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: 36.81,-91.34 Latitude: 36.81 Longitude: -91.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 980 252 27.1 17.6 56 9.6 20.5 197 8 302.1 304.4 294.4 340.4 13.00 2 950 521 23.6 16.4 64 7.2 18.7 201 14 301.1 303.4 293.7 337.7 12.42 3 900 990 19.1 15.7 81 3.4 16.8 214 19 301.2 303.5 293.9 338.2 12.59 4 850 1480 15.8 13.4 86 2.3 14.3 233 25 302.7 304.8 293.5 336.7 11.47 5 800 1992 12.3 11.6 96 0.7 11.9 238 21 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.5 10.81 6 750 2531 8.6 7.6 93 1.1 8.0 234 21 305.9 307.6 292.3 332.3 8.74 7 700 3099 5.8 1.7 75 4.2 3.6 225 27 308.9 310.1 291.1 328.0 6.17 8 650 3703 2.9 -2.5 68 5.4 0.2 229 33 312.2 313.2 291.0 327.7 4.91 9 600 4345 -1.6 -8.4 60 6.8 -4.5 227 39 314.3 315.0 290.3 325.2 3.39 10 550 5033 -6.0 -14.3 52 8.2 -9.1 229 41 316.9 317.4 290.1 324.5 2.30 11 500 5771 -10.5 -33.3 13 22.8 -15.4 236 40 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.9 0.46 12 450 6574 -15.6 -31.8 24 16.2 -19.0 240 40 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.8 0.59 13 400 7451 -21.6 -33.1 35 11.5 -23.7 241 47 326.9 327.1 291.5 329.1 0.59 14 350 8420 -28.9 -51.8 9 22.9 -30.9 242 58 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.09 15 300 9503 -37.4 -50.6 24 13.2 -38.4 244 65 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.12 16 250 10733 -48.0 -51.8 65 3.8 -48.2 247 73 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12176 -53.9 -69.8 13 15.9 -54.2 252 87 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13996 -60.6 -83.5 3 22.9 -60.8 250 72 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16467 -68.9 -87.0 6 18.1 -68.9 251 37 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.37 m Freezing level: 617.56 mb = 4119.78 m = 13516.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.91 mb = 3728.63 m = 12232.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.00 mb = 1459.47 m = 4788.22 ft T: 15.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 16.34 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.27 mb = 1678.11 m = 5505.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.04 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 789.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.66 mb = 1442.81 m = 4733.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.66 mb = 2006.17 m = 6581.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.66 mb = 11310.43 m = 37107.24 ft B at Equ Level: 772.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.66 mb = 13640.81 m = 44752.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.3 neg: -7.6 tot: 95.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 16.55 Bulk Shear: 47.68 m/s