MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 78 SFC 962 407 17.0 16.0 94 1.0 16.3 267 11 293.3 295.5 291.0 327.4 11.95 2 950 516 16.3 15.6 96 0.6 15.8 268 16 293.7 295.8 291.0 327.5 11.85 3 900 976 14.2 14.0 99 0.1 14.1 291 33 296.1 298.2 291.3 328.6 11.26 4 850 1457 11.3 10.7 96 0.5 10.9 317 30 297.9 299.7 290.5 325.8 9.55 5 800 1961 8.7 7.0 89 1.7 7.7 320 27 300.4 301.9 289.9 323.7 7.89 6 750 2493 5.7 3.4 85 2.3 4.4 311 26 302.8 304.0 289.5 322.3 6.51 7 700 3055 2.5 -0.5 81 3.0 1.0 289 31 305.3 306.3 289.2 321.4 5.28 8 650 3650 -1.3 -4.1 81 2.8 -2.6 265 37 307.5 308.3 289.0 321.0 4.35 9 600 4284 -4.6 -6.8 85 2.2 -5.5 262 37 310.8 311.5 289.6 322.9 3.84 10 550 4964 -8.8 -11.9 78 3.1 -10.0 255 35 313.6 314.2 289.6 322.6 2.79 11 500 5695 -13.4 -18.8 64 5.3 -15.0 252 34 316.7 317.0 289.5 322.5 1.74 12 450 6489 -18.2 -34.6 22 16.4 -21.1 245 46 320.4 320.5 289.3 322.0 0.45 13 400 7359 -23.8 -40.9 19 17.0 -26.1 226 60 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.27 14 350 8319 -30.9 -46.6 20 15.7 -32.4 215 65 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.17 15 300 9400 -36.2 -61.6 6 25.3 -37.5 228 56 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 16 250 10644 -43.5 -67.5 5 24.0 -44.2 229 55 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 17 200 12127 -48.8 -77.4 2 28.5 -49.4 246 56 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 13968 -58.6 -83.8 3 25.1 -58.9 260 59 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16455 -66.6 -86.6 4 19.9 -66.8 259 43 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.96 m Freezing level: 667.04 mb = 3447.08 m = 11309.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.02 mb = 3216.84 m = 10553.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.84 % Est. max temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.25 mb = 532.10 m = 1745.71 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 7.64 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1019.51 m = 3344.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.91 C = 67.83 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 32.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 201.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.18 mb = 917.47 m = 3010.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.18 mb = 1249.56 m = 4099.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 421.18 mb = 6977.83 m = 22892.86 ft B at Equ Level: 200.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.18 mb = 9372.83 m = 30750.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.5 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 304.5 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 4.2 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.3 neg: -23.8 tot: 82.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 11.29 Bulk Shear: 17.89 m/s