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: 36.61,-94.45 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 971 322 22.8 19.0 79 3.8 20.2 191 12 298.5 301.1 294.4 340.3 14.39 2 950 511 20.4 18.3 88 2.1 19.0 194 19 297.9 300.5 294.0 338.8 14.09 3 900 978 20.8 14.3 66 6.6 16.5 233 36 303.0 305.1 293.5 336.8 11.42 4 850 1471 17.4 12.3 72 5.1 14.1 246 30 304.4 306.3 293.3 336.1 10.62 5 800 1985 13.1 11.8 92 1.3 12.2 246 26 305.1 307.1 293.7 337.7 10.90 6 750 2526 9.8 8.1 89 1.7 8.8 234 26 307.2 308.9 293.0 334.7 9.08 7 700 3097 6.7 1.8 71 4.9 4.0 227 39 309.9 311.1 291.5 329.2 6.23 8 650 3700 1.4 0.1 91 1.3 0.7 225 41 310.6 311.7 291.4 329.0 5.93 9 600 4340 -2.6 -4.4 87 1.8 -3.4 227 46 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.7 4.61 10 550 5025 -6.6 -9.5 80 2.8 -7.8 234 50 316.2 316.9 290.9 327.2 3.39 11 500 5763 -11.0 -16.3 65 5.3 -12.8 234 52 319.6 320.1 290.8 326.8 2.14 12 450 6562 -17.4 -26.9 43 9.5 -19.6 238 52 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.6 0.94 13 400 7433 -23.3 -39.7 21 16.4 -25.6 243 57 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.9 0.30 14 350 8396 -29.9 -48.0 16 18.0 -31.6 240 65 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.14 15 300 9475 -38.6 -45.2 49 6.7 -39.1 242 77 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.22 16 250 10700 -48.2 -51.9 65 3.7 -48.4 245 88 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12147 -52.8 -70.8 10 18.0 -53.1 248 90 349.1 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13978 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 252 76 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16470 -68.3 -87.5 5 19.1 -68.4 261 37 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.30 m Freezing level: 632.27 mb = 3926.54 m = 12882.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.31 mb = 3807.19 m = 12490.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.27 mb = 804.56 m = 2639.59 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 13.11 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1859.80 m = 6101.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1014.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.19 mb = 1368.03 m = 4488.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.19 mb = 2690.56 m = 8827.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.19 mb = 11095.72 m = 36402.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1004.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.19 mb = 13761.53 m = 45148.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.9 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 261.9 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.1 neg: -13.6 tot: 223.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.21 Bulk Rich Number: 15.74 Bulk Shear: 64.41 m/s