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,-94.33 Latitude: 37.39 Longitude: -94.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 972 294 26.0 20.8 73 5.1 22.3 205 13 301.6 304.5 296.4 349.2 16.15 2 950 491 22.9 19.4 81 3.5 20.5 206 17 300.4 303.2 295.4 344.6 15.10 3 900 960 18.4 18.2 99 0.2 18.2 211 21 300.4 303.1 295.2 343.6 14.72 4 850 1449 16.7 12.5 76 4.2 14.0 221 25 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.7 10.77 5 800 1964 13.2 11.0 86 2.2 11.8 211 27 305.2 307.2 293.4 336.3 10.36 6 750 2503 9.1 8.3 94 0.8 8.6 223 29 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.2 9.17 7 700 3072 5.8 4.5 92 1.2 5.1 238 36 308.9 310.3 292.3 332.1 7.58 8 650 3675 2.0 -3.3 68 5.3 -0.6 243 48 311.2 312.1 290.5 325.8 4.63 9 600 4315 -2.9 -16.2 35 13.3 -7.5 245 51 312.7 313.1 288.3 318.7 1.80 10 550 4999 -7.2 -19.5 37 12.3 -11.1 243 54 315.5 315.8 288.9 320.5 1.49 11 500 5733 -12.0 -24.1 36 12.1 -15.2 238 54 318.5 318.7 289.4 322.2 1.09 12 450 6531 -17.1 -28.8 35 11.7 -19.7 235 57 321.7 321.9 290.1 324.5 0.79 13 400 7403 -23.7 -34.1 38 10.4 -25.5 234 64 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.1 0.53 14 350 8363 -30.8 -40.4 38 9.6 -31.9 233 73 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.4 0.32 15 300 9439 -39.0 -43.2 64 4.2 -39.4 234 83 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.5 0.28 16 250 10661 -48.4 -53.7 54 5.3 -48.6 235 92 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.10 17 200 12111 -52.9 -73.4 7 20.6 -53.2 243 81 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13944 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.8 248 68 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16441 -66.6 -87.1 4 20.5 -66.7 249 43 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.68 m Freezing level: 629.56 mb = 3936.91 m = 12916.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.03 mb = 3612.66 m = 11852.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.87 mb = 941.60 m = 3089.20 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 17.65 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1120.79 m = 3677.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.86 C = 78.55 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.10 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 39.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2134.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.10 mb = 1034.99 m = 3395.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.10 mb = 1680.62 m = 5513.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.10 mb = 11578.17 m = 37985.66 ft B at Equ Level: 2132.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.10 mb = 15468.68 m = 50749.65 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: 5.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 176.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 24.27 Bulk Shear: 87.94 m/s