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: 36.20,-94.30 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -94.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 965 377 22.0 19.0 83 3.0 19.9 188 12 298.1 300.7 294.4 340.1 14.48 2 950 516 20.4 18.4 88 2.0 19.0 190 19 297.9 300.4 294.0 338.9 14.15 3 900 984 20.1 16.4 79 3.8 17.5 226 37 302.2 304.7 294.6 341.0 13.11 4 850 1476 17.0 12.3 74 4.7 14.0 237 32 304.0 305.9 293.2 335.7 10.63 5 800 1990 13.6 8.8 73 4.8 10.6 241 23 305.7 307.3 292.4 332.5 8.91 6 750 2533 11.8 1.7 50 10.1 6.2 234 27 309.3 310.4 290.9 327.1 5.76 7 700 3106 7.4 -1.1 55 8.5 3.0 226 33 310.7 311.7 290.7 326.5 5.06 8 650 3710 1.7 0.6 92 1.1 1.1 228 34 310.9 312.1 291.7 330.0 6.16 9 600 4351 -2.5 -3.4 94 0.9 -2.9 229 39 313.3 314.2 291.4 329.0 4.98 10 550 5036 -6.8 -7.6 93 0.9 -7.1 234 46 316.1 316.8 291.3 328.7 3.92 11 500 5773 -11.7 -12.5 94 0.8 -12.1 235 46 318.7 319.3 291.2 328.4 2.92 12 450 6572 -17.4 -19.7 82 2.3 -18.1 241 48 321.4 321.7 291.0 327.4 1.78 13 400 7444 -22.6 -40.3 18 17.6 -25.1 243 56 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.7 0.29 14 350 8411 -29.3 -49.8 12 20.5 -31.1 240 63 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.12 15 300 9493 -37.9 -45.4 45 7.5 -38.5 245 74 332.0 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.22 16 250 10720 -48.0 -52.8 58 4.8 -48.2 248 84 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 17 200 12168 -52.8 -73.4 7 20.6 -53.2 249 90 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13995 -59.8 -84.7 3 24.9 -60.0 253 76 367.1 367.1 300.0 367.1 0.00 19 100 16478 -68.6 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.7 262 34 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.76 m Freezing level: 629.43 mb = 3973.43 m = 13036.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.99 mb = 3884.21 m = 12743.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.52 mb = 751.63 m = 2465.95 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 14.47 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1769.47 m = 5805.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.74 C = 83.74 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 32.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1192.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.96 mb = 1256.33 m = 4121.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.96 mb = 3141.03 m = 10305.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.96 mb = 11347.19 m = 37227.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1177.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.96 mb = 14120.67 m = 46327.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.5 neg: -20.9 tot: 212.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.58 Bulk Rich Number: 26.75 Bulk Shear: 44.57 m/s