9454 -38.2 -41.3 73 3.0 -38.5 248 62 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.34 16 250 10679 -48.8 -52.5 65 3.7 -48.9 246 61 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12131 -50.5 -77.5 3 27.0 -50.9 242 76 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.00 18 150 13974 -58.4 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.6 253 61 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16469 -66.3 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.4 264 36 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.04 m Freezing level: 642.50 mb = 3757.18 m = 12326.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.32 mb = 3718.99 m = 12201.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.78 C = 80.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.84 mb = 438.96 m = 1440.14 ft T: 19.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 8.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.33 mb = 857.20 m = 2812.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.56 C = 74.40 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 37.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 723.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.81 mb = 749.79 m = 2459.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.81 mb = 1176.60 m = 3860.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.81 mb = 11004.06 m = 36102.11 ft B at Equ Level: 705.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.81 mb = 12884.33 m = 42270.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 50.0 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 37.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 3.7 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 341.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.48 Bulk Rich Number: 8.80 Bulk Shear: 82.19 m/s