MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.41,-92.39 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -92.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 981 229 25.0 19.6 72 5.4 21.2 238 9 299.8 302.5 295.0 343.0 14.76 2 950 508 23.0 18.5 76 4.6 19.9 235 19 300.5 303.1 294.8 342.2 14.21 3 900 977 18.8 17.0 90 1.7 17.6 232 23 300.9 303.4 294.6 341.1 13.70 4 850 1465 14.6 14.5 99 0.1 14.5 235 27 301.4 303.7 293.7 337.6 12.27 5 800 1976 11.1 11.0 99 0.1 11.0 246 37 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.8 10.36 6 750 2513 8.0 7.9 99 0.1 7.9 245 35 305.3 306.9 292.3 332.1 8.93 7 700 3079 4.6 4.4 99 0.2 4.5 234 32 307.6 309.0 291.9 330.5 7.54 8 650 3680 0.6 0.2 98 0.3 0.4 231 30 309.6 310.8 291.2 328.2 6.00 9 600 4318 -3.2 -3.5 98 0.3 -3.4 219 33 312.4 313.4 291.1 327.9 4.92 10 550 5003 -6.9 -7.3 97 0.4 -7.1 213 43 315.9 316.7 291.4 328.8 4.03 11 500 5741 -10.5 -11.1 95 0.6 -10.7 215 53 320.3 320.9 292.0 331.1 3.27 12 450 6545 -15.5 -16.6 92 1.0 -15.9 219 55 323.7 324.2 292.2 331.6 2.32 13 400 7424 -21.4 -23.1 86 1.7 -21.8 227 60 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.4 1.49 14 350 8395 -28.2 -30.8 79 2.5 -28.7 237 67 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.8 0.84 15 300 9483 -37.0 -39.9 74 2.9 -37.3 246 66 333.3 333.3 293.0 334.8 0.40 16 250 10712 -48.8 -52.2 67 3.4 -49.0 253 64 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12148 -54.1 -71.6 10 17.5 -54.4 253 69 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13977 -59.0 -81.3 4 22.2 -59.2 254 59 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16466 -67.9 -86.7 5 18.8 -68.0 257 38 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.97 m Freezing level: 642.19 mb = 3779.38 m = 12399.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.36 mb = 3749.20 m = 12300.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.82 mb = 920.71 m = 3020.67 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.42 mb = 1183.99 m = 3884.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.29 C = 79.33 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.62 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.93 C K Index: 39.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1543.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.15 mb = 1118.73 m = 3670.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.15 mb = 1264.74 m = 4149.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.15 mb = 11530.05 m = 37827.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1543.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.15 mb = 14848.22 m = 48714.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.4 neg: -26.9 tot: 53.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 34.11 Bulk Shear: 45.25 m/s