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: 36.77,-94 Latitude: 36.77 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 960 408 24.9 20.1 75 4.8 21.5 192 14 301.6 304.4 296.1 347.6 15.61 2 950 499 23.1 19.0 78 4.1 20.3 194 18 300.6 303.3 295.3 343.9 14.75 3 900 968 19.1 16.8 87 2.3 17.5 204 32 301.2 303.7 294.6 340.9 13.50 4 850 1459 17.8 11.8 68 6.1 13.9 224 31 304.8 306.7 293.2 335.5 10.26 5 800 1975 13.7 11.0 84 2.7 12.0 223 27 305.7 307.6 293.5 336.8 10.35 6 750 2516 10.1 6.3 77 3.8 7.8 230 37 307.5 309.0 292.2 331.8 8.00 7 700 3086 6.1 3.4 83 2.7 4.6 234 37 309.2 310.6 291.9 330.7 6.99 8 650 3689 1.9 -0.1 86 2.0 0.8 242 38 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.2 5.84 9 600 4330 -2.9 -6.5 76 3.6 -4.5 248 40 312.8 313.6 290.3 325.3 3.92 10 550 5013 -7.3 -13.4 62 6.1 -9.6 247 42 315.4 315.8 289.8 323.5 2.47 11 500 5748 -12.0 -18.0 61 6.0 -13.9 242 45 318.4 318.8 290.2 324.6 1.86 12 450 6548 -16.9 -20.2 75 3.3 -17.9 236 48 322.0 322.4 291.1 327.9 1.71 13 400 7421 -23.0 -27.7 66 4.7 -24.0 232 52 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.6 0.99 14 350 8386 -29.3 -34.9 59 5.6 -30.2 231 66 329.2 329.4 292.1 331.3 0.57 15 300 9467 -38.2 -42.5 64 4.3 -38.6 232 77 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.7 0.30 16 250 10693 -48.3 -52.2 64 3.9 -48.4 234 87 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 17 200 12141 -53.3 -72.7 8 19.4 -53.6 243 88 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13968 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 248 72 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16459 -68.2 -86.3 6 18.1 -68.3 255 44 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.54 m Freezing level: 630.23 mb = 3942.52 m = 12934.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.12 mb = 3786.83 m = 12423.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.06 mb = 1014.94 m = 3329.80 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.34 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.65 mb = 1778.83 m = 5835.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.76 C K Index: 38.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1534.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.43 mb = 1324.36 m = 4344.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.43 mb = 2203.92 m = 7230.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.43 mb = 11568.84 m = 37955.04 ft B at Equ Level: 1517.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.43 mb = 14921.94 m = 48955.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.7 neg: -13.4 tot: 232.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.02 Bulk Rich Number: 21.46 Bulk Shear: 71.52 m/s