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: 37.84,-93.47 Latitude: 37.84 Longitude: -93.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 294 20.1 17.5 85 2.6 18.3 265 11 295.5 297.9 292.5 332.9 13.01 2 950 499 18.7 16.7 88 2.0 17.4 268 23 296.2 298.5 292.4 332.7 12.68 3 900 961 15.3 13.9 91 1.4 14.4 268 35 297.2 299.2 291.6 329.5 11.14 4 850 1444 12.7 10.6 87 2.1 11.4 270 43 299.5 301.2 290.9 327.3 9.49 5 800 1951 9.9 7.7 86 2.2 8.6 269 38 301.7 303.2 290.6 326.2 8.27 6 750 2485 6.8 4.1 83 2.7 5.4 264 37 304.0 305.3 290.2 324.7 6.87 7 700 3048 2.8 -2.0 71 4.8 0.5 255 37 305.6 306.5 288.8 320.1 4.73 8 650 3642 -2.3 -4.1 87 1.8 -3.1 247 36 306.3 307.2 288.6 319.7 4.33 9 600 4275 -4.8 -5.3 96 0.6 -5.0 235 36 310.6 311.4 290.0 324.0 4.28 10 550 4957 -7.4 -8.1 95 0.7 -7.7 225 39 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.4 3.78 11 500 5694 -11.0 -12.0 93 0.9 -11.4 224 49 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.6 3.06 12 450 6496 -16.7 -18.2 88 1.5 -17.1 231 50 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.1 2.02 13 400 7369 -22.9 -25.5 79 2.6 -23.5 231 52 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.4 1.20 14 350 8334 -29.7 -32.8 75 3.1 -30.2 219 60 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.2 0.69 15 300 9412 -39.3 -42.5 71 3.2 -39.5 216 59 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.30 16 250 10630 -48.6 -56.2 41 7.5 -48.9 224 76 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.08 17 200 12091 -51.4 -74.7 5 23.2 -51.8 255 58 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13928 -58.6 -80.7 4 22.1 -58.8 253 61 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16430 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 264 45 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.74 m Freezing level: 672.46 mb = 3375.62 m = 11074.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.28 mb = 3125.85 m = 10255.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.32 mb = 622.47 m = 2042.21 ft T: 17.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 13.20 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.40 mb = 1117.95 m = 3667.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.48 C = 72.46 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 29.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 272.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.15 mb = 977.95 m = 3208.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.15 mb = 1712.16 m = 5617.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 373.15 mb = 7870.88 m = 25822.77 ft B at Equ Level: 271.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.15 mb = 11373.45 m = 37314.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.2 neg: -38.6 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 5.76 Bulk Shear: 47.28 m/s