MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.56,-93.84 Latitude: 36.56 Longitude: -93.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 963 392 21.5 16.5 73 5.0 18.1 191 8 297.8 300.0 292.7 333.5 12.31 2 950 512 21.3 16.3 73 5.0 17.9 198 16 298.8 301.0 293.0 334.7 12.32 3 900 981 20.3 18.0 86 2.3 18.7 226 35 302.4 305.1 295.6 345.5 14.56 4 850 1473 17.1 13.9 81 3.3 15.0 244 31 304.1 306.3 294.1 339.2 11.79 5 800 1987 13.5 11.5 88 2.0 12.3 250 17 305.6 307.6 293.8 337.8 10.74 6 750 2528 10.2 7.7 84 2.5 8.7 231 18 307.7 309.3 292.9 334.5 8.82 7 700 3101 8.1 0.6 59 7.5 4.1 220 26 311.5 312.6 291.5 329.3 5.73 8 650 3707 2.8 0.3 84 2.4 1.5 231 31 312.1 313.2 292.0 331.0 6.04 9 600 4350 -1.3 -5.1 75 3.8 -3.1 237 34 314.6 315.4 291.3 328.5 4.36 10 550 5039 -5.5 -13.4 54 7.9 -8.5 238 36 317.5 318.0 290.5 325.7 2.48 11 500 5777 -11.9 -26.7 28 14.7 -15.6 235 42 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.5 0.86 12 450 6575 -17.1 -34.3 21 17.2 -20.3 243 43 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.4 0.47 13 400 7449 -21.5 -43.9 11 22.4 -24.4 243 53 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.19 14 350 8417 -29.5 -47.1 16 17.6 -31.2 243 57 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 15 300 9497 -38.0 -51.8 22 13.8 -38.9 251 64 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.11 16 250 10727 -48.0 -53.0 57 4.9 -48.3 253 77 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 17 200 12172 -52.9 -71.2 9 18.3 -53.2 257 88 348.9 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13995 -60.4 -83.3 3 23.0 -60.6 254 82 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.00 19 100 16469 -68.7 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.8 258 37 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.90 m Freezing level: 616.11 mb = 4143.17 m = 13592.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.76 mb = 3910.67 m = 12830.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.56 mb = 1032.97 m = 3388.95 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 16.15 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.54 mb = 1741.13 m = 5712.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -5.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.05 C Cross Totals Index: 25.79 C K Index: 35.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1208.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.41 mb = 1298.19 m = 4259.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.41 mb = 2390.73 m = 7843.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 722.41 mb = 2839.60 m = 9316.16 ft B at Equ Level: 23.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.41 mb = 14312.14 m = 46955.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.5 neg: -22.7 tot: 227.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.57 Bulk Rich Number: 47.50 Bulk Shear: 25.44 m/s