MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.10,-94.96 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 974 287 24.4 20.8 80 3.6 21.8 198 12 299.7 302.7 295.9 346.7 16.06 2 950 507 21.5 19.7 90 1.7 20.3 201 21 299.0 301.8 295.3 343.9 15.42 3 900 975 18.8 16.7 88 2.1 17.4 219 37 300.8 303.3 294.4 340.2 13.40 4 850 1465 16.7 10.7 68 6.0 13.0 234 42 303.7 305.4 292.3 332.2 9.56 5 800 1979 13.6 7.8 68 5.8 10.1 236 37 305.6 307.2 291.9 330.8 8.35 6 750 2520 9.8 4.5 70 5.3 6.8 237 34 307.2 308.5 291.3 328.7 7.05 7 700 3088 4.9 1.2 77 3.7 2.9 242 34 307.9 309.1 290.6 326.3 5.99 8 650 3687 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.3 -0.2 237 34 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.6 5.73 9 600 4326 -3.1 -3.3 98 0.3 -3.2 232 34 312.6 313.5 291.2 328.3 4.99 10 550 5010 -7.1 -7.8 95 0.7 -7.4 236 37 315.7 316.4 291.2 328.1 3.87 11 500 5748 -11.1 -12.3 91 1.2 -11.6 237 47 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.3 2.98 12 450 6550 -16.3 -17.8 88 1.5 -16.8 230 52 322.7 323.2 291.7 329.8 2.09 13 400 7423 -23.6 -25.7 83 2.1 -24.0 229 54 324.4 324.6 291.3 328.5 1.18 14 350 8384 -30.4 -33.8 72 3.4 -30.9 234 64 327.8 327.9 291.7 330.0 0.63 15 300 9459 -39.6 -42.9 71 3.3 -39.9 237 78 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.29 16 250 10680 -48.3 -54.5 49 6.1 -48.6 241 94 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.09 17 200 12135 -51.5 -76.2 4 24.7 -52.0 249 75 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13973 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 255 61 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16464 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.4 257 37 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.75 m Freezing level: 650.62 mb = 3679.93 m = 12073.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.39 mb = 3645.31 m = 11959.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.04 mb = 737.60 m = 2419.91 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 20.36 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1480.79 m = 4858.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.03 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.30 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 34.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1774.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.56 mb = 1045.98 m = 3431.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.56 mb = 2110.55 m = 6924.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.56 mb = 11293.56 m = 37051.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1772.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.56 mb = 14968.12 m = 49107.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.6 neg: -23.3 tot: 239.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.83 Bulk Rich Number: 31.53 Bulk Shear: 56.28 m/s