MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.94,-94.87 Latitude: 37.94 Longitude: -94.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 972 288 21.2 20.1 94 1.1 20.5 210 10 296.8 299.5 294.7 341.4 15.45 2 950 490 19.7 19.2 97 0.5 19.4 211 16 297.1 299.8 294.4 340.2 14.89 3 900 955 17.0 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 219 27 299.0 301.5 294.0 338.6 13.56 4 850 1441 14.3 13.9 97 0.4 14.0 227 19 301.1 303.3 293.3 335.9 11.83 5 800 1953 12.4 11.4 94 0.9 11.8 210 21 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.2 10.68 6 750 2493 9.1 8.7 98 0.4 8.8 214 26 306.4 308.2 293.0 334.9 9.46 7 700 3061 5.5 2.9 84 2.5 4.1 243 29 308.5 309.8 291.5 329.3 6.77 8 650 3663 1.4 -9.9 43 11.4 -3.3 248 41 310.6 311.1 288.5 319.4 2.76 9 600 4300 -4.2 -16.1 39 11.9 -8.2 246 47 311.3 311.6 287.8 317.2 1.81 10 550 4978 -9.6 -15.8 61 6.1 -11.7 245 48 312.7 313.0 288.5 319.3 2.04 11 500 5709 -12.9 -17.2 70 4.3 -14.2 237 51 317.3 317.7 290.0 324.0 1.99 12 450 6504 -17.8 -22.4 67 4.6 -19.0 230 60 320.9 321.2 290.5 325.7 1.41 13 400 7376 -23.0 -25.9 78 2.8 -23.7 226 65 325.0 325.3 291.5 329.1 1.16 14 350 8339 -30.8 -33.9 74 3.1 -31.2 225 70 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.5 0.62 15 300 9412 -40.4 -43.6 71 3.2 -40.6 220 81 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.4 0.27 16 250 10623 -49.8 -57.2 42 7.3 -50.0 231 99 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.07 17 200 12077 -50.8 -77.6 3 26.8 -51.2 251 58 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.00 18 150 13919 -58.0 -83.2 3 25.2 -58.3 256 55 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16426 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 258 41 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.78 m Freezing level: 637.27 mb = 3825.01 m = 12549.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.38 mb = 3387.99 m = 11115.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.31 mb = 423.55 m = 1389.57 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 19.03 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.09 mb = 830.82 m = 2725.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.01 C = 73.42 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 26.77 C K Index: 38.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1650.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.81 mb = 795.81 m = 2610.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.81 mb = 937.69 m = 3076.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.81 mb = 11115.36 m = 36467.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1649.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.81 mb = 14266.32 m = 46804.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.4 neg: -35.8 tot: 157.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.37 Bulk Rich Number: 27.32 Bulk Shear: 60.43 m/s