MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.15,-92.71 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -92.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 269 20.7 19.9 95 0.8 20.2 218 4 295.9 298.7 294.2 339.5 15.14 2 950 503 20.0 17.8 87 2.3 18.5 240 15 297.5 300.0 293.6 336.9 13.58 3 900 968 17.0 12.9 77 4.2 14.4 255 23 299.1 301.0 291.6 329.6 10.44 4 850 1454 14.6 9.5 71 5.2 11.4 248 20 301.5 303.1 291.0 327.5 8.78 5 800 1964 12.2 7.7 74 4.5 9.5 245 21 304.2 305.7 291.4 329.0 8.27 6 750 2503 9.4 5.5 77 3.9 7.1 241 28 306.8 308.2 291.6 329.7 7.57 7 700 3073 5.9 2.8 81 3.1 4.2 235 30 309.1 310.3 291.6 329.7 6.73 8 650 3676 2.5 0.1 84 2.4 1.3 232 35 311.8 312.9 291.8 330.4 5.95 9 600 4320 -1.1 -3.6 83 2.5 -2.3 229 44 314.8 315.8 291.8 330.4 4.90 10 550 5009 -5.5 -8.7 78 3.2 -6.9 226 48 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.3 3.60 11 500 5750 -9.8 -16.4 58 6.6 -12.1 225 46 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.2 2.12 12 450 6555 -15.0 -22.9 51 8.0 -17.2 224 50 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.1 1.34 13 400 7435 -21.1 -28.5 51 7.5 -22.7 225 53 327.6 327.8 292.0 330.9 0.91 14 350 8406 -28.3 -32.9 65 4.5 -29.1 229 51 330.6 330.7 292.6 333.1 0.69 15 300 9491 -37.8 -41.5 68 3.8 -38.1 224 46 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.33 16 250 10717 -48.8 -52.2 67 3.4 -48.9 230 53 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 17 200 12165 -52.2 -77.4 3 25.2 -52.5 255 50 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13988 -61.2 -80.7 6 19.5 -61.3 262 59 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16473 -66.8 -87.1 4 20.4 -66.9 251 43 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.44 m Freezing level: 615.33 mb = 4122.48 m = 13525.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.51 mb = 3895.44 m = 12780.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.28 mb = 373.69 m = 1225.99 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 12.04 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1578.40 m = 5178.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 2.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 19.26 C K Index: 30.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.76 mb = 1103.28 m = 3619.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.76 mb = 4046.28 m = 13275.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 430.76 mb = 6881.58 m = 22577.10 ft B at Equ Level: 30.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 310.76 mb = 9242.90 m = 30324.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.6 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 262.6 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.1 neg: -2.3 tot: 56.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 53.20 m/s