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: 37.42,-94.29 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 296 25.9 20.8 74 5.1 22.3 205 13 301.5 304.5 296.4 349.1 16.16 2 950 491 22.9 19.4 81 3.5 20.4 206 16 300.4 303.1 295.4 344.5 15.06 3 900 959 18.3 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 212 21 300.4 303.1 295.1 343.3 14.64 4 850 1449 16.8 12.6 76 4.3 14.1 221 25 303.8 305.8 293.3 336.0 10.82 5 800 1963 13.1 11.0 87 2.1 11.7 212 27 305.1 307.0 293.3 336.1 10.36 6 750 2503 9.1 8.1 94 0.9 8.5 224 29 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.8 9.08 7 700 3072 5.8 4.5 92 1.3 5.1 238 36 308.9 310.3 292.3 332.1 7.57 8 650 3675 2.1 -2.6 71 4.7 -0.2 244 48 311.3 312.3 290.7 326.6 4.87 9 600 4315 -2.9 -14.4 41 11.5 -7.1 245 51 312.8 313.2 288.6 319.6 2.09 10 550 4998 -7.2 -20.5 34 13.3 -11.3 243 54 315.5 315.7 288.8 320.1 1.36 11 500 5733 -12.0 -25.4 32 13.4 -15.4 238 54 318.4 318.6 289.3 321.7 0.97 12 450 6531 -17.1 -28.9 35 11.8 -19.7 235 58 321.7 321.9 290.1 324.5 0.78 13 400 7402 -23.7 -34.1 38 10.4 -25.5 234 64 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.1 0.53 14 350 8363 -30.8 -40.8 37 10.0 -32.0 233 73 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.31 15 300 9439 -39.0 -43.1 65 4.1 -39.3 235 83 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.5 0.28 16 250 10661 -48.4 -53.6 55 5.2 -48.7 235 93 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.10 17 200 12111 -52.9 -73.5 7 20.5 -53.2 243 81 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13943 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.8 248 68 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16440 -66.7 -87.1 4 20.5 -66.8 249 43 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.60 m Freezing level: 628.91 mb = 3945.00 m = 12942.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.03 mb = 3649.66 m = 11973.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.60 mb = 934.41 m = 3065.62 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 16.52 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1185.31 m = 3888.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.35 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.04 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 40.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2115.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.50 mb = 1040.67 m = 3414.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.50 mb = 1686.76 m = 5533.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.50 mb = 11595.58 m = 38042.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2110.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.50 mb = 15499.84 m = 50851.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 23.67 Bulk Shear: 89.35 m/s