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: 36.77,-94 Latitude: 36.77 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 962 408 22.3 18.7 80 3.6 19.8 204 13 298.7 301.3 294.4 340.2 14.25 2 950 513 20.9 17.8 82 3.2 18.8 205 17 298.4 300.9 293.8 337.9 13.58 3 900 980 20.7 15.3 71 5.4 17.1 230 37 302.8 305.1 294.1 339.0 12.22 4 850 1473 17.6 12.5 72 5.0 14.3 248 26 304.5 306.5 293.5 336.8 10.80 5 800 1987 12.6 11.3 92 1.3 11.8 248 26 304.6 306.6 293.4 336.2 10.57 6 750 2527 9.6 6.8 83 2.8 7.9 234 28 307.0 308.6 292.3 332.2 8.31 7 700 3097 6.1 4.2 87 1.9 5.0 226 38 309.3 310.7 292.3 332.0 7.41 8 650 3700 2.0 0.8 92 1.2 1.3 227 41 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.6 6.24 9 600 4342 -2.2 -2.8 96 0.5 -2.5 230 44 313.5 314.5 291.7 330.0 5.20 10 550 5028 -6.4 -6.6 98 0.3 -6.5 236 45 316.5 317.4 291.7 330.1 4.23 11 500 5767 -10.9 -12.1 91 1.2 -11.3 241 45 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.8 3.03 12 450 6569 -16.4 -23.1 56 6.7 -18.2 242 47 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.2 1.32 13 400 7443 -22.6 -35.0 31 12.5 -24.6 242 53 325.7 325.7 291.0 327.4 0.49 14 350 8408 -29.9 -42.6 28 12.7 -31.3 240 61 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.26 15 300 9488 -37.9 -48.6 32 10.7 -38.7 243 71 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.15 16 250 10717 -47.9 -51.3 67 3.5 -48.0 246 81 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12163 -53.1 -70.3 11 17.2 -53.5 251 88 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 13989 -59.8 -82.8 3 23.1 -60.0 252 70 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16473 -68.9 -87.0 6 18.1 -68.9 252 38 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.84 m Freezing level: 626.43 mb = 4002.67 m = 13131.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.82 mb = 3914.99 m = 12844.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.06 C = 82.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.71 mb = 858.98 m = 2818.13 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 9.03 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.84 mb = 1831.32 m = 6008.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 39.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 982.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.52 mb = 1457.40 m = 4781.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.52 mb = 2236.27 m = 7336.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.52 mb = 11076.18 m = 36338.73 ft B at Equ Level: 978.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.52 mb = 13718.98 m = 45009.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.9 neg: -16.0 tot: 187.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 27.90 Bulk Shear: 35.22 m/s