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: 37.08,-95.16 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 975 262 25.3 20.9 77 4.4 22.1 205 15 300.6 303.5 296.1 347.9 16.12 2 950 493 22.1 19.8 87 2.3 20.5 206 20 299.6 302.4 295.5 345.0 15.53 3 900 960 17.8 17.7 99 0.1 17.8 210 25 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.7 14.30 4 850 1448 15.1 13.2 88 1.9 13.8 229 22 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.3 11.29 5 800 1961 14.0 8.8 71 5.2 10.9 214 27 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.1 8.94 6 750 2504 11.2 5.1 66 6.1 7.6 229 31 308.7 310.1 292.0 331.2 7.35 7 700 3075 6.8 -8.4 33 15.2 0.1 237 36 310.0 310.5 288.5 319.2 2.89 8 650 3677 1.8 -17.4 22 19.3 -4.9 241 41 311.0 311.3 287.4 316.0 1.50 9 600 4316 -2.9 -24.7 17 21.7 -9.1 243 47 312.7 312.9 287.3 315.6 0.86 10 550 4998 -8.1 -18.4 43 10.3 -11.4 242 49 314.4 314.7 288.7 319.9 1.63 11 500 5730 -13.3 -18.0 68 4.7 -14.7 237 50 316.8 317.2 289.7 323.0 1.85 12 450 6526 -17.8 -22.4 67 4.6 -19.0 234 53 320.9 321.2 290.5 325.7 1.41 13 400 7397 -23.5 -26.7 76 3.1 -24.2 233 60 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.2 1.08 14 350 8357 -31.0 -34.3 73 3.2 -31.5 231 70 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.1 0.60 15 300 9433 -39.4 -42.6 71 3.2 -39.6 228 80 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.30 16 250 10653 -47.7 -55.9 39 8.1 -48.0 237 95 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 17 200 12113 -51.7 -76.2 4 24.6 -52.1 244 72 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13951 -58.6 -83.6 3 25.0 -58.8 248 64 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16445 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 253 44 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.93 m Freezing level: 630.77 mb = 3922.87 m = 12870.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.21 mb = 3084.53 m = 10119.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.86 mb = 818.55 m = 2685.49 ft T: 19.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 32.22 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 905.95 m = 2972.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.59 C = 76.27 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -7.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 26.48 C K Index: 26.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2050.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.22 mb = 919.75 m = 3017.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.22 mb = 967.61 m = 3174.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 809.22 mb = 1864.16 m = 6115.95 ft B at Equ Level: 20.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.22 mb = 15363.52 m = 50404.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.9 neg: -6.9 tot: 152.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 31.55 Bulk Shear: 65.01 m/s