MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.1,-94.57 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -94.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 969 344 21.7 18.1 80 3.6 19.2 188 14 297.5 300.0 293.6 337.0 13.63 2 950 517 20.3 17.6 85 2.7 18.5 192 23 297.8 300.2 293.6 336.9 13.48 3 900 984 21.0 14.7 67 6.3 16.8 227 37 303.2 305.3 293.9 338.1 11.78 4 850 1477 17.5 12.9 74 4.6 14.5 240 26 304.5 306.6 293.7 337.6 11.08 5 800 1992 13.5 10.6 83 2.9 11.6 239 23 305.5 307.4 293.3 335.7 10.07 6 750 2534 10.8 5.7 71 5.1 7.8 230 32 308.3 309.7 292.2 331.8 7.69 7 700 3105 6.2 2.5 77 3.8 4.2 225 35 309.4 310.6 291.6 329.6 6.55 8 650 3708 1.7 -0.3 87 2.0 0.7 224 37 310.9 312.0 291.4 328.8 5.77 9 600 4350 -2.2 -3.2 93 1.0 -2.7 226 38 313.6 314.5 291.6 329.5 5.04 10 550 5036 -6.4 -7.0 96 0.6 -6.7 234 39 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.8 4.13 11 500 5775 -11.1 -11.9 94 0.8 -11.4 239 39 319.6 320.1 291.6 329.7 3.08 12 450 6577 -15.7 -18.3 80 2.6 -16.5 237 42 323.5 323.9 291.8 330.4 2.01 13 400 7455 -21.8 -25.0 75 3.2 -22.6 235 48 326.6 326.9 292.0 331.1 1.26 14 350 8422 -29.7 -36.5 51 6.8 -30.6 236 57 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.5 0.48 15 300 9503 -37.6 -48.3 32 10.7 -38.4 241 70 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.0 0.16 16 250 10734 -47.6 -52.3 58 4.7 -47.9 245 79 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.12 17 200 12182 -52.7 -71.2 9 18.4 -53.1 250 90 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14009 -59.9 -82.9 3 23.0 -60.1 253 70 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16487 -69.7 -86.9 6 17.2 -69.8 254 35 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.09 m Freezing level: 628.22 mb = 3987.37 m = 13081.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3831.53 m = 12570.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.92 mb = 794.92 m = 2607.98 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 9.27 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.49 mb = 1944.67 m = 6380.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.54 C = 85.17 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 37.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 772.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.40 mb = 1402.41 m = 4601.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.40 mb = 2959.66 m = 9710.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.40 mb = 10934.50 m = 35873.92 ft B at Equ Level: 769.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.40 mb = 13504.44 m = 44305.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.1 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 260.1 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.3 neg: -20.1 tot: 198.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 20.58 Bulk Shear: 37.51 m/s