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: 36.67,-93.43 Latitude: 36.67 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 969 332 24.8 18.9 70 5.8 20.7 189 8 300.6 303.2 295.0 342.7 14.36 2 950 506 22.7 18.1 76 4.5 19.5 195 14 300.2 302.7 294.6 340.9 13.92 3 900 975 19.8 16.3 80 3.5 17.4 218 30 301.9 304.3 294.4 340.4 13.04 4 850 1466 17.0 13.1 78 3.9 14.5 231 23 304.0 306.1 293.7 337.4 11.22 5 800 1981 13.7 9.5 76 4.2 11.1 231 26 305.7 307.5 292.7 333.9 9.36 6 750 2522 10.2 5.2 71 4.9 7.3 237 36 307.6 309.0 291.8 330.3 7.43 7 700 3092 6.1 2.5 78 3.6 4.1 232 36 309.3 310.5 291.6 329.5 6.58 8 650 3694 1.2 -0.5 88 1.7 0.3 225 37 310.3 311.4 291.2 328.0 5.67 9 600 4334 -2.8 -3.6 94 0.8 -3.2 226 36 312.8 313.8 291.2 328.3 4.89 10 550 5019 -6.9 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.2 232 37 315.9 316.7 291.3 328.6 3.92 11 500 5757 -11.5 -12.7 91 1.2 -12.0 233 38 319.0 319.5 291.3 328.5 2.88 12 450 6557 -16.2 -17.8 88 1.6 -16.7 231 42 322.9 323.3 291.7 330.0 2.10 13 400 7434 -22.2 -24.2 83 2.1 -22.7 232 48 326.2 326.5 292.0 330.9 1.35 14 350 8399 -30.0 -34.1 68 4.1 -30.6 236 59 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.5 0.61 15 300 9479 -38.1 -43.6 56 5.5 -38.6 237 74 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.27 16 250 10706 -48.3 -51.7 67 3.4 -48.4 237 85 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.13 17 200 12153 -53.3 -71.7 9 18.4 -53.6 244 91 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13979 -59.4 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 249 73 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16467 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 257 40 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.43 m Freezing level: 634.99 mb = 3886.54 m = 12750.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.55 mb = 3749.27 m = 12300.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.23 mb = 1068.51 m = 3505.56 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.75 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.29 mb = 1757.84 m = 5767.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.39 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.63 C K Index: 38.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1373.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.34 mb = 1322.25 m = 4338.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.34 mb = 2417.98 m = 7932.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.34 mb = 11554.22 m = 37907.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1352.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.34 mb = 14431.24 m = 47346.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.1 neg: -27.7 tot: 145.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.38 Bulk Rich Number: 27.09 Bulk Shear: 50.71 m/s