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: 36.84,-92.34 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -92.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 971 305 20.4 18.4 88 2.0 19.1 198 7 296.0 298.5 293.3 335.9 13.84 2 950 496 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 214 15 297.1 299.5 293.2 335.5 13.28 3 900 962 18.7 6.7 45 12.1 11.7 240 26 300.8 302.1 289.1 321.1 6.83 4 850 1449 16.0 4.3 46 11.7 9.5 237 19 302.9 304.0 289.2 321.4 6.15 5 800 1961 12.8 0.8 44 12.0 6.4 252 16 304.8 305.7 288.8 320.2 5.06 6 750 2499 9.1 2.4 63 6.7 5.5 255 21 306.5 307.6 290.3 325.0 6.08 7 700 3068 5.9 2.3 78 3.6 3.9 244 34 309.0 310.2 291.4 328.9 6.46 8 650 3670 1.6 -0.6 86 2.1 0.4 241 48 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.3 5.65 9 600 4311 -2.2 -2.8 95 0.7 -2.5 236 56 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.0 5.18 10 550 4998 -6.4 -7.1 95 0.7 -6.7 238 64 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.6 4.09 11 500 5738 -10.3 -11.1 94 0.8 -10.6 234 63 320.5 321.2 292.1 331.4 3.29 12 450 6543 -15.2 -16.8 88 1.5 -15.7 231 61 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.8 2.29 13 400 7420 -22.3 -25.3 76 3.0 -23.0 227 61 326.0 326.2 291.8 330.3 1.22 14 350 8388 -28.7 -31.8 75 3.1 -29.2 223 61 330.0 330.2 292.5 332.8 0.76 15 300 9472 -37.5 -40.8 71 3.3 -37.8 218 58 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.9 0.36 16 250 10701 -48.4 -51.9 67 3.5 -48.5 214 69 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12142 -54.1 -73.6 7 19.5 -54.4 239 60 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 13962 -60.6 -81.1 5 20.5 -60.8 258 61 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16457 -64.4 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 255 45 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.73 m Freezing level: 628.96 mb = 3940.01 m = 12926.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.66 mb = 3761.12 m = 12339.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.25 mb = 557.61 m = 1829.39 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 14.75 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.20 mb = 2496.79 m = 8191.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lifted Index: 2.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: 5.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.27 C Cross Totals Index: 14.61 C K Index: 27.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6362.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.94 mb = 1630.59 m = 5349.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.4 neg: -47.0 tot: 118.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 88.38 m/s