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: 37.82,-93.82 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 974 267 25.8 21.1 75 4.7 22.4 201 11 301.2 304.2 296.5 349.3 16.36 2 950 485 22.6 19.4 82 3.2 20.4 203 14 300.1 302.9 295.3 344.3 15.10 3 900 953 18.1 17.3 95 0.8 17.6 216 23 300.2 302.7 294.6 341.0 13.95 4 850 1441 15.8 12.9 82 3.0 13.9 229 25 302.7 304.8 293.2 335.5 11.03 5 800 1954 12.4 10.3 87 2.1 11.1 214 24 304.4 306.2 292.8 333.9 9.89 6 750 2494 9.5 6.7 83 2.8 7.9 228 37 306.9 308.5 292.3 332.0 8.26 7 700 3063 5.6 3.0 84 2.5 4.2 236 45 308.6 309.9 291.6 329.5 6.81 8 650 3664 1.1 -0.8 87 1.9 0.1 242 50 310.2 311.3 291.0 327.4 5.54 9 600 4303 -3.3 -4.9 89 1.6 -4.1 244 54 312.3 313.1 290.6 326.2 4.42 10 550 4987 -7.1 -10.7 75 3.7 -8.5 240 57 315.7 316.3 290.5 325.6 3.06 11 500 5722 -12.5 -17.9 64 5.4 -14.2 236 63 317.8 318.1 290.0 324.0 1.87 12 450 6518 -18.3 -25.7 52 7.4 -20.0 234 66 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.9 1.05 13 400 7385 -24.7 -34.5 40 9.8 -26.3 235 71 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.7 0.51 14 350 8341 -31.9 -43.6 30 11.7 -33.1 234 80 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.23 15 300 9412 -40.1 -47.5 45 7.4 -40.6 235 90 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.17 16 250 10631 -48.7 -57.3 36 8.6 -49.0 239 95 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.07 17 200 12082 -51.9 -76.7 4 24.8 -52.3 245 69 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.01 18 150 13921 -58.2 -78.9 5 20.7 -58.4 253 59 369.8 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16428 -65.5 -87.6 3 22.0 -65.7 247 36 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.76 m Freezing level: 637.52 mb = 3823.54 m = 12544.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.72 mb = 3679.93 m = 12073.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.57 mb = 861.38 m = 2826.01 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 25.42 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1042.46 m = 3420.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.95 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.38 C K Index: 38.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2189.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.53 mb = 1014.67 m = 3328.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.53 mb = 1159.36 m = 3803.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.53 mb = 11505.89 m = 37748.51 ft B at Equ Level: 2176.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.53 mb = 15377.08 m = 50449.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.6 neg: -8.0 tot: 260.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.10 Bulk Rich Number: 17.35 Bulk Shear: 126.20 m/s