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: 36.82,-93.97 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 962 409 21.2 18.2 83 2.9 19.2 199 12 297.6 300.1 293.7 337.7 13.84 2 950 513 20.4 17.8 85 2.6 18.7 201 17 297.9 300.4 293.7 337.4 13.63 3 900 980 20.1 16.7 81 3.4 17.8 233 37 302.2 304.7 294.7 341.7 13.38 4 850 1472 17.2 11.7 70 5.5 13.7 247 32 304.2 306.1 293.0 334.7 10.24 5 800 1986 12.9 11.7 93 1.2 12.1 249 27 304.9 306.9 293.7 337.4 10.86 6 750 2526 9.3 7.3 87 2.0 8.1 229 25 306.7 308.3 292.4 332.6 8.57 7 700 3095 6.2 1.5 72 4.7 3.7 224 38 309.3 310.5 291.2 328.2 6.11 8 650 3698 1.5 0.5 93 0.9 1.0 225 40 310.6 311.8 291.6 329.6 6.13 9 600 4339 -2.7 -3.3 95 0.6 -3.0 224 44 313.0 313.9 291.3 328.7 4.98 10 550 5024 -6.8 -8.2 89 1.5 -7.4 232 49 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.1 3.74 11 500 5761 -11.7 -12.6 92 1.0 -12.1 236 49 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.4 2.90 12 450 6562 -16.5 -19.4 78 2.9 -17.4 242 50 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.7 1.83 13 400 7435 -23.3 -35.7 31 12.5 -25.2 244 56 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.4 0.45 14 350 8397 -30.2 -46.1 20 15.9 -31.7 240 64 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.18 15 300 9475 -38.6 -45.5 48 6.9 -39.1 242 75 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.22 16 250 10700 -48.3 -52.6 61 4.2 -48.5 246 87 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.12 17 200 12146 -52.9 -70.9 9 18.0 -53.2 249 90 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13977 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 252 76 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16467 -68.2 -86.9 5 18.7 -68.2 260 36 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.60 m Freezing level: 632.49 mb = 3922.62 m = 12869.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.99 mb = 3847.51 m = 12622.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.26 mb = 778.20 m = 2553.12 ft T: 20.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 9.18 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.88 mb = 1757.31 m = 5765.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 35.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1254.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.69 mb = 1314.42 m = 4312.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.69 mb = 2190.48 m = 7186.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.69 mb = 11220.94 m = 36813.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1245.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.69 mb = 13947.70 m = 45759.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.7 neg: -14.4 tot: 219.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 32.60 Bulk Shear: 38.47 m/s