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: 36.44,-91.99 Latitude: 36.44 Longitude: -91.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 978 252 20.6 20.4 98 0.3 20.5 293 3 295.7 298.5 294.4 340.4 15.58 2 950 501 19.0 18.7 99 0.2 18.8 256 7 296.4 299.0 293.9 338.1 14.47 3 900 964 16.4 16.2 99 0.2 16.3 226 12 298.4 300.7 293.3 336.0 12.94 4 850 1450 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 205 15 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.2 11.96 5 800 1961 12.0 11.8 99 0.1 11.9 202 18 303.9 305.9 293.4 336.5 10.96 6 750 2501 9.2 9.0 99 0.1 9.1 208 19 306.6 308.4 293.3 335.8 9.68 7 700 3071 6.3 6.1 99 0.2 6.2 213 20 309.4 311.0 293.2 335.4 8.48 8 650 3676 3.1 2.9 99 0.2 2.9 218 22 312.4 313.8 293.1 335.0 7.28 9 600 4320 -0.8 -1.1 98 0.3 -1.0 222 24 315.1 316.3 292.7 333.7 5.88 10 550 5011 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 225 28 318.9 319.8 292.9 334.5 4.86 11 500 5756 -8.5 -9.3 94 0.8 -8.8 229 31 322.7 323.5 293.1 335.3 3.79 12 450 6567 -13.4 -14.6 90 1.2 -13.9 232 34 326.4 326.9 293.2 335.7 2.73 13 400 7453 -19.1 -20.8 86 1.8 -19.6 234 37 330.2 330.6 293.4 336.6 1.82 14 350 8432 -26.4 -28.8 80 2.4 -26.9 236 39 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.8 1.01 15 300 9526 -35.5 -38.3 76 2.8 -35.8 236 42 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.1 0.47 16 250 10767 -46.0 -49.3 70 3.2 -46.2 237 46 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.17 17 200 12204 -58.9 -63.1 59 4.1 -59.0 246 68 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 18 150 14015 -59.3 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.6 259 59 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16516 -67.0 -86.9 4 19.9 -67.1 251 43 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.33 m Freezing level: 610.85 mb = 4180.08 m = 13714.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.43 mb = 4154.75 m = 13630.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.41 mb = 281.38 m = 923.14 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 4.46 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.44 mb = 743.77 m = 2440.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.39 C = 72.30 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 36.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 153.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.36 mb = 735.17 m = 2411.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.36 mb = 781.69 m = 2564.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 399.36 mb = 7465.01 m = 24491.20 ft B at Equ Level: 153.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.36 mb = 12548.37 m = 41168.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.4 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 250.4 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.9 neg: -1.5 tot: 42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.46 Bulk Shear: 34.45 m/s