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: 37.05,-92.81 Latitude: 37.05 Longitude: -92.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 958 428 20.5 19.4 93 1.1 19.8 199 16 297.3 300.0 294.5 340.7 15.00 2 950 504 20.0 19.1 95 0.9 19.4 201 22 297.5 300.2 294.4 340.4 14.82 3 900 969 16.8 16.4 97 0.4 16.5 218 40 298.8 301.2 293.6 337.1 13.15 4 850 1456 14.7 12.2 85 2.5 13.1 223 37 301.5 303.5 292.4 332.7 10.55 5 800 1967 11.8 8.2 79 3.6 9.6 232 37 303.7 305.3 291.5 329.4 8.56 6 750 2505 9.3 4.6 73 4.7 6.6 240 34 306.7 308.0 291.2 328.4 7.13 7 700 3073 5.3 -2.3 58 7.6 1.5 256 33 308.3 309.2 289.6 322.6 4.61 8 650 3672 -0.2 -3.5 79 3.3 -1.8 261 32 308.7 309.5 289.6 322.8 4.55 9 600 4310 -3.1 -4.1 93 1.0 -3.6 244 31 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.4 4.72 10 550 4996 -6.1 -7.1 93 1.0 -6.5 223 37 316.9 317.6 291.7 330.0 4.08 11 500 5737 -9.8 -11.0 91 1.2 -10.3 215 47 321.1 321.7 292.2 332.0 3.30 12 450 6543 -15.1 -16.7 87 1.7 -15.6 216 54 324.3 324.8 292.3 332.1 2.29 13 400 7422 -21.5 -23.7 82 2.2 -22.0 222 60 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.0 1.41 14 350 8391 -28.6 -31.4 77 2.8 -29.1 222 57 330.1 330.3 292.5 333.0 0.79 15 300 9475 -37.9 -40.9 73 3.0 -38.2 222 59 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.36 16 250 10700 -49.1 -53.4 61 4.3 -49.3 231 73 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 17 200 12140 -54.3 -73.0 8 18.8 -54.5 244 77 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.01 18 150 13961 -59.0 -83.5 3 24.5 -59.2 251 67 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16460 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 257 44 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.52 m Freezing level: 652.22 mb = 3645.75 m = 11960.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.38 mb = 3338.88 m = 10954.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.41 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.49 mb = 563.48 m = 1848.68 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 1092.20 m = 3583.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.75 C = 72.96 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 29.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 787.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.70 mb = 1010.11 m = 3313.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.70 mb = 1649.55 m = 5411.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.70 mb = 11218.25 m = 36804.83 ft B at Equ Level: 778.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.70 mb = 13524.88 m = 44372.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 226.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 28.74 Bulk Shear: 27.41 m/s