MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.55,-91.21 Latitude: 36.55 Longitude: -91.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 986 188 20.9 20.4 97 0.5 20.5 252 9 295.2 298.0 294.2 339.6 15.46 2 950 510 19.2 19.0 98 0.3 19.1 248 25 296.7 299.3 294.1 339.0 14.66 3 900 974 16.6 16.3 98 0.3 16.4 241 30 298.6 301.0 293.4 336.6 13.05 4 850 1460 14.0 13.6 98 0.3 13.8 235 32 300.8 302.9 293.0 335.0 11.63 5 800 1970 11.1 10.8 98 0.3 10.9 232 33 303.0 304.9 292.6 333.4 10.22 6 750 2507 8.1 7.7 98 0.4 7.9 239 34 305.3 307.0 292.2 331.9 8.84 7 700 3074 4.9 4.4 96 0.5 4.6 244 33 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.8 7.49 8 650 3675 1.0 0.5 96 0.6 0.8 242 34 310.2 311.3 291.5 329.1 6.11 9 600 4315 -2.1 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.3 232 38 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.4 5.30 10 550 5003 -5.6 -6.3 95 0.7 -6.0 229 50 317.4 318.3 292.1 331.4 4.33 11 500 5745 -9.7 -10.7 92 1.1 -10.1 229 59 321.2 321.9 292.4 332.4 3.38 12 450 6551 -14.9 -16.4 88 1.5 -15.4 230 65 324.5 324.9 292.4 332.4 2.35 13 400 7431 -21.3 -23.5 83 2.2 -21.9 227 66 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.3 1.44 14 350 8400 -28.7 -31.7 76 2.9 -29.2 225 61 330.0 330.2 292.5 332.8 0.77 15 300 9483 -38.5 -42.2 68 3.7 -38.8 226 54 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.31 16 250 10704 -48.0 -54.2 49 6.2 -48.3 233 57 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 17 200 12161 -51.6 -72.9 6 21.3 -52.0 245 62 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13984 -60.9 -81.2 5 20.2 -61.1 255 59 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16471 -65.7 -87.7 3 22.0 -65.8 261 40 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.40 m Freezing level: 633.25 mb = 3889.57 m = 12760.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.77 mb = 3827.00 m = 12555.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.52 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.05 mb = 249.29 m = 817.88 ft T: 20.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 10.51 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 731.42 m = 2399.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.28 C = 73.90 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 36.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 883.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.02 mb = 682.98 m = 2240.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.02 mb = 822.44 m = 2698.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.02 mb = 11080.09 m = 36351.55 ft B at Equ Level: 872.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.02 mb = 13341.19 m = 43769.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 17.85 Bulk Shear: 49.52 m/s