MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.10,-94.27 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -94.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 964 391 21.9 19.0 83 3.0 19.9 187 12 298.2 300.8 294.4 340.2 14.46 2 950 518 20.5 18.3 87 2.2 19.0 190 19 298.0 300.6 294.0 338.8 14.07 3 900 986 20.0 16.5 80 3.5 17.7 226 36 302.1 304.6 294.6 341.3 13.28 4 850 1477 16.8 12.9 78 3.9 14.3 236 32 303.7 305.8 293.5 336.6 11.06 5 800 1991 13.6 8.5 71 5.1 10.4 240 24 305.6 307.2 292.2 331.9 8.72 6 750 2534 11.9 1.3 48 10.6 6.1 232 26 309.5 310.5 290.8 326.9 5.61 7 700 3107 7.5 -0.6 57 8.1 3.3 225 32 310.8 311.8 290.9 327.2 5.25 8 650 3711 1.8 0.7 92 1.2 1.2 228 32 311.0 312.2 291.7 330.2 6.18 9 600 4352 -2.4 -3.3 94 0.9 -2.9 230 37 313.3 314.3 291.5 329.1 5.01 10 550 5038 -6.7 -7.3 95 0.6 -7.0 234 44 316.2 316.9 291.5 329.1 4.03 11 500 5776 -11.5 -12.0 96 0.5 -11.7 236 45 319.0 319.6 291.4 329.0 3.04 12 450 6575 -17.3 -18.8 88 1.5 -17.7 241 47 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.93 13 400 7448 -22.6 -39.0 21 16.4 -25.0 243 55 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.33 14 350 8414 -29.2 -50.0 12 20.8 -31.0 240 63 329.4 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.11 15 300 9497 -37.7 -45.5 44 7.8 -38.4 245 74 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.22 16 250 10724 -48.0 -52.8 57 4.8 -48.2 248 83 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 17 200 12173 -52.8 -72.9 7 20.1 -53.1 249 89 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14000 -59.9 -83.7 3 23.8 -60.1 253 76 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16480 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.8 262 33 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.67 m Freezing level: 628.64 mb = 3985.19 m = 13074.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.26 mb = 3895.03 m = 12778.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.85 mb = 768.77 m = 2522.19 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 14.45 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.59 mb = 1724.34 m = 5657.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1201.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.53 mb = 1252.15 m = 4108.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.53 mb = 3135.78 m = 10287.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.53 mb = 11335.52 m = 37189.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1188.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.53 mb = 14101.14 m = 46263.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.8 neg: -20.0 tot: 201.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 29.60 Bulk Shear: 40.59 m/s