MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.78,-94.61 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 971 294 23.2 17.9 72 5.3 19.5 203 8 298.8 301.3 293.8 337.9 13.41 2 950 484 23.7 16.7 65 7.0 18.9 212 22 301.2 303.6 293.9 338.5 12.65 3 900 954 19.7 15.6 77 4.1 17.0 219 31 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.6 12.49 4 850 1443 15.2 14.6 96 0.6 14.8 224 33 302.1 304.4 294.0 338.7 12.42 5 800 1956 12.4 12.0 97 0.4 12.1 232 33 304.4 306.4 293.7 337.5 11.09 6 750 2495 8.4 8.0 97 0.4 8.2 236 36 305.7 307.4 292.5 332.9 9.02 7 700 3062 4.9 1.7 80 3.2 3.2 241 35 307.9 309.1 290.8 326.9 6.20 8 650 3662 1.6 -7.1 52 8.7 -2.3 240 38 310.8 311.5 289.3 321.8 3.46 9 600 4303 -2.0 -22.2 20 20.2 -8.1 243 45 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.5 1.08 10 550 4988 -5.6 -30.4 12 24.7 -11.6 244 50 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.4 0.56 11 500 5729 -9.6 -41.8 5 32.1 -15.3 243 49 321.3 321.3 289.3 322.0 0.20 12 450 6533 -15.8 -42.3 8 26.5 -19.9 237 46 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.2 0.21 13 400 7407 -22.8 -44.4 12 21.6 -25.5 235 49 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.18 14 350 8371 -29.8 -50.8 11 21.1 -31.5 236 55 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.10 15 300 9450 -38.5 -53.5 19 15.0 -39.4 239 55 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.09 16 250 10675 -49.0 -57.0 39 8.0 -49.3 232 63 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.07 17 200 12115 -52.8 -71.7 8 18.9 -53.2 235 63 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13945 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 249 59 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16435 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 254 35 397.9 397.9 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.76 m Freezing level: 627.49 mb = 3950.66 m = 12961.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.79 mb = 3407.27 m = 11178.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.85 mb = 964.80 m = 3165.30 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 21.29 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1523.32 m = 4997.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.73 C = 80.12 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1037.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.58 mb = 1387.30 m = 4551.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.58 mb = 1949.75 m = 6396.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.58 mb = 11196.98 m = 36735.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1028.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.58 mb = 13920.40 m = 45670.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 213.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 17.17 Bulk Shear: 60.40 m/s