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: 37.94,-93.75 Latitude: 37.94 Longitude: -93.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 974 259 22.9 21.5 92 1.4 21.9 216 4 298.3 301.3 296.0 347.0 16.77 2 950 475 21.6 20.1 91 1.5 20.6 221 14 299.1 302.0 295.6 345.2 15.77 3 900 943 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.2 221 27 300.3 303.0 295.1 343.3 14.67 4 850 1432 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 220 35 302.5 305.0 294.7 341.4 13.15 5 800 1945 11.9 11.8 99 0.1 11.8 227 36 303.8 305.9 293.4 336.3 10.90 6 750 2482 8.0 6.7 91 1.4 7.2 227 37 305.3 306.8 291.7 330.1 8.22 7 700 3050 5.8 0.7 70 5.1 3.1 234 37 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.6 5.74 8 650 3652 2.4 -13.6 30 16.0 -3.7 243 35 311.7 312.1 288.2 318.4 2.06 9 600 4293 -2.1 -13.9 40 11.8 -6.5 246 36 313.7 314.1 289.0 320.8 2.17 10 550 4979 -6.6 -18.7 38 12.1 -10.5 252 42 316.2 316.5 289.2 321.6 1.59 11 500 5715 -11.0 -14.3 76 3.3 -12.2 255 49 319.7 320.1 291.2 328.0 2.52 12 450 6518 -16.1 -19.5 75 3.4 -17.1 244 48 323.0 323.3 291.5 329.2 1.81 13 400 7394 -21.9 -24.8 78 2.9 -22.6 228 55 326.5 326.8 292.0 331.0 1.28 14 350 8361 -29.3 -32.4 75 3.1 -29.8 219 58 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.9 0.72 15 300 9443 -38.5 -41.7 72 3.1 -38.8 215 62 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.33 16 250 10663 -50.4 -53.7 68 3.3 -50.5 224 71 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.10 17 200 12100 -52.3 -75.1 5 22.9 -52.7 251 63 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13934 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 253 54 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16431 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.5 255 47 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.84 m Freezing level: 623.15 mb = 3996.36 m = 13111.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.44 mb = 3316.04 m = 10879.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.02 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.95 mb = 438.50 m = 1438.64 ft T: 21.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 28.63 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.40 mb = 862.26 m = 2828.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.69 C = 76.44 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.20 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 26.48 C K Index: 37.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2121.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.61 mb = 822.26 m = 2697.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.61 mb = 965.48 m = 3167.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.61 mb = 11859.56 m = 38908.83 ft B at Equ Level: 2096.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.61 mb = 15432.28 m = 50630.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.52 Bulk Rich Number: 28.87 Bulk Shear: 73.49 m/s