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: 36.59,-94.25 Latitude: 36.59 Longitude: -94.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 965 364 24.9 19.9 73 5.1 21.3 195 13 301.1 303.9 295.8 346.1 15.29 2 950 501 22.7 18.9 79 3.8 20.1 196 19 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.1 14.64 3 900 969 18.9 16.8 88 2.1 17.5 207 35 301.0 303.5 294.5 340.7 13.52 4 850 1460 17.7 10.9 64 6.8 13.4 222 36 304.7 306.5 292.7 333.7 9.70 5 800 1976 13.6 11.1 85 2.5 12.0 222 28 305.6 307.6 293.6 337.0 10.44 6 750 2517 10.1 7.0 81 3.1 8.3 233 35 307.6 309.1 292.6 333.2 8.43 7 700 3087 5.8 3.4 84 2.4 4.4 236 37 308.9 310.2 291.8 330.3 6.98 8 650 3689 1.5 0.3 92 1.2 0.8 241 37 310.6 311.8 291.5 329.3 6.01 9 600 4329 -2.8 -3.8 93 1.0 -3.3 247 39 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.1 4.83 10 550 5014 -7.0 -9.1 85 2.1 -7.9 245 41 315.8 316.4 290.9 327.1 3.49 11 500 5750 -12.4 -17.8 64 5.4 -14.2 239 43 317.9 318.2 290.0 324.2 1.89 12 450 6547 -17.0 -20.6 74 3.6 -18.1 234 44 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.65 13 400 7423 -21.8 -23.6 85 1.8 -22.2 229 51 326.7 327.0 292.2 331.7 1.43 14 350 8391 -29.5 -33.8 66 4.3 -30.2 226 64 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.3 0.63 15 300 9471 -38.3 -43.3 59 5.0 -38.8 229 76 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.28 16 250 10697 -48.1 -52.2 62 4.2 -48.3 233 86 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.12 17 200 12146 -53.3 -72.8 8 19.6 -53.6 243 87 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13974 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 248 71 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16463 -68.3 -86.4 6 18.1 -68.4 257 44 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.80 m Freezing level: 632.58 mb = 3912.24 m = 12835.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.76 mb = 3816.18 m = 12520.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.26 mb = 1004.89 m = 3296.83 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 12.81 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.48 mb = 1750.47 m = 5742.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.99 C = 84.19 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 38.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1472.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.97 mb = 1260.63 m = 4135.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.97 mb = 2242.23 m = 7356.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.97 mb = 11382.04 m = 37342.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1466.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.97 mb = 14621.47 m = 47970.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.6 neg: -33.2 tot: 229.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.14 Bulk Rich Number: 23.82 Bulk Shear: 61.82 m/s