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: 36.82,-90.39 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -90.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 992 124 28.7 16.7 48 12.0 20.5 198 16 302.5 304.8 293.9 338.4 12.12 2 950 506 24.5 15.1 56 9.4 18.2 201 25 302.0 304.1 293.3 335.8 11.41 3 900 977 19.9 14.2 70 5.7 16.1 202 27 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.6 11.36 4 850 1466 15.5 12.2 81 3.3 13.4 209 28 302.4 304.3 292.7 333.8 10.59 5 800 1978 12.0 9.5 85 2.5 10.4 222 29 303.9 305.7 292.2 331.9 9.36 6 750 2515 7.7 6.6 93 1.1 7.0 228 32 304.9 306.4 291.6 329.4 8.15 7 700 3083 5.7 1.7 76 4.0 3.5 228 35 308.7 309.9 291.1 327.8 6.18 8 650 3687 3.3 -5.9 51 9.2 -1.0 219 35 312.7 313.4 290.2 324.8 3.79 9 600 4331 -0.7 -8.7 55 8.0 -4.2 219 40 315.3 315.9 290.6 326.0 3.31 10 550 5020 -5.8 -9.9 73 4.0 -7.5 225 46 317.1 317.8 291.1 327.8 3.28 11 500 5758 -11.4 -20.1 48 8.7 -14.0 230 48 319.1 319.4 290.1 324.4 1.54 12 450 6558 -16.3 -21.5 64 5.2 -17.8 232 46 322.7 323.0 291.1 327.9 1.52 13 400 7434 -21.8 -35.9 27 14.1 -24.2 239 58 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.3 0.45 14 350 8402 -29.0 -49.5 12 20.5 -30.9 240 67 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.12 15 300 9484 -37.8 -45.7 43 7.9 -38.5 242 73 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.21 16 250 10713 -48.7 -52.1 68 3.4 -48.8 245 84 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12149 -55.1 -69.8 14 14.7 -55.3 249 82 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 13970 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 248 69 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16460 -67.1 -87.4 4 20.2 -67.2 251 32 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.39 m Freezing level: 608.80 mb = 4217.35 m = 13836.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.96 mb = 3550.37 m = 11648.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.91 mb = 1637.70 m = 5372.98 ft T: 14.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.63 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.33 mb = 1859.48 m = 6100.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.65 C K Index: 35.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 553.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.54 mb = 1682.11 m = 5518.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.54 mb = 2045.76 m = 6711.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.54 mb = 11151.00 m = 36584.19 ft B at Equ Level: 540.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.54 mb = 13047.26 m = 42805.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 116.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 14.03 Bulk Shear: 39.47 m/s