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: 37.44,-94.88 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -94.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 971 282 23.3 20.5 84 2.8 21.3 228 16 298.9 301.8 295.5 345.1 15.83 2 950 477 21.8 19.5 87 2.3 20.2 227 26 299.3 302.1 295.2 343.7 15.18 3 900 944 18.0 17.6 97 0.4 17.7 225 31 300.1 302.7 294.7 341.6 14.21 4 850 1432 14.8 14.6 98 0.3 14.7 228 36 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.1 12.36 5 800 1944 11.8 11.5 98 0.3 11.7 238 37 303.8 305.7 293.3 335.8 10.75 6 750 2482 8.8 8.3 96 0.5 8.5 247 34 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.9 9.19 7 700 3051 5.6 4.5 92 1.2 5.0 256 30 308.7 310.2 292.2 331.9 7.56 8 650 3654 1.7 0.5 91 1.3 1.1 263 29 310.9 312.1 291.7 329.9 6.10 9 600 4295 -2.4 -4.5 86 2.1 -3.4 267 31 313.4 314.2 291.1 327.9 4.58 10 550 4979 -8.0 -11.1 78 3.1 -9.2 264 40 314.6 315.2 290.0 324.2 2.97 11 500 5710 -14.1 -21.7 53 7.6 -16.2 258 48 315.8 316.1 288.8 320.4 1.35 12 450 6501 -19.5 -32.3 31 12.8 -21.9 250 52 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.7 0.56 13 400 7366 -24.6 -42.9 17 18.3 -26.8 238 66 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.22 14 350 8325 -30.5 -44.2 25 13.6 -31.9 226 85 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.22 15 300 9401 -39.1 -50.8 28 11.7 -39.8 220 87 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.12 16 250 10635 -44.8 -65.6 8 20.8 -45.4 243 61 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.5 0.02 17 200 12104 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.1 273 65 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.00 18 150 13942 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 266 54 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16437 -65.5 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 256 40 401.1 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.75 m Freezing level: 628.91 mb = 3924.30 m = 12874.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.94 mb = 3803.90 m = 12479.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.91 mb = 633.63 m = 2078.82 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 24.72 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.80 mb = 946.02 m = 3103.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.44 C = 75.99 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -8.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.66 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.97 C Cross Totals Index: 28.69 C K Index: 42.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 556.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1953.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.22 mb = 913.27 m = 2996.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.22 mb = 1056.64 m = 3466.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.22 mb = 10952.34 m = 35932.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1943.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.22 mb = 14907.50 m = 48908.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.4 neg: -3.3 tot: 161.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.98 Bulk Rich Number: 55.24 Bulk Shear: 35.35 m/s