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: 37.49,-93.51 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 969 321 25.4 20.4 74 4.9 21.8 188 12 301.2 304.1 296.1 347.6 15.78 2 950 495 22.4 19.1 82 3.3 20.1 191 15 299.9 302.6 295.1 343.2 14.81 3 900 963 19.2 16.4 84 2.8 17.3 218 27 301.3 303.7 294.3 340.0 13.15 4 850 1454 17.3 12.2 72 5.1 14.0 231 27 304.2 306.2 293.2 335.7 10.55 5 800 1969 13.0 10.5 84 2.6 11.4 227 28 305.1 306.9 293.1 335.0 10.01 6 750 2509 9.4 6.4 81 3.1 7.6 230 33 306.8 308.3 292.0 331.2 8.05 7 700 3078 5.5 3.9 90 1.5 4.6 234 40 308.5 309.9 291.9 330.7 7.26 8 650 3680 1.6 -0.4 87 2.0 0.5 240 44 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.6 5.73 9 600 4320 -2.7 -7.7 69 4.9 -4.9 244 48 312.9 313.6 290.1 324.4 3.58 10 550 5004 -7.1 -17.2 44 10.1 -10.5 243 52 315.7 316.0 289.2 321.6 1.80 11 500 5739 -12.0 -26.7 28 14.7 -15.6 239 55 318.4 318.5 289.2 321.4 0.86 12 450 6538 -16.8 -29.9 31 13.1 -19.6 236 57 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.6 0.71 13 400 7410 -23.4 -42.3 16 18.9 -25.8 232 63 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.5 0.23 14 350 8372 -30.3 -50.3 12 20.0 -32.0 232 71 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.11 15 300 9450 -38.6 -44.1 56 5.5 -39.1 235 79 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.26 16 250 10674 -48.6 -52.2 66 3.6 -48.8 235 89 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12119 -53.6 -72.3 8 18.7 -53.9 244 87 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.01 18 150 13948 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 249 71 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16443 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.3 -67.5 247 45 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.68 m Freezing level: 631.50 mb = 3916.53 m = 12849.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.98 mb = 3741.72 m = 12275.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.99 mb = 944.01 m = 3097.10 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 26.24 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.62 mb = 1629.69 m = 5346.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 39.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1675.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.55 mb = 1209.58 m = 3968.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.55 mb = 1973.51 m = 6474.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.55 mb = 11515.33 m = 37779.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1666.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.55 mb = 14849.35 m = 48717.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 213.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.57 Bulk Rich Number: 15.80 Bulk Shear: 106.08 m/s