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: 36.64,-92.65 Latitude: 36.64 Longitude: -92.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 286 21.6 20.2 92 1.4 20.6 246 7 297.0 299.8 294.7 341.8 15.51 2 950 507 19.9 19.2 96 0.7 19.4 245 17 297.4 300.1 294.4 340.5 14.90 3 900 972 16.5 16.2 98 0.3 16.4 243 28 298.5 300.9 293.4 336.4 13.00 4 850 1458 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.4 240 31 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.9 11.43 5 800 1967 10.5 10.2 98 0.3 10.3 253 32 302.3 304.1 292.1 331.4 9.80 6 750 2502 7.8 6.8 94 0.9 7.2 247 32 305.0 306.5 291.7 330.0 8.30 7 700 3069 4.7 3.7 93 1.0 4.2 229 35 307.7 309.1 291.6 329.6 7.17 8 650 3670 1.0 0.1 94 0.9 0.5 218 37 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.5 5.95 9 600 4310 -2.7 -3.3 96 0.6 -3.0 212 43 313.0 314.0 291.4 328.8 5.01 10 550 4996 -5.9 -6.5 96 0.5 -6.2 213 52 317.0 317.9 291.9 330.9 4.29 11 500 5738 -9.7 -10.5 93 0.9 -10.1 217 58 321.2 321.9 292.4 332.6 3.43 12 450 6544 -14.7 -16.0 90 1.3 -15.2 223 61 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.1 2.44 13 400 7426 -20.6 -22.3 86 1.7 -21.0 230 61 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.9 1.61 14 350 8397 -29.2 -32.0 77 2.8 -29.6 242 54 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.2 0.75 15 300 9476 -39.1 -44.1 59 5.0 -39.5 243 53 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.25 16 250 10696 -49.0 -53.8 57 4.8 -49.2 246 57 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 17 200 12145 -53.0 -74.0 6 21.0 -53.3 254 58 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13968 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.4 264 60 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16462 -67.1 -87.4 4 20.3 -67.2 262 45 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.23 m Freezing level: 636.38 mb = 3844.12 m = 12611.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.22 mb = 3766.14 m = 12355.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.53 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.34 mb = 458.86 m = 1505.44 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 13.26 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 835.20 m = 2740.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.86 C = 73.14 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1021.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.79 mb = 813.29 m = 2668.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.79 mb = 860.29 m = 2822.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.79 mb = 11187.31 m = 36703.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1015.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.79 mb = 13892.56 m = 45578.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.6 neg: -17.1 tot: 26.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 13.34 Bulk Shear: 76.56 m/s