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: 37.16,-93.44 Latitude: 37.16 Longitude: -93.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 376 23.9 19.8 78 4.1 21.0 175 11 300.2 303.0 295.4 344.8 15.23 2 950 498 22.1 18.7 81 3.4 19.7 178 15 299.6 302.2 294.7 341.7 14.41 3 900 966 19.9 15.0 73 4.9 16.7 214 28 302.1 304.3 293.7 337.5 11.99 4 850 1458 17.4 12.3 72 5.1 14.1 227 24 304.3 306.3 293.3 336.1 10.62 5 800 1973 13.4 10.0 80 3.4 11.3 229 29 305.4 307.2 292.9 334.5 9.68 6 750 2514 10.4 5.5 71 4.9 7.5 233 39 307.9 309.3 292.0 331.0 7.57 7 700 3085 6.5 2.9 78 3.6 4.5 237 41 309.7 311.0 291.9 330.5 6.76 8 650 3688 1.7 -0.5 85 2.2 0.6 243 42 310.9 312.0 291.3 328.6 5.68 9 600 4328 -3.0 -6.7 76 3.6 -4.7 244 43 312.6 313.3 290.2 324.9 3.87 10 550 5012 -7.3 -10.7 77 3.4 -8.7 244 47 315.4 316.0 290.4 325.4 3.08 11 500 5747 -12.1 -15.7 75 3.5 -13.3 239 50 318.3 318.7 290.5 325.8 2.26 12 450 6546 -17.0 -25.6 48 8.5 -19.1 235 53 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.5 1.06 13 400 7418 -22.8 -35.3 31 12.5 -24.9 235 57 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.47 14 350 8382 -30.0 -41.9 30 11.9 -31.3 232 65 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.27 15 300 9461 -38.3 -45.5 47 7.2 -38.9 236 77 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.22 16 250 10687 -48.5 -51.8 68 3.4 -48.6 236 86 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12132 -53.5 -72.2 8 18.7 -53.8 245 89 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13960 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 249 72 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16453 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 250 44 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.34 m Freezing level: 631.83 mb = 3920.84 m = 12863.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.50 mb = 3756.14 m = 12323.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.53 mb = 894.24 m = 2933.81 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 19.88 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1845.42 m = 6054.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 38.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1229.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.69 mb = 1400.73 m = 4595.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.69 mb = 2729.56 m = 8955.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.69 mb = 11207.42 m = 36769.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1224.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.69 mb = 14353.67 m = 47091.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.5 neg: -11.9 tot: 256.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.73 Bulk Rich Number: 11.53 Bulk Shear: 106.61 m/s