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: 37.99,-94.00 Latitude: 37.99 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 975 245 22.5 21.3 93 1.3 21.6 226 4 297.8 300.8 295.7 345.8 16.54 2 950 473 21.1 20.0 93 1.2 20.4 224 14 298.6 301.5 295.3 344.2 15.65 3 900 940 18.0 17.9 99 0.1 17.9 221 23 300.1 302.7 294.9 342.4 14.47 4 850 1429 15.3 15.2 99 0.1 15.2 220 31 302.2 304.5 294.4 340.2 12.86 5 800 1941 12.1 11.8 99 0.2 11.9 227 36 304.0 306.0 293.5 336.7 10.97 6 750 2480 8.6 8.0 96 0.7 8.2 231 31 306.0 307.6 292.6 333.1 9.00 7 700 3048 5.7 3.7 87 2.0 4.5 234 32 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.7 7.15 8 650 3651 2.0 -3.6 67 5.5 -0.7 237 33 311.2 312.0 290.4 325.4 4.52 9 600 4291 -2.2 -9.8 56 7.6 -5.4 241 33 313.5 314.1 289.8 323.3 3.03 10 550 4976 -7.1 -17.6 43 10.4 -10.6 250 39 315.6 316.0 289.2 321.4 1.75 11 500 5712 -11.6 -15.7 71 4.1 -13.0 254 47 318.9 319.3 290.7 326.4 2.25 12 450 6513 -15.9 -19.6 74 3.6 -17.0 244 51 323.2 323.6 291.5 329.4 1.81 13 400 7389 -22.3 -25.7 73 3.5 -23.1 231 53 326.0 326.3 291.7 330.2 1.17 14 350 8356 -29.4 -32.8 72 3.4 -29.9 223 64 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.7 0.69 15 300 9438 -38.5 -41.7 72 3.2 -38.8 218 69 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.4 0.33 16 250 10659 -50.2 -53.6 67 3.4 -50.4 225 78 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12096 -51.8 -75.3 4 23.5 -52.2 252 63 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 13934 -58.6 -83.4 3 24.8 -58.8 254 53 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16431 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.5 255 46 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.74 m Freezing level: 626.65 mb = 3949.87 m = 12958.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.03 mb = 3563.22 m = 11690.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.74 mb = 402.40 m = 1320.19 ft T: 21.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 24.33 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.74 mb = 837.49 m = 2747.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.47 C = 76.05 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.02 C Showalter Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 26.75 C K Index: 40.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1988.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.88 mb = 788.90 m = 2588.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.88 mb = 931.57 m = 3056.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.88 mb = 11754.84 m = 38565.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1961.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.88 mb = 15262.90 m = 50074.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.8 neg: -9.8 tot: 166.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.05 Bulk Rich Number: 33.98 Bulk Shear: 58.53 m/s