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: 36.69,-92.08 Latitude: 36.69 Longitude: -92.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 974 293 21.4 20.4 94 1.0 20.7 223 11 296.8 299.6 294.8 342.0 15.66 2 950 505 20.0 19.4 96 0.7 19.6 224 22 297.5 300.2 294.6 341.1 15.05 3 900 971 17.2 16.9 98 0.3 17.0 222 32 299.2 301.7 294.0 338.9 13.58 4 850 1458 14.2 14.0 98 0.3 14.1 221 32 301.0 303.2 293.3 336.0 11.88 5 800 1968 11.2 10.7 97 0.5 10.9 234 37 303.1 305.0 292.6 333.2 10.14 6 750 2505 8.3 7.7 96 0.5 7.9 239 39 305.6 307.2 292.3 332.2 8.85 7 700 3073 5.2 4.6 96 0.6 4.8 239 38 308.2 309.7 292.1 331.5 7.61 8 650 3675 1.4 1.0 97 0.5 1.2 230 37 310.6 311.8 291.7 330.2 6.32 9 600 4316 -2.1 -2.6 97 0.4 -2.3 221 38 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.4 5.29 10 550 5003 -5.7 -6.2 96 0.5 -6.0 217 44 317.3 318.1 292.1 331.4 4.36 11 500 5745 -9.8 -10.5 95 0.6 -10.1 216 51 321.1 321.7 292.4 332.4 3.45 12 450 6552 -14.5 -15.5 92 1.0 -14.9 223 57 325.0 325.5 292.7 333.6 2.55 13 400 7432 -21.4 -25.6 69 4.2 -22.4 234 61 327.2 327.4 292.1 331.4 1.19 14 350 8401 -29.1 -34.5 59 5.4 -29.9 245 61 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.7 0.59 15 300 9483 -38.1 -42.4 63 4.4 -38.5 252 55 331.7 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.30 16 250 10709 -49.2 -53.1 64 3.9 -49.4 256 44 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.11 17 200 12149 -54.6 -72.1 10 17.5 -54.8 251 63 346.3 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.01 18 150 13965 -60.0 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.2 259 64 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16462 -67.3 -86.7 5 19.5 -67.4 263 43 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.28 m Freezing level: 629.69 mb = 3935.31 m = 12910.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.05 mb = 3886.48 m = 12750.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.77 mb = 416.55 m = 1366.62 ft T: 20.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 11.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.74 mb = 868.69 m = 2849.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.42 C = 74.16 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 37.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1202.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.26 mb = 816.73 m = 2679.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.26 mb = 958.84 m = 3145.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.26 mb = 11497.25 m = 37720.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1194.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.26 mb = 14334.96 m = 47030.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.8 neg: -10.4 tot: 122.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 31.45 Bulk Shear: 38.22 m/s