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: 36.44,-91.99 Latitude: 36.44 Longitude: -91.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 253 28.4 17.6 52 10.8 20.9 201 13 303.4 305.8 294.8 342.2 13.07 2 950 519 24.2 16.4 62 7.8 18.9 204 17 301.8 304.0 293.9 338.4 12.42 3 900 989 19.6 15.6 78 4.0 16.9 207 19 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.3 12.44 4 850 1479 16.3 13.7 84 2.6 14.6 232 24 303.2 305.3 293.7 337.7 11.64 5 800 1993 12.5 9.7 83 2.8 10.7 234 19 304.4 306.2 292.4 332.8 9.46 6 750 2531 8.6 5.6 81 3.1 6.8 233 22 305.9 307.3 291.4 328.9 7.60 7 700 3100 7.0 -0.3 60 7.2 3.2 224 27 310.2 311.2 290.8 326.9 5.37 8 650 3705 2.9 -1.4 73 4.3 0.7 225 30 312.3 313.3 291.4 328.9 5.31 9 600 4348 -1.5 -7.3 64 5.8 -4.1 224 35 314.4 315.1 290.6 326.1 3.67 10 550 5036 -6.4 -10.8 71 4.4 -8.1 228 40 316.5 317.1 290.7 326.5 3.06 11 500 5773 -11.0 -22.4 38 11.4 -14.2 235 41 319.7 319.9 290.0 324.0 1.27 12 450 6575 -15.8 -23.9 50 8.1 -17.9 237 41 323.4 323.6 291.0 327.7 1.23 13 400 7452 -22.0 -33.3 35 11.3 -24.0 241 48 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.6 0.58 14 350 8420 -29.0 -48.0 14 19.0 -30.9 238 57 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.14 15 300 9504 -37.4 -50.3 25 12.9 -38.3 241 67 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.13 16 250 10735 -47.8 -52.4 59 4.6 -48.0 244 75 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.12 17 200 12181 -53.3 -70.9 10 17.6 -53.6 249 89 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14003 -60.4 -83.3 3 23.0 -60.6 250 70 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16472 -69.7 -86.9 6 17.2 -69.8 253 39 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.31 m Freezing level: 616.99 mb = 4129.87 m = 13549.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.78 mb = 3795.05 m = 12450.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.74 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.94 mb = 1610.51 m = 5283.76 ft T: 15.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 15.32 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1756.20 m = 5761.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.91 C = 84.03 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.64 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 903.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.88 mb = 1530.55 m = 5021.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.88 mb = 1993.93 m = 6541.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.88 mb = 11278.46 m = 37002.38 ft B at Equ Level: 890.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.88 mb = 13599.46 m = 44617.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.7 neg: -8.3 tot: 65.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 27.24 Bulk Shear: 33.18 m/s