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: 36.62,-92.14 Latitude: 36.62 Longitude: -92.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 976 276 27.4 18.4 58 9.1 21.1 201 11 302.7 305.2 295.1 343.4 13.75 2 950 516 24.1 17.2 66 6.9 19.4 203 15 301.6 304.0 294.4 340.2 13.11 3 900 986 19.4 16.2 81 3.3 17.2 206 18 301.5 303.9 294.2 339.6 12.94 4 850 1476 16.4 13.5 83 2.8 14.5 235 25 303.3 305.4 293.7 337.6 11.56 5 800 1990 12.4 11.8 96 0.6 12.0 238 21 304.4 306.4 293.6 336.9 10.91 6 750 2529 9.1 6.8 85 2.3 7.7 233 21 306.5 308.0 292.1 331.5 8.28 7 700 3098 6.3 0.9 68 5.4 3.4 226 29 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.6 5.85 8 650 3702 2.7 -1.3 75 3.9 0.7 226 33 312.0 313.0 291.4 328.8 5.37 9 600 4345 -1.8 -7.2 66 5.4 -4.2 224 38 314.0 314.7 290.5 325.9 3.71 10 550 5032 -6.7 -9.4 81 2.7 -7.8 229 42 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.1 3.41 11 500 5768 -11.0 -21.3 42 10.3 -14.0 234 41 319.7 319.9 290.1 324.4 1.40 12 450 6570 -16.0 -18.6 81 2.6 -16.8 236 41 323.1 323.5 291.6 329.8 1.96 13 400 7446 -22.3 -25.3 76 3.1 -23.0 239 47 326.0 326.3 291.8 330.3 1.22 14 350 8414 -29.2 -46.3 18 17.1 -30.9 238 59 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.17 15 300 9497 -37.5 -50.1 26 12.6 -38.4 241 69 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.0 0.13 16 250 10727 -47.9 -52.0 62 4.2 -48.1 243 77 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.12 17 200 12173 -53.3 -70.5 11 17.2 -53.7 249 89 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13996 -60.2 -83.2 3 23.0 -60.4 250 71 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16469 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.5 253 39 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.38 m Freezing level: 620.10 mb = 4086.61 m = 13407.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.17 mb = 3787.21 m = 12425.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.70 mb = 1418.76 m = 4654.67 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 15.75 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.40 mb = 1643.20 m = 5391.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.33 C Cross Totals Index: 24.52 C K Index: 35.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1182.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.82 mb = 1417.62 m = 4650.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.82 mb = 1875.83 m = 6154.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.82 mb = 11244.04 m = 36889.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1181.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.82 mb = 14381.21 m = 47181.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.9 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 257.9 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.3 neg: -9.7 tot: 88.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 27.77 Bulk Shear: 42.58 m/s