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: 37.14,-93.65 Latitude: 37.14 Longitude: -93.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 963 376 18.7 14.9 78 3.9 16.3 267 11 295.0 297.0 290.8 326.9 11.10 2 950 497 18.5 14.4 77 4.1 15.8 263 19 295.9 297.9 291.0 327.4 10.91 3 900 960 17.2 11.7 70 5.5 13.7 254 36 299.2 301.0 291.0 327.4 9.62 4 850 1447 15.7 5.8 52 9.8 10.0 260 38 302.6 303.8 289.7 323.0 6.83 5 800 1958 12.0 3.9 58 8.1 7.5 260 36 303.9 305.1 289.7 323.0 6.33 6 750 2495 8.2 2.8 69 5.4 5.3 250 32 305.5 306.6 290.1 324.5 6.27 7 700 3061 4.1 1.3 82 2.8 2.6 237 31 307.0 308.2 290.4 325.5 6.02 8 650 3659 -0.2 -2.7 83 2.6 -1.4 234 35 308.8 309.7 289.9 323.7 4.81 9 600 4296 -4.2 -6.1 87 1.9 -5.0 234 41 311.3 312.0 290.0 324.1 4.06 10 550 4977 -8.0 -9.0 92 1.1 -8.4 234 45 314.6 315.3 290.5 325.9 3.51 11 500 5713 -10.8 -12.3 89 1.5 -11.3 236 52 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.7 2.98 12 450 6515 -16.6 -18.1 88 1.5 -17.1 239 48 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.3 2.05 13 400 7389 -22.5 -24.4 84 1.9 -22.9 227 54 325.7 326.0 291.8 330.4 1.32 14 350 8356 -29.4 -32.8 73 3.4 -29.9 217 52 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.6 0.69 15 300 9436 -38.8 -42.0 72 3.2 -39.1 210 56 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.32 16 250 10656 -48.1 -55.1 44 6.9 -48.4 222 75 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.09 17 200 12118 -51.5 -72.4 6 20.9 -51.9 253 53 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13955 -59.1 -80.9 4 21.7 -59.3 255 57 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16444 -65.2 -86.6 4 21.4 -65.4 261 47 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.77 m Freezing level: 652.17 mb = 3633.34 m = 11920.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.87 mb = 3440.22 m = 11286.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.85 mb = 866.43 m = 2842.59 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 4.41 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.53 mb = 2324.28 m = 7625.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: 2.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.46 C Cross Totals Index: 16.62 C K Index: 29.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.88 mb = 1537.76 m = 5045.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.88 mb = 3709.95 m = 12171.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 555.88 mb = 4893.90 m = 16055.89 ft B at Equ Level: 32.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 495.88 mb = 5776.31 m = 18950.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.6 neg: -37.7 tot: 26.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 40.60 m/s