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,-94.22 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 292 25.6 20.9 75 4.8 22.2 205 12 301.2 304.2 296.4 348.8 16.17 2 950 490 22.6 19.4 82 3.2 20.4 206 15 300.1 302.9 295.4 344.3 15.09 3 900 958 18.2 17.8 97 0.5 17.9 214 20 300.3 302.9 294.9 342.4 14.37 4 850 1448 16.9 12.8 77 4.1 14.3 219 23 303.9 305.9 293.5 336.7 11.02 5 800 1962 12.7 11.1 90 1.6 11.7 213 26 304.7 306.6 293.3 335.9 10.44 6 750 2501 9.1 7.8 92 1.2 8.3 224 28 306.4 308.1 292.6 333.3 8.89 7 700 3070 5.7 4.4 91 1.3 4.9 238 35 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.8 7.52 8 650 3673 2.3 -1.5 76 3.8 0.3 243 48 311.5 312.5 291.2 328.0 5.27 9 600 4314 -2.9 -13.0 45 10.1 -6.8 245 52 312.8 313.2 288.8 320.3 2.33 10 550 4997 -7.3 -18.9 39 11.6 -11.0 242 55 315.4 315.7 288.9 320.6 1.55 11 500 5731 -12.2 -28.1 25 15.9 -15.9 237 55 318.1 318.3 289.0 320.8 0.76 12 450 6529 -17.2 -30.0 32 12.8 -19.9 235 58 321.6 321.7 290.0 324.1 0.70 13 400 7400 -23.8 -33.7 40 9.8 -25.5 234 65 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.0 0.56 14 350 8360 -30.9 -42.1 33 11.2 -32.1 234 74 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.1 0.27 15 300 9435 -39.1 -43.2 65 4.1 -39.4 235 85 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.28 16 250 10657 -48.5 -53.5 56 5.0 -48.7 235 94 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.10 17 200 12106 -53.0 -73.5 7 20.5 -53.3 243 81 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13939 -58.4 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 248 68 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16438 -66.6 -87.1 4 20.5 -66.7 247 43 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.65 m Freezing level: 628.12 mb = 3953.52 m = 12970.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.79 mb = 3700.47 m = 12140.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.70 C = 83.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.86 mb = 892.57 m = 2928.33 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 28.44 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1276.35 m = 4187.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -6.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.05 C K Index: 40.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2077.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.30 mb = 1031.92 m = 3385.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.30 mb = 1677.43 m = 5503.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.30 mb = 11567.34 m = 37950.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2072.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.30 mb = 15454.52 m = 50703.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.27 Bulk Rich Number: 22.31 Bulk Shear: 93.11 m/s