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,-93.97 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 960 406 18.1 14.9 82 3.2 16.0 250 10 294.6 296.6 290.7 326.6 11.15 2 950 498 18.3 14.5 79 3.8 15.8 246 17 295.8 297.7 291.0 327.5 11.01 3 900 961 17.9 10.4 61 7.5 13.3 244 33 300.0 301.6 290.6 326.0 8.85 4 850 1449 15.6 7.3 58 8.2 10.7 250 30 302.5 303.9 290.3 325.1 7.59 5 800 1960 12.2 4.0 57 8.2 7.6 253 30 304.2 305.4 289.8 323.4 6.37 6 750 2497 8.5 0.6 57 7.9 4.4 253 30 305.8 306.8 289.4 322.1 5.33 7 700 3063 4.8 -4.8 50 9.6 0.3 249 30 307.8 308.5 288.6 319.8 3.84 8 650 3663 0.8 -7.9 52 8.7 -3.0 243 32 309.9 310.5 288.8 320.1 3.23 9 600 4300 -4.1 -8.4 72 4.3 -5.9 242 34 311.4 312.0 289.4 322.1 3.38 10 550 4981 -8.1 -10.7 81 2.6 -9.1 250 36 314.5 315.1 290.1 324.4 3.07 11 500 5717 -10.5 -12.0 88 1.5 -11.1 246 45 320.2 320.8 291.8 330.3 3.04 12 450 6519 -16.6 -18.1 88 1.6 -17.1 244 45 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.3 2.04 13 400 7394 -22.4 -24.7 82 2.3 -22.9 231 53 325.9 326.1 291.8 330.4 1.29 14 350 8360 -29.5 -32.4 76 2.8 -30.0 219 53 328.9 329.1 292.2 331.5 0.72 15 300 9441 -38.3 -41.4 73 3.0 -38.7 213 57 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.34 16 250 10665 -47.6 -54.3 46 6.8 -47.9 222 70 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.10 17 200 12129 -51.5 -73.9 5 22.4 -51.9 256 51 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13965 -59.3 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.5 257 55 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16451 -65.5 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 259 46 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.32 m Freezing level: 641.87 mb = 3766.82 m = 12358.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.23 mb = 3118.78 m = 10232.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.07 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.85 mb = 811.58 m = 2662.64 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 7.71 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.17 mb = 2484.16 m = 8150.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.11 C = 84.39 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: 2.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: 3.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 17.86 C K Index: 23.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 246.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.52 mb = 1664.50 m = 5460.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.52 mb = 4253.81 m = 13955.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 563.52 mb = 4791.06 m = 15718.51 ft B at Equ Level: 27.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 503.52 mb = 5662.96 m = 18579.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.4 neg: -4.2 tot: 78.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 17.04 m/s