MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.14,-93.49 Latitude: 37.14 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 965 375 16.8 14.3 85 2.5 15.2 179 8 292.9 294.8 289.8 323.3 10.66 2 950 511 21.1 13.7 63 7.4 16.3 199 21 298.6 300.5 291.5 329.0 10.43 3 900 980 20.0 13.7 67 6.3 15.9 232 36 302.2 304.2 293.0 334.7 11.01 4 850 1470 17.1 10.7 66 6.4 13.1 247 27 304.1 305.8 292.4 332.6 9.56 5 800 1985 13.9 7.9 67 6.0 10.3 244 20 306.0 307.5 292.0 331.3 8.38 6 750 2527 10.5 7.3 81 3.1 8.6 235 19 307.9 309.6 292.8 334.1 8.61 7 700 3099 7.1 4.4 83 2.7 5.5 237 26 310.3 311.7 292.6 333.4 7.49 8 650 3703 2.1 -1.0 80 3.1 0.5 247 33 311.3 312.4 291.3 328.5 5.49 9 600 4345 -1.0 -16.2 31 15.2 -6.4 248 36 315.0 315.3 289.0 321.0 1.80 10 550 5034 -5.4 -23.7 22 18.3 -10.7 245 37 317.7 317.9 289.1 321.2 1.03 11 500 5773 -10.5 -33.5 13 23.0 -15.4 238 39 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.9 0.45 12 450 6574 -16.4 -39.0 12 22.6 -20.1 242 42 322.7 322.7 289.9 323.7 0.29 13 400 7450 -21.3 -44.8 10 23.4 -24.4 247 48 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.18 14 350 8419 -28.9 -45.4 19 16.5 -30.7 246 52 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.5 0.19 15 300 9501 -38.1 -49.6 29 11.5 -38.9 250 60 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.14 16 250 10726 -48.9 -52.5 66 3.6 -49.0 258 71 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.12 17 200 12168 -53.6 -69.6 12 16.0 -53.9 261 88 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13991 -61.0 -82.4 4 21.4 -61.2 256 82 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16462 -69.3 -86.5 6 17.2 -69.4 255 35 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.91 m Freezing level: 615.96 mb = 4140.32 m = 13583.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.47 mb = 3746.90 m = 12292.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.37 mb = 701.07 m = 2300.07 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 13.17 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.05 mb = 2548.33 m = 8360.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.13 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 262.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.07 mb = 1661.54 m = 5451.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 506.07 mb = 5679.44 m = 18633.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 426.07 mb = 6980.72 m = 22902.34 ft B at Equ Level: 42.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 346.07 mb = 8498.51 m = 27881.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.3 neg: -26.1 tot: 249.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 31.87 m/s