MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.51,-92.68 Latitude: 36.51 Longitude: -92.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 979 259 24.3 17.8 67 6.5 19.8 192 8 299.2 301.6 293.7 337.7 13.19 2 950 523 21.4 16.9 75 4.5 18.4 202 18 298.9 301.3 293.4 336.4 12.84 3 900 992 19.9 16.1 79 3.8 17.3 231 30 302.0 304.4 294.3 340.0 12.86 4 850 1483 16.6 13.7 83 2.9 14.7 235 24 303.6 305.7 293.9 338.3 11.69 5 800 1997 12.7 11.3 91 1.5 11.8 233 17 304.7 306.7 293.4 336.3 10.56 6 750 2536 9.4 6.1 80 3.3 7.5 219 17 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.7 7.89 7 700 3107 7.9 -2.1 49 10.0 2.8 203 24 311.3 312.1 290.5 325.9 4.68 8 650 3713 2.8 0.5 85 2.3 1.6 223 26 312.2 313.3 292.0 331.3 6.13 9 600 4356 -1.7 -6.0 72 4.3 -3.7 226 30 314.2 315.0 290.9 327.2 4.07 10 550 5044 -5.7 -17.5 39 11.7 -9.7 232 33 317.3 317.6 289.7 323.2 1.76 11 500 5781 -12.1 -17.6 64 5.5 -13.9 235 38 318.3 318.6 290.2 324.7 1.92 12 450 6580 -16.2 -35.6 17 19.4 -19.7 243 39 322.9 323.0 290.1 324.4 0.41 13 400 7458 -21.3 -40.7 16 19.5 -24.1 242 50 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.4 0.27 14 350 8427 -29.2 -46.7 17 17.4 -31.0 241 54 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.16 15 300 9508 -37.7 -49.8 27 12.1 -38.6 247 64 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.13 16 250 10738 -48.1 -51.3 69 3.3 -48.2 249 75 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.14 17 200 12185 -52.7 -70.6 10 18.0 -53.0 254 87 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14010 -60.7 -83.5 3 22.7 -60.9 256 78 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16478 -69.5 -86.1 7 16.6 -69.6 255 39 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.82 m Freezing level: 618.50 mb = 4118.15 m = 13510.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.81 mb = 3903.11 m = 12805.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.18 mb = 1086.18 m = 3563.55 ft T: 19.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 14.05 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1738.01 m = 5702.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.18 C = 84.52 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.75 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 32.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 815.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.23 mb = 1290.74 m = 4234.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.23 mb = 2270.28 m = 7448.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 724.23 mb = 2825.38 m = 9269.50 ft B at Equ Level: 16.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.23 mb = 13434.70 m = 44076.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.7 neg: -22.0 tot: 120.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 39.34 Bulk Shear: 20.73 m/s