MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.33,-94.93 Latitude: 36.33 Longitude: -94.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 975 279 24.9 20.5 77 4.3 21.8 196 14 300.2 303.1 295.8 346.6 15.81 2 950 502 22.0 19.3 85 2.6 20.1 198 23 299.5 302.2 295.1 343.4 15.02 3 900 970 18.0 17.5 97 0.5 17.7 209 35 300.0 302.6 294.7 341.4 14.12 4 850 1458 16.6 10.1 65 6.5 12.6 225 40 303.5 305.2 291.9 330.9 9.16 5 800 1973 14.6 4.6 51 10.0 8.9 221 33 306.8 308.0 290.9 327.1 6.67 6 750 2516 11.1 3.7 60 7.5 6.9 228 31 308.7 309.9 291.5 329.1 6.65 7 700 3087 6.8 -3.4 48 10.2 1.8 243 36 310.1 310.9 289.8 323.4 4.25 8 650 3690 1.3 -2.1 78 3.5 -0.4 249 39 310.5 311.4 290.6 326.2 5.04 9 600 4328 -3.8 -5.5 88 1.7 -4.6 252 40 311.7 312.5 290.3 325.1 4.25 10 550 5010 -8.0 -11.1 79 3.1 -9.2 247 41 314.6 315.2 290.0 324.3 2.99 11 500 5744 -12.5 -19.1 58 6.6 -14.5 238 44 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.5 1.69 12 450 6543 -16.4 -18.5 84 2.1 -17.0 223 44 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.4 1.98 13 400 7420 -21.6 -23.1 87 1.6 -22.0 215 49 327.0 327.3 292.3 332.2 1.49 14 350 8386 -30.3 -33.5 73 3.2 -30.8 223 65 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.3 0.65 15 300 9464 -38.8 -42.3 70 3.5 -39.1 231 78 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.31 16 250 10687 -47.7 -54.1 48 6.4 -48.0 236 88 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 17 200 12147 -51.9 -74.9 5 23.1 -52.2 243 80 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13979 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.2 -59.0 248 69 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16465 -68.7 -86.5 6 17.7 -68.8 257 44 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.03 m Freezing level: 637.02 mb = 3855.35 m = 12648.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.00 mb = 3577.79 m = 11738.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.75 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.97 mb = 826.90 m = 2712.89 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1248.73 m = 4096.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.66 C = 79.99 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 28.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1652.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.97 mb = 1007.86 m = 3306.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.97 mb = 2615.87 m = 8582.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.97 mb = 11494.40 m = 37710.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1632.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.97 mb = 14810.81 m = 48591.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.0 neg: -44.5 tot: 245.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.50 Bulk Rich Number: 24.25 Bulk Shear: 68.12 m/s