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: 39.00,-94.39 Latitude: 39.00 Longitude: -94.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 973 278 25.9 16.4 56 9.5 19.5 214 4 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.2 12.15 2 950 487 22.3 15.5 65 6.8 17.8 218 4 299.8 302.0 292.8 334.1 11.72 3 900 954 17.7 13.9 78 3.8 15.3 225 5 299.8 301.8 292.4 332.4 11.16 4 850 1440 15.1 -0.9 34 15.9 7.0 267 5 301.9 302.7 287.0 314.7 4.22 5 800 1949 11.4 -2.1 39 13.5 4.7 251 11 303.3 304.0 287.3 315.8 4.09 6 750 2485 8.4 -8.5 29 16.9 1.1 261 24 305.7 306.2 286.8 314.1 2.67 7 700 3050 4.1 -5.8 49 9.9 -0.4 259 33 307.0 307.7 288.1 318.1 3.55 8 650 3647 -0.6 -2.2 89 1.6 -1.4 252 39 308.2 309.2 289.9 323.7 4.99 9 600 4282 -5.2 -10.9 64 5.7 -7.4 243 50 310.1 310.6 288.4 318.9 2.77 10 550 4960 -8.8 -26.7 22 17.9 -13.2 239 57 313.7 313.8 287.5 316.4 0.79 11 500 5690 -13.9 -31.1 22 17.2 -17.4 237 61 316.1 316.2 288.1 318.1 0.57 12 450 6482 -19.2 -33.2 28 14.0 -21.7 236 67 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.9 0.52 13 400 7346 -25.5 -36.0 37 10.5 -27.0 234 71 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.5 0.44 14 350 8300 -32.6 -43.6 33 11.0 -33.6 231 82 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.7 0.23 15 300 9367 -40.8 -50.5 35 9.7 -41.3 231 94 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.4 0.12 16 250 10584 -48.3 -61.9 19 13.6 -48.7 232 94 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.04 17 200 12044 -50.2 -77.1 3 26.9 -50.7 243 66 353.3 353.3 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 13889 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.9 251 55 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16406 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.0 241 40 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.88 m Freezing level: 656.79 mb = 3566.39 m = 11700.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.33 mb = 2895.97 m = 9501.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.07 mb = 1469.05 m = 4819.66 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 22.42 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.86 mb = 1887.85 m = 6193.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.60 C = 81.69 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.94 C Cross Totals Index: 13.02 C K Index: 18.23 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 71.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 762.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.05 mb = 1528.96 m = 5016.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.05 mb = 2751.15 m = 9025.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.05 mb = 10168.35 m = 33360.33 ft B at Equ Level: 755.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.05 mb = 12507.56 m = 41034.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.7 neg: -15.2 tot: 42.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 6.21 Bulk Shear: 122.81 m/s