MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.27,-92.56 Latitude: 36.27 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 981 232 25.9 19.1 66 6.8 21.2 251 6 300.7 303.4 295.0 342.9 14.37 2 950 511 24.0 17.8 68 6.2 19.7 242 15 301.6 304.1 294.7 341.7 13.63 3 900 981 20.0 16.1 78 3.9 17.4 226 18 302.1 304.5 294.4 340.2 12.88 4 850 1471 15.1 14.7 97 0.5 14.8 222 19 302.0 304.3 294.0 338.7 12.45 5 800 1982 11.2 11.1 99 0.1 11.2 232 25 303.1 305.1 292.8 334.1 10.43 6 750 2519 7.9 7.8 99 0.2 7.8 231 30 305.2 306.8 292.2 331.8 8.86 7 700 3086 4.6 3.8 95 0.7 4.2 226 26 307.5 308.9 291.6 329.5 7.21 8 650 3687 1.3 0.1 92 1.2 0.7 226 25 310.4 311.6 291.4 328.9 5.95 9 600 4327 -2.4 -3.9 90 1.4 -3.1 216 36 313.3 314.2 291.3 328.4 4.79 10 550 5013 -6.5 -7.0 97 0.4 -6.7 216 47 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.6 4.13 11 500 5752 -10.6 -11.0 97 0.4 -10.8 222 54 320.1 320.8 292.0 331.1 3.31 12 450 6557 -14.8 -17.5 80 2.7 -15.7 227 54 324.6 325.0 292.2 331.9 2.15 13 400 7436 -21.4 -32.2 37 10.7 -23.5 236 63 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.5 0.64 14 350 8405 -28.8 -35.7 51 7.0 -29.8 243 69 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.9 0.52 15 300 9490 -37.6 -42.2 62 4.6 -38.1 244 69 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.5 0.31 16 250 10716 -48.2 -53.2 56 5.0 -48.4 245 76 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 17 200 12165 -54.1 -70.7 11 16.5 -54.4 247 85 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13987 -59.1 -80.9 4 21.8 -59.3 250 69 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16473 -67.9 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.0 256 35 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.40 m Freezing level: 632.69 mb = 3908.33 m = 12822.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.28 mb = 3794.70 m = 12449.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.57 mb = 1090.73 m = 3578.45 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 14.47 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.11 mb = 1389.74 m = 4559.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.48 C Showalter Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.25 C K Index: 39.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1403.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.49 mb = 1346.09 m = 4416.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.49 mb = 1496.05 m = 4908.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.49 mb = 11620.89 m = 38125.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1389.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.49 mb = 14521.26 m = 47641.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.3 neg: -15.6 tot: 42.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 25.72 Bulk Shear: 54.55 m/s