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: 37.26,-94.21 Latitude: 37.26 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 314 26.0 20.6 72 5.4 22.2 202 14 301.8 304.7 296.4 348.8 15.96 2 950 493 23.0 19.4 80 3.6 20.5 203 17 300.5 303.3 295.4 344.7 15.08 3 900 962 18.6 17.7 95 0.9 17.9 211 24 300.6 303.3 295.0 342.6 14.30 4 850 1452 17.3 11.9 70 5.4 13.8 224 28 304.3 306.2 293.1 335.2 10.35 5 800 1967 13.3 10.7 84 2.7 11.6 214 28 305.3 307.2 293.3 335.7 10.13 6 750 2507 9.0 8.0 93 1.0 8.4 224 30 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.6 9.03 7 700 3076 5.7 4.2 90 1.5 4.8 238 37 308.8 310.2 292.1 331.5 7.40 8 650 3678 1.8 -2.1 75 3.9 -0.2 243 46 311.0 311.9 290.8 326.7 5.04 9 600 4318 -2.8 -11.8 50 9.0 -6.3 245 49 312.9 313.4 289.2 321.3 2.59 10 550 5002 -7.3 -17.6 43 10.3 -10.6 243 51 315.5 315.8 289.1 321.3 1.75 11 500 5737 -11.8 -26.1 29 14.3 -15.4 238 52 318.7 318.9 289.3 321.8 0.91 12 450 6536 -17.0 -31.3 28 14.3 -19.9 235 57 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.1 0.62 13 400 7407 -23.5 -36.3 30 12.8 -25.5 233 64 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.0 0.43 14 350 8368 -30.6 -42.3 31 11.7 -31.9 232 72 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.26 15 300 9445 -38.7 -42.9 64 4.2 -39.1 234 81 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.29 16 250 10669 -48.4 -53.1 58 4.7 -48.6 235 91 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.11 17 200 12119 -53.1 -73.2 7 20.1 -53.4 243 83 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 18 150 13950 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -58.9 248 70 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16445 -67.1 -86.9 4 19.9 -67.2 250 44 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.52 m Freezing level: 630.42 mb = 3928.87 m = 12889.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.57 mb = 3658.61 m = 12003.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.04 mb = 989.95 m = 3247.84 ft T: 18.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 14.44 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.89 mb = 1533.12 m = 5029.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -6.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 39.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1981.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.13 mb = 1114.16 m = 3655.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.13 mb = 1870.54 m = 6136.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.13 mb = 11524.99 m = 37811.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1980.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.13 mb = 15367.48 m = 50417.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.6 neg: -7.4 tot: 182.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 23.22 Bulk Shear: 85.34 m/s