MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.13,-94.48 Latitude: 37.13 Longitude: -94.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 973 297 19.6 16.1 81 3.4 17.3 192 11 295.0 297.1 291.5 329.2 11.94 2 950 507 20.7 16.2 75 4.5 17.7 203 29 298.2 300.5 292.8 333.9 12.29 3 900 976 20.2 15.7 75 4.5 17.2 231 37 302.3 304.7 294.2 339.5 12.57 4 850 1467 16.9 12.6 76 4.3 14.1 246 30 303.8 305.8 293.3 336.0 10.82 5 800 1981 13.4 8.4 72 5.0 10.4 246 25 305.5 307.1 292.2 331.6 8.70 6 750 2521 9.7 4.9 72 4.8 6.9 234 24 307.1 308.4 291.5 329.2 7.27 7 700 3091 6.7 -0.3 61 6.9 3.0 225 34 309.9 310.9 290.7 326.5 5.36 8 650 3694 1.5 0.3 91 1.2 0.9 224 38 310.7 311.8 291.5 329.4 6.02 9 600 4335 -2.7 -4.2 89 1.5 -3.4 231 40 313.0 313.9 291.1 327.8 4.67 10 550 5019 -7.2 -10.9 75 3.6 -8.7 236 43 315.5 316.1 290.4 325.4 3.04 11 500 5756 -11.0 -18.6 54 7.6 -13.5 238 45 319.6 319.9 290.4 325.5 1.76 12 450 6557 -16.6 -27.8 37 11.3 -19.1 242 50 322.4 322.6 290.4 325.4 0.86 13 400 7430 -22.7 -37.8 24 15.1 -25.0 245 54 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.37 14 350 8395 -29.7 -43.5 25 13.8 -31.2 241 60 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.23 15 300 9475 -38.3 -48.1 35 9.8 -39.1 245 68 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.16 16 250 10702 -48.0 -51.1 70 3.1 -48.2 249 81 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.14 17 200 12145 -54.0 -70.6 11 16.5 -54.3 251 86 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 13969 -59.7 -81.1 4 21.5 -59.9 251 74 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16453 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 256 42 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.32 m Freezing level: 631.76 mb = 3928.06 m = 12887.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.64 mb = 3823.05 m = 12542.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.36 mb = 734.68 m = 2410.34 ft T: 20.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 12.97 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.95 mb = 1960.54 m = 6432.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 33.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 685.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.49 mb = 1321.56 m = 4335.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.49 mb = 3214.46 m = 10545.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.49 mb = 10980.06 m = 36023.39 ft B at Equ Level: 672.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.49 mb = 13194.70 m = 43289.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 264.2 neg: -15.0 tot: 249.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 19.92 Bulk Shear: 34.40 m/s