MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.82,-93.97 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 961 408 18.8 16.8 88 2.1 17.5 240 12 295.4 297.6 292.2 331.6 12.62 2 950 504 19.2 16.3 83 2.9 17.3 240 20 296.7 298.9 292.4 332.5 12.38 3 900 967 16.2 13.1 82 3.1 14.2 238 35 298.2 300.1 291.4 328.9 10.56 4 850 1452 14.5 8.7 68 5.8 11.0 257 47 301.4 302.9 290.6 326.1 8.35 5 800 1962 10.8 9.4 91 1.4 10.0 269 40 302.7 304.4 291.8 330.3 9.30 6 750 2498 7.5 6.7 95 0.8 7.0 268 36 304.7 306.2 291.6 329.4 8.23 7 700 3063 4.1 1.2 81 2.9 2.5 257 34 307.0 308.1 290.3 325.3 5.95 8 650 3661 -0.7 -2.7 87 2.0 -1.7 262 34 308.1 309.0 289.7 323.1 4.83 9 600 4296 -4.6 -6.8 84 2.2 -5.5 269 33 310.8 311.6 289.6 322.9 3.84 10 550 4976 -8.7 -11.9 78 3.2 -9.9 268 35 313.8 314.3 289.6 322.8 2.79 11 500 5708 -12.7 -24.3 37 11.6 -15.7 262 37 317.5 317.7 289.1 321.2 1.07 12 450 6504 -17.9 -35.8 19 17.9 -21.0 252 44 320.8 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.40 13 400 7374 -23.4 -52.8 5 29.3 -26.2 240 55 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.8 0.07 14 350 8336 -30.0 -43.1 27 13.1 -31.4 224 66 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.24 15 300 9415 -37.6 -54.8 15 17.2 -38.6 231 58 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.08 16 250 10650 -45.3 -62.5 13 17.2 -45.9 250 52 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.03 17 200 12122 -49.3 -79.1 2 29.8 -49.8 264 60 354.7 354.7 297.6 354.7 0.00 18 150 13960 -59.6 -80.6 5 21.0 -59.8 268 61 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16444 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 259 44 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.29 m Freezing level: 657.56 mb = 3570.65 m = 11714.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.90 mb = 3417.77 m = 11213.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.88 % Est. max temperature: 25.80 C = 78.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.99 mb = 667.52 m = 2190.01 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 9.14 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.84 mb = 1807.28 m = 5929.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.69 C = 78.24 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 33.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 230.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.36 mb = 1300.14 m = 4265.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.36 mb = 2942.94 m = 9655.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 390.36 mb = 7549.44 m = 24768.22 ft B at Equ Level: 230.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 270.36 mb = 10119.94 m = 33201.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.7 neg: -35.4 tot: 248.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 6.94 Bulk Shear: 33.26 m/s