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: 36.91,-94.04 Latitude: 36.91 Longitude: -94.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 963 392 20.9 18.5 86 2.5 19.2 197 13 297.3 299.8 293.8 337.8 14.02 2 950 511 20.4 17.9 86 2.5 18.7 200 19 297.8 300.3 293.7 337.5 13.69 3 900 979 20.4 15.7 75 4.7 17.2 235 36 302.5 304.9 294.3 339.8 12.60 4 850 1471 17.1 12.1 73 4.9 13.9 247 31 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.4 10.53 5 800 1985 12.4 11.1 92 1.3 11.6 248 27 304.3 306.3 293.2 335.5 10.42 6 750 2523 8.8 7.7 93 1.1 8.2 229 25 306.2 307.8 292.5 332.8 8.83 7 700 3093 6.0 2.5 78 3.5 4.1 226 38 309.2 310.4 291.5 329.4 6.57 8 650 3695 1.4 0.1 91 1.3 0.7 227 41 310.5 311.7 291.5 329.0 5.95 9 600 4336 -2.6 -3.8 92 1.2 -3.2 226 45 313.1 314.0 291.2 328.3 4.82 10 550 5021 -6.6 -8.1 89 1.5 -7.3 233 50 316.2 317.0 291.3 328.4 3.77 11 500 5759 -11.4 -11.9 96 0.5 -11.6 237 50 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.2 3.07 12 450 6560 -16.5 -19.2 79 2.7 -17.3 240 51 322.5 322.9 291.4 328.8 1.86 13 400 7432 -23.7 -34.2 38 10.5 -25.4 242 57 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.1 0.53 14 350 8394 -30.4 -47.7 17 17.4 -32.0 239 65 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.4 0.15 15 300 9471 -38.7 -45.7 48 7.0 -39.3 241 76 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 16 250 10695 -48.3 -52.3 64 3.9 -48.5 245 88 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.12 17 200 12141 -52.9 -70.4 10 17.5 -53.2 249 89 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13973 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 252 75 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16464 -68.1 -87.0 5 19.0 -68.2 259 36 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.56 m Freezing level: 632.57 mb = 3918.46 m = 12855.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.72 mb = 3810.17 m = 12500.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.22 mb = 702.69 m = 2305.38 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 7.14 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.56 mb = 1749.06 m = 5738.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1159.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.66 mb = 1353.69 m = 4441.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.66 mb = 2019.58 m = 6625.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.66 mb = 11050.35 m = 36253.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1158.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.66 mb = 14110.97 m = 46295.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.6 neg: -14.7 tot: 212.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 27.52 Bulk Shear: 42.15 m/s