MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.66,-94.46 Latitude: 39.66 Longitude: -94.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 971 297 20.6 18.3 87 2.3 19.1 217 8 296.3 298.8 293.3 336.0 13.79 2 950 486 21.1 17.4 79 3.7 18.6 224 23 298.6 301.0 293.6 337.2 13.25 3 900 953 19.1 15.7 81 3.4 16.8 232 39 301.2 303.5 293.9 338.2 12.59 4 850 1443 15.6 14.4 93 1.2 14.8 239 37 302.5 304.7 294.0 338.6 12.21 5 800 1955 12.2 11.7 97 0.5 11.9 241 37 304.1 306.1 293.4 336.4 10.83 6 750 2494 8.3 7.1 92 1.3 7.6 242 40 305.6 307.2 292.0 331.1 8.45 7 700 3060 4.7 1.4 79 3.3 2.9 244 38 307.7 308.8 290.6 326.3 6.05 8 650 3661 1.8 -7.1 52 8.9 -2.2 244 37 311.0 311.6 289.3 321.9 3.44 9 600 4302 -2.3 -14.5 38 12.3 -6.8 240 38 313.5 313.9 288.8 320.2 2.06 10 550 4986 -7.1 -21.7 30 14.7 -11.4 243 43 315.7 315.9 288.7 319.8 1.22 11 500 5722 -10.9 -39.9 7 29.0 -16.0 238 48 319.8 319.8 288.9 320.7 0.24 12 450 6523 -16.5 -42.1 9 25.5 -20.4 235 47 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.3 0.21 13 400 7395 -23.5 -43.3 14 19.8 -26.0 235 49 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.21 14 350 8357 -30.3 -47.2 18 16.9 -31.9 238 58 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.15 15 300 9433 -39.5 -50.8 29 11.3 -40.2 241 62 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.12 16 250 10650 -50.2 -55.3 55 5.1 -50.4 242 66 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.08 17 200 12087 -53.6 -70.2 11 16.6 -53.8 245 70 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13923 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.2 246 63 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16427 -65.7 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 245 32 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.58 m Freezing level: 628.00 mb = 3943.08 m = 12936.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.40 mb = 3398.60 m = 11150.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.23 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.07 mb = 585.73 m = 1921.66 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 18.76 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.68 mb = 1515.76 m = 4972.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1162.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.44 mb = 1170.45 m = 3840.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.44 mb = 2034.33 m = 6674.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.44 mb = 11402.12 m = 37408.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1139.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.44 mb = 13820.31 m = 45341.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.3 neg: -2.4 tot: 200.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 29.61 Bulk Shear: 39.26 m/s