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: 36.84,-93.97 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 960 407 24.7 20.1 76 4.6 21.4 192 14 301.3 304.2 296.0 347.2 15.58 2 950 498 23.0 19.1 79 3.9 20.2 192 17 300.5 303.2 295.2 343.8 14.77 3 900 967 19.2 16.8 86 2.4 17.5 205 32 301.3 303.7 294.5 340.9 13.46 4 850 1459 17.9 11.8 67 6.1 14.0 224 30 304.9 306.9 293.3 335.8 10.29 5 800 1974 13.6 11.0 84 2.6 12.0 223 27 305.7 307.6 293.5 336.8 10.36 6 750 2515 10.0 6.3 77 3.8 7.8 230 37 307.5 309.0 292.2 331.8 8.00 7 700 3085 6.1 3.5 84 2.6 4.6 233 38 309.3 310.6 292.0 331.0 7.07 8 650 3688 1.8 -0.1 87 1.9 0.8 240 38 311.0 312.1 291.5 329.2 5.86 9 600 4329 -2.9 -6.5 76 3.6 -4.5 247 40 312.8 313.6 290.3 325.3 3.92 10 550 5012 -7.4 -14.0 59 6.6 -9.8 246 42 315.3 315.8 289.7 323.1 2.36 11 500 5748 -12.0 -20.6 49 8.6 -14.5 241 46 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.5 1.49 12 450 6547 -16.8 -21.5 67 4.7 -18.1 237 50 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.3 1.52 13 400 7420 -23.0 -28.8 59 5.8 -24.2 232 55 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.2 0.88 14 350 8384 -29.5 -38.0 44 8.5 -30.6 231 68 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.5 0.41 15 300 9465 -38.2 -42.8 62 4.6 -38.6 233 78 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.29 16 250 10691 -48.3 -52.0 65 3.8 -48.4 235 87 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 17 200 12138 -53.3 -72.5 8 19.1 -53.7 243 88 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13966 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 248 72 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16457 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.2 255 44 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.15 m Freezing level: 630.65 mb = 3936.41 m = 12914.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.12 mb = 3786.06 m = 12421.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.94 % Est. max temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.46 mb = 991.09 m = 3251.56 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.72 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.16 mb = 1783.29 m = 5850.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.69 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 39.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1540.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.51 mb = 1322.83 m = 4339.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.51 mb = 2202.35 m = 7225.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.51 mb = 11563.86 m = 37938.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1523.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.51 mb = 14915.74 m = 48935.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.1 neg: -12.3 tot: 229.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.02 Bulk Rich Number: 21.39 Bulk Shear: 72.02 m/s