MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.48,-92.26 Latitude: 36.48 Longitude: -92.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 980 242 22.5 20.2 86 2.4 20.9 221 10 297.4 300.2 294.8 341.9 15.34 2 950 508 20.6 18.9 90 1.7 19.5 220 22 298.1 300.7 294.4 340.6 14.64 3 900 974 17.3 16.3 94 1.0 16.7 221 30 299.4 301.7 293.7 337.6 13.10 4 850 1460 14.1 13.1 94 1.0 13.4 238 36 300.9 302.9 292.7 333.9 11.22 5 800 1970 11.3 10.1 92 1.2 10.5 245 39 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.1 9.72 6 750 2508 8.3 7.2 93 1.1 7.6 241 38 305.6 307.1 292.0 331.2 8.51 7 700 3075 5.0 4.1 94 0.9 4.5 226 36 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.5 7.34 8 650 3676 1.3 0.3 93 1.0 0.8 218 37 310.4 311.5 291.5 329.1 6.03 9 600 4317 -2.1 -3.0 94 0.8 -2.6 215 45 313.6 314.6 291.7 329.8 5.13 10 550 5005 -5.9 -6.4 96 0.6 -6.1 214 52 317.1 318.0 292.0 331.0 4.30 11 500 5745 -10.2 -10.7 97 0.4 -10.4 219 56 320.6 321.2 292.2 331.8 3.40 12 450 6551 -14.8 -16.3 88 1.5 -15.3 229 56 324.7 325.1 292.4 332.7 2.38 13 400 7431 -21.2 -28.1 54 6.9 -22.7 237 57 327.4 327.6 291.9 330.8 0.95 14 350 8401 -28.9 -41.2 30 12.3 -30.4 248 52 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.9 0.30 15 300 9481 -38.5 -48.3 35 9.8 -39.2 248 50 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.16 16 250 10705 -48.6 -55.7 44 7.1 -48.9 254 56 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.08 17 200 12152 -53.8 -74.2 6 20.4 -54.1 252 64 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13971 -60.3 -83.2 3 23.0 -60.4 260 63 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16463 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 263 44 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.10 m Freezing level: 631.44 mb = 3914.24 m = 12841.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.64 mb = 3817.50 m = 12524.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.26 mb = 541.78 m = 1777.47 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 12.79 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.00 mb = 973.76 m = 3194.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.44 C = 75.99 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 36.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1098.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.48 mb = 883.46 m = 2898.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.48 mb = 1121.76 m = 3680.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.48 mb = 11403.26 m = 37411.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1084.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.48 mb = 14201.80 m = 46593.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.0 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 254.0 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.1 neg: -35.4 tot: 100.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 19.15 Bulk Shear: 57.35 m/s