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: 37.55,-93.51 Latitude: 37.55 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 970 316 25.2 20.5 75 4.7 21.9 188 12 301.0 303.9 296.1 347.7 15.88 2 950 494 22.3 19.2 82 3.1 20.2 191 15 299.8 302.6 295.1 343.4 14.91 3 900 963 18.9 16.7 87 2.2 17.4 218 25 301.0 303.4 294.4 340.3 13.38 4 850 1453 17.2 12.3 73 4.9 14.0 231 26 304.2 306.1 293.3 335.9 10.63 5 800 1968 12.9 10.6 86 2.4 11.4 227 28 304.9 306.8 293.1 335.1 10.06 6 750 2507 9.3 6.5 83 2.7 7.6 229 32 306.6 308.1 292.0 331.3 8.14 7 700 3076 5.4 3.9 91 1.4 4.5 233 39 308.4 309.8 291.9 330.7 7.27 8 650 3678 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.6 240 45 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.7 5.76 9 600 4319 -2.6 -7.0 71 4.4 -4.6 244 49 313.1 313.8 290.3 325.1 3.76 10 550 5003 -7.1 -17.5 43 10.4 -10.6 243 53 315.6 316.0 289.2 321.5 1.76 11 500 5738 -12.0 -30.2 20 18.2 -16.0 239 55 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.6 0.62 12 450 6537 -16.8 -31.0 28 14.2 -19.7 236 57 322.1 322.2 290.1 324.4 0.64 13 400 7409 -23.4 -40.6 19 17.1 -25.8 232 63 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.28 14 350 8370 -30.4 -49.6 14 19.2 -32.0 232 71 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.12 15 300 9448 -38.7 -43.9 58 5.2 -39.1 235 80 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.26 16 250 10672 -48.6 -52.2 66 3.6 -48.8 235 89 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12117 -53.6 -72.3 8 18.7 -53.9 244 87 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.01 18 150 13946 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -58.9 248 71 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16441 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.4 247 45 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.86 m Freezing level: 631.00 mb = 3921.59 m = 12865.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.13 mb = 3750.86 m = 12305.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.40 mb = 910.71 m = 2987.87 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 27.10 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.52 mb = 1589.08 m = 5213.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 40.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1738.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.42 mb = 1161.17 m = 3809.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.42 mb = 1921.13 m = 6302.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.42 mb = 11666.12 m = 38274.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1719.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.42 mb = 15095.94 m = 49526.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 206.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 15.95 Bulk Shear: 109.00 m/s