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: 39.42,-93.32 Latitude: 39.42 Longitude: -93.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 SFC 978 215 25.5 18.3 64 7.3 20.5 222 7 300.6 303.1 294.5 340.7 13.65 2 950 465 22.5 17.5 73 5.1 19.1 224 8 300.1 302.5 294.1 339.1 13.33 3 900 933 17.9 16.4 91 1.6 16.9 228 9 300.0 302.4 293.9 338.4 13.12 4 850 1420 14.3 12.2 87 2.1 13.0 253 11 301.2 303.1 292.3 332.3 10.56 5 800 1930 11.4 6.8 73 4.6 8.7 264 17 303.3 304.7 290.7 326.5 7.76 6 750 2466 7.4 3.6 77 3.8 5.3 259 26 304.6 305.8 290.2 324.6 6.63 7 700 3029 3.5 -11.8 32 15.3 -2.5 262 27 306.4 306.8 286.5 313.4 2.21 8 650 3625 -1.3 -10.2 51 8.8 -4.8 262 35 307.5 308.0 287.4 316.0 2.71 9 600 4257 -6.1 -9.8 75 3.7 -7.6 251 45 309.0 309.6 288.3 318.6 3.03 10 550 4931 -11.2 -18.3 56 7.1 -13.3 242 53 310.8 311.1 287.5 316.1 1.64 11 500 5655 -15.6 -33.2 21 17.6 -18.9 234 60 314.0 314.1 287.3 315.6 0.46 12 450 6441 -21.1 -37.1 22 16.0 -23.5 228 67 316.7 316.8 288.1 318.0 0.35 13 400 7301 -26.4 -41.4 23 15.0 -28.2 224 81 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.7 0.25 14 350 8253 -32.4 -47.8 20 15.4 -33.7 221 98 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.14 15 300 9323 -39.2 -60.2 9 21.0 -40.1 221 92 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.04 16 250 10559 -44.4 -66.2 7 21.8 -45.0 235 73 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 17 200 12034 -48.9 -76.1 3 27.2 -49.4 246 57 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 13882 -57.3 -80.8 4 23.5 -57.5 256 57 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16397 -63.4 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 249 40 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.83 m Freezing level: 663.73 mb = 3461.33 m = 11355.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.04 mb = 2844.31 m = 9331.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.26 mb = 1131.15 m = 3711.06 ft T: 16.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 27.25 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.29 mb = 1208.76 m = 3965.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.02 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -8.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.70 C Showalter Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.97 C Cross Totals Index: 27.83 C K Index: 26.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1911.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.81 mb = 1145.21 m = 3757.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.81 mb = 1292.06 m = 4238.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.81 mb = 10483.07 m = 34392.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1896.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.81 mb = 14186.47 m = 46542.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.1 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 276.1 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.9 neg: -4.9 tot: 31.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 20.76 Bulk Shear: 92.06 m/s