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: 36.80,-94.96 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 978 245 26.1 20.9 73 5.2 22.4 204 17 301.2 304.1 296.3 348.7 16.15 2 950 496 22.5 19.6 84 2.9 20.5 205 23 300.0 302.8 295.4 344.7 15.28 3 900 965 18.1 18.0 99 0.1 18.0 208 27 300.2 302.8 295.0 342.8 14.56 4 850 1452 14.8 12.8 88 2.0 13.5 226 30 301.7 303.7 292.8 334.1 10.99 5 800 1966 14.3 7.1 62 7.2 10.0 213 31 306.4 307.9 291.8 330.4 7.93 6 750 2508 10.8 6.2 73 4.5 8.0 223 31 308.3 309.7 292.4 332.5 7.96 7 700 3079 7.0 -6.1 39 13.1 0.9 236 38 310.2 310.9 289.1 321.2 3.46 8 650 3683 2.1 -11.7 35 13.8 -3.4 243 45 311.3 311.8 288.5 319.1 2.40 9 600 4321 -3.7 -14.6 43 10.9 -7.6 246 48 311.9 312.3 288.3 318.6 2.06 10 550 5003 -8.1 -11.1 79 3.0 -9.3 246 48 314.5 315.0 290.0 324.1 2.98 11 500 5737 -12.4 -23.4 39 11.0 -15.3 239 50 318.0 318.2 289.3 321.9 1.16 12 450 6535 -16.8 -27.7 38 10.9 -19.3 231 55 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.2 0.87 13 400 7408 -23.3 -29.0 59 5.7 -24.5 227 62 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.7 0.87 14 350 8369 -30.5 -35.6 61 5.0 -31.3 227 70 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.5 0.53 15 300 9447 -38.9 -42.4 69 3.5 -39.2 228 76 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.30 16 250 10668 -47.9 -54.9 45 6.9 -48.2 236 90 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.09 17 200 12127 -52.1 -75.1 5 23.0 -52.5 243 76 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 13961 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.8 248 67 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16453 -67.8 -86.8 5 19.0 -67.9 255 46 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.09 m Freezing level: 631.85 mb = 3914.40 m = 12842.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.64 mb = 3200.83 m = 10501.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.22 mb = 895.43 m = 2937.74 ft T: 18.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 18.25 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.64 mb = 939.31 m = 3081.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.09 C = 77.17 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -7.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 26.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2067.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.95 mb = 955.53 m = 3134.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.95 mb = 1003.15 m = 3291.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 805.95 mb = 1903.02 m = 6243.43 ft B at Equ Level: 26.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.95 mb = 15543.87 m = 50996.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.3 neg: -16.3 tot: 172.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 30.48 Bulk Shear: 67.85 m/s