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: 36.88,-90.52 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -90.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 990 153 28.2 16.8 50 11.4 20.4 188 13 302.2 304.5 293.9 338.5 12.26 2 950 512 24.2 15.3 58 8.9 18.2 191 23 301.7 303.9 293.3 335.9 11.58 3 900 982 19.6 14.3 72 5.3 16.1 194 26 301.7 303.8 293.2 335.5 11.46 4 850 1471 15.5 12.4 82 3.1 13.5 210 28 302.4 304.4 292.8 334.1 10.71 5 800 1983 11.8 9.9 88 1.9 10.6 220 23 303.7 305.5 292.3 332.4 9.61 6 750 2520 8.3 5.9 85 2.4 6.9 231 22 305.6 307.1 291.5 329.2 7.81 7 700 3087 5.5 1.0 73 4.5 3.1 233 29 308.6 309.7 290.7 326.7 5.87 8 650 3691 2.7 -4.1 61 6.8 -0.6 219 31 312.0 312.8 290.5 325.7 4.35 9 600 4333 -1.2 -7.2 64 5.9 -3.9 220 37 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.6 3.72 10 550 5021 -6.2 -10.2 73 4.0 -7.8 224 45 316.7 317.4 290.9 327.2 3.21 11 500 5759 -11.4 -17.9 59 6.5 -13.5 227 44 319.1 319.5 290.4 325.4 1.87 12 450 6560 -15.5 -33.4 20 17.9 -19.1 225 43 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.6 0.51 13 400 7438 -21.4 -41.8 14 20.5 -24.2 232 55 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.24 14 350 8408 -28.6 -48.6 13 20.0 -30.5 236 65 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.13 15 300 9493 -37.3 -46.9 36 9.6 -38.1 241 74 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 16 250 10722 -48.3 -51.7 68 3.4 -48.5 244 81 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12165 -54.0 -70.8 11 16.9 -54.3 246 89 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 13986 -60.0 -83.0 3 23.0 -60.2 248 73 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16466 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 254 36 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.94 m Freezing level: 615.77 mb = 4130.62 m = 13551.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.79 mb = 3593.64 m = 11790.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.40 mb = 1586.85 m = 5206.15 ft T: 14.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 12.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.89 mb = 1806.30 m = 5926.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 34.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 482.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.12 mb = 1630.12 m = 5348.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.12 mb = 2096.77 m = 6879.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.12 mb = 11010.14 m = 36122.06 ft B at Equ Level: 473.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.12 mb = 12863.04 m = 42201.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.7 neg: -9.9 tot: 107.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 12.05 Bulk Shear: 40.07 m/s