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: 37.39,-93.33 Latitude: 37.39 Longitude: -93.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 358 24.3 20.1 78 4.1 21.3 178 12 300.4 303.3 295.7 346.0 15.55 2 950 497 21.9 18.9 83 2.9 19.8 180 15 299.4 302.0 294.8 342.1 14.65 3 900 965 19.6 15.9 79 3.7 17.1 216 30 301.7 304.0 294.1 339.1 12.69 4 850 1457 17.1 12.3 73 4.8 14.0 230 26 304.1 306.0 293.3 335.8 10.62 5 800 1971 13.1 9.7 80 3.3 11.0 228 28 305.1 306.9 292.7 333.7 9.52 6 750 2511 9.9 5.4 74 4.4 7.3 232 37 307.3 308.7 291.7 330.2 7.54 7 700 3081 6.1 3.1 81 3.0 4.5 235 41 309.3 310.6 291.8 330.4 6.86 8 650 3684 1.7 -0.1 88 1.8 0.7 240 42 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.0 5.84 9 600 4324 -2.9 -7.0 74 4.1 -4.7 244 45 312.7 313.5 290.2 324.8 3.77 10 550 5008 -7.1 -17.5 43 10.4 -10.5 244 49 315.6 316.0 289.2 321.5 1.76 11 500 5743 -11.9 -22.1 43 10.1 -14.8 240 52 318.5 318.7 289.6 322.9 1.30 12 450 6542 -16.9 -25.5 47 8.6 -19.0 236 55 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.8 1.07 13 400 7415 -22.9 -34.2 35 11.3 -24.8 232 60 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.1 0.53 14 350 8378 -30.4 -45.5 22 15.1 -31.9 230 67 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 15 300 9456 -38.5 -46.5 42 8.1 -39.1 235 77 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.19 16 250 10681 -48.6 -51.4 73 2.7 -48.7 236 87 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.14 17 200 12125 -53.7 -72.1 9 18.4 -54.0 244 89 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13953 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.2 -59.0 249 72 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16447 -67.8 -86.1 6 18.4 -67.9 248 45 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.73 m Freezing level: 631.75 mb = 3917.63 m = 12852.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.37 mb = 3765.97 m = 12355.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.76 mb = 881.31 m = 2891.40 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 15.79 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.07 mb = 1698.81 m = 5573.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 38.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1439.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.70 mb = 1279.44 m = 4197.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.70 mb = 2153.81 m = 7066.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.70 mb = 11429.78 m = 37498.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1428.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.70 mb = 14706.74 m = 48249.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.4 neg: -10.6 tot: 251.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.94 Bulk Rich Number: 13.51 Bulk Shear: 106.54 m/s