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: 37.89,-93.74 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 265 25.4 21.0 77 4.4 22.2 198 9 300.8 303.8 296.3 348.6 16.27 2 950 484 22.3 19.5 84 2.8 20.4 201 13 299.8 302.6 295.4 344.3 15.23 3 900 952 18.0 17.3 96 0.7 17.6 217 23 300.1 302.7 294.6 341.0 13.98 4 850 1441 16.1 12.8 81 3.3 14.0 228 24 303.0 305.0 293.2 335.6 10.97 5 800 1954 12.3 10.4 88 2.0 11.1 216 23 304.3 306.1 292.8 333.9 9.93 6 750 2493 9.4 6.8 84 2.6 7.9 228 37 306.8 308.3 292.2 331.9 8.30 7 700 3062 5.6 2.7 82 2.9 4.0 236 46 308.6 309.9 291.5 329.1 6.66 8 650 3663 1.1 -1.1 85 2.2 0.0 242 51 310.2 311.2 290.9 327.2 5.45 9 600 4302 -3.1 -5.3 85 2.1 -4.1 244 55 312.5 313.3 290.6 326.1 4.30 10 550 4986 -7.1 -11.6 70 4.5 -8.8 240 58 315.7 316.3 290.3 325.0 2.87 11 500 5721 -12.8 -20.6 52 7.9 -15.0 236 63 317.5 317.8 289.5 322.5 1.48 12 450 6517 -18.3 -26.5 48 8.2 -20.2 234 66 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.6 0.97 13 400 7384 -24.7 -33.7 43 9.0 -26.2 235 71 322.8 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.55 14 350 8340 -32.1 -43.8 30 11.7 -33.2 234 80 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.23 15 300 9411 -40.1 -47.6 44 7.5 -40.6 235 90 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.17 16 250 10630 -48.7 -56.9 38 8.2 -49.0 238 95 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.07 17 200 12080 -51.9 -76.6 4 24.7 -52.2 245 69 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 13919 -58.1 -78.8 5 20.7 -58.3 253 59 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.01 19 100 16427 -65.5 -87.6 3 22.0 -65.7 247 36 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.53 m Freezing level: 636.96 mb = 3829.76 m = 12564.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.76 mb = 3666.00 m = 12027.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.25 C = 82.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.35 mb = 824.26 m = 2704.23 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 26.14 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1011.33 m = 3317.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.06 C = 77.10 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.96 C Showalter Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 25.53 C K Index: 38.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2193.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.18 mb = 988.07 m = 3241.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.18 mb = 1528.86 m = 5015.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.18 mb = 11425.41 m = 37484.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2187.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.18 mb = 15238.77 m = 49995.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 273.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.14 Bulk Rich Number: 16.15 Bulk Shear: 135.77 m/s