MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.96,-92.01 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 975 283 20.4 15.2 72 5.3 17.0 194 8 295.7 297.7 291.1 327.9 11.17 2 950 507 20.7 14.4 67 6.3 16.6 213 23 298.2 300.2 291.7 330.0 10.92 3 900 975 19.2 13.3 68 5.9 15.4 242 36 301.3 303.3 292.5 333.0 10.73 4 850 1465 17.1 8.8 58 8.4 12.0 256 25 304.1 305.6 291.5 329.1 8.36 5 800 1979 12.8 10.3 85 2.5 11.3 254 20 304.8 306.6 292.9 334.4 9.90 6 750 2518 9.1 8.8 98 0.3 8.9 239 19 306.4 308.2 293.1 335.1 9.51 7 700 3087 5.2 2.4 82 2.9 3.7 235 25 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.2 6.50 8 650 3687 1.0 -4.1 69 5.1 -1.4 239 33 310.1 310.9 289.9 323.6 4.34 9 600 4328 -0.9 -14.3 35 13.4 -6.0 239 40 315.1 315.5 289.4 322.0 2.10 10 550 5017 -6.0 -18.2 37 12.2 -10.1 238 45 317.0 317.3 289.5 322.5 1.65 11 500 5754 -11.2 -30.2 19 19.0 -15.5 241 45 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.6 0.62 12 450 6554 -16.6 -39.7 12 23.1 -20.3 242 46 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.4 0.27 13 400 7428 -22.1 -42.3 14 20.2 -24.8 245 53 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.1 0.23 14 350 8395 -29.7 -44.5 22 14.8 -31.2 243 59 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.21 15 300 9474 -39.1 -47.4 41 8.4 -39.6 248 64 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.0 0.18 16 250 10696 -48.6 -52.8 61 4.2 -48.8 256 79 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.11 17 200 12137 -53.9 -71.2 10 17.3 -54.2 257 87 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13960 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 254 69 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16449 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 257 34 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.48 m Freezing level: 623.73 mb = 4024.21 m = 13202.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.17 mb = 3512.50 m = 11523.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.77 mb = 958.03 m = 3143.09 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 13.09 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.39 mb = 2240.03 m = 7349.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.23 C = 86.42 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.42 mb = 1530.85 m = 5022.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.42 mb = 3460.88 m = 11354.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 628.42 mb = 3957.77 m = 12984.65 ft B at Equ Level: 23.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 548.42 mb = 5038.94 m = 16531.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.3 neg: -17.9 tot: 212.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 28.44 m/s