MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.16,-93.49 Latitude: 37.16 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 966 373 20.4 15.4 73 5.0 17.1 177 7 296.5 298.6 291.6 329.6 11.46 2 950 516 23.9 14.4 55 9.5 17.7 185 18 301.4 303.4 292.7 333.7 10.92 3 900 986 19.6 13.4 67 6.2 15.6 190 21 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.6 10.81 4 850 1475 15.3 11.2 77 4.1 12.7 200 21 302.1 304.0 292.1 331.4 9.86 5 800 1986 12.7 1.6 47 11.1 6.8 229 18 304.7 305.7 289.0 321.0 5.38 6 750 2526 11.4 -6.6 28 18.0 3.0 257 16 308.9 309.5 288.3 318.7 3.11 7 700 3100 9.7 -5.9 33 15.5 2.2 262 22 313.2 313.8 290.1 324.4 3.52 8 650 3710 4.9 -3.1 56 8.1 0.8 261 24 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.4 4.67 9 600 4358 0.5 -5.3 65 5.8 -2.3 250 26 316.7 317.6 291.9 330.5 4.30 10 550 5050 -4.6 -11.7 57 7.1 -7.4 249 27 318.7 319.2 291.2 328.0 2.84 11 500 5791 -10.0 -23.0 34 13.0 -13.7 251 28 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.0 1.20 12 450 6595 -15.7 -35.4 17 19.7 -19.4 254 27 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.0 0.42 13 400 7471 -21.8 -40.1 17 18.3 -24.5 259 28 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.29 14 350 8440 -29.0 -42.8 25 13.8 -30.6 259 32 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.25 15 300 9524 -36.6 -58.2 9 21.6 -37.8 262 33 333.7 333.7 292.8 333.9 0.05 16 250 10763 -45.6 -62.7 13 17.2 -46.1 260 34 338.3 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.03 17 200 12218 -54.4 -70.3 12 15.9 -54.6 256 41 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 14029 -61.3 -81.2 5 19.9 -61.4 259 50 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16489 -69.7 -86.3 7 16.6 -69.8 252 36 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.75 m Freezing level: 594.88 mb = 4428.74 m = 14529.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.47 mb = 3879.94 m = 12729.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.79 mb = 1016.55 m = 3335.10 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 14.92 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.02 mb = 3111.56 m = 10208.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.94 C = 98.49 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.25 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 20.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 322.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.80 mb = 1718.45 m = 5637.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 510.80 mb = 5625.09 m = 18454.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.80 mb = 8422.89 m = 27633.82 ft B at Equ Level: 48.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 290.80 mb = 9735.71 m = 31940.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.5 neg: -1.2 tot: 115.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 49.82 m/s