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: 37.71,-93.23 Latitude: 37.71 Longitude: -93.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 970 320 23.6 20.1 81 3.5 21.2 185 9 299.4 302.2 295.4 344.6 15.47 2 950 496 21.3 18.9 86 2.4 19.7 188 13 298.8 301.5 294.7 341.5 14.64 3 900 963 18.3 16.6 90 1.7 17.2 217 26 300.3 302.8 294.2 339.4 13.33 4 850 1453 17.1 12.5 74 4.7 14.1 236 26 304.1 306.1 293.3 336.1 10.74 5 800 1967 12.5 10.2 86 2.3 11.1 233 28 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.9 9.84 6 750 2506 9.1 6.0 81 3.1 7.3 234 31 306.4 307.9 291.7 330.2 7.84 7 700 3075 5.6 3.1 84 2.5 4.2 232 39 308.7 309.9 291.6 329.6 6.83 8 650 3677 1.5 -0.5 87 1.9 0.5 239 45 310.6 311.7 291.2 328.3 5.69 9 600 4317 -2.8 -5.4 82 2.7 -4.0 241 49 312.9 313.7 290.7 326.4 4.26 10 550 5002 -7.0 -11.7 69 4.7 -8.8 242 54 315.8 316.3 290.3 325.0 2.83 11 500 5737 -11.8 -24.6 34 12.8 -15.2 240 54 318.6 318.8 289.4 322.2 1.04 12 450 6536 -16.9 -33.9 21 17.0 -20.1 236 56 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.8 0.49 13 400 7409 -23.2 -35.7 31 12.4 -25.2 234 63 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.5 0.46 14 350 8370 -30.7 -46.0 21 15.3 -32.1 230 72 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.18 15 300 9447 -38.7 -45.3 50 6.5 -39.2 234 80 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.22 16 250 10671 -48.8 -51.6 73 2.8 -49.0 235 90 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13 17 200 12114 -53.8 -71.7 9 17.9 -54.1 244 87 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13942 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.8 248 70 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16438 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 246 46 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.99 m Freezing level: 632.62 mb = 3899.74 m = 12794.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.84 mb = 3740.89 m = 12273.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.21 mb = 761.95 m = 2499.80 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 22.39 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.91 mb = 1584.92 m = 5199.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.03 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.96 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 38.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1535.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.46 mb = 1083.43 m = 3554.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.46 mb = 1941.39 m = 6369.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.46 mb = 11425.81 m = 37485.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1527.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.46 mb = 14707.74 m = 48253.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 216.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.55 Bulk Rich Number: 12.97 Bulk Shear: 118.38 m/s