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: 37.52,-93.46 Latitude: 37.52 Longitude: -93.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 969 324 25.2 20.4 75 4.8 21.8 186 12 301.0 303.9 296.0 347.3 15.75 2 950 495 22.2 19.1 82 3.1 20.1 190 15 299.8 302.5 295.0 343.0 14.81 3 900 963 19.1 16.4 84 2.7 17.3 218 27 301.2 303.6 294.3 339.9 13.17 4 850 1454 17.2 12.2 72 5.0 14.0 231 27 304.2 306.1 293.2 335.7 10.56 5 800 1969 12.9 10.4 85 2.5 11.3 228 28 305.0 306.8 293.0 334.8 9.95 6 750 2508 9.4 6.2 81 3.1 7.5 230 33 306.8 308.3 292.0 330.9 7.97 7 700 3077 5.4 3.8 89 1.6 4.5 233 40 308.5 309.8 291.9 330.5 7.21 8 650 3679 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.6 240 44 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.7 5.77 9 600 4320 -2.7 -6.8 73 4.1 -4.6 244 48 313.0 313.7 290.3 325.2 3.83 10 550 5004 -7.1 -17.2 45 10.1 -10.5 243 52 315.7 316.0 289.3 321.7 1.81 11 500 5739 -12.0 -29.1 23 17.1 -15.9 239 55 318.4 318.5 289.0 320.8 0.69 12 450 6538 -16.8 -30.3 30 13.5 -19.6 236 57 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.6 0.69 13 400 7410 -23.4 -40.5 19 17.1 -25.7 232 63 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.28 14 350 8372 -30.3 -53.2 9 22.9 -32.1 232 71 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.08 15 300 9450 -38.6 -44.5 54 5.9 -39.1 235 79 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.24 16 250 10674 -48.6 -52.1 67 3.5 -48.8 235 89 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12119 -53.7 -72.3 9 18.6 -53.9 244 87 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13947 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 249 71 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16442 -67.4 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 247 45 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.17 m Freezing level: 631.59 mb = 3915.15 m = 12844.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.13 mb = 3752.04 m = 12309.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.92 mb = 925.52 m = 3036.44 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 26.48 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.40 mb = 1621.62 m = 5320.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.55 C = 83.38 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -5.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.63 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 39.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1656.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.69 mb = 1198.45 m = 3931.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.69 mb = 1961.40 m = 6434.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.69 mb = 11481.76 m = 37669.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1648.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.69 mb = 14795.17 m = 48540.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 213.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.57 Bulk Rich Number: 15.37 Bulk Shear: 107.76 m/s