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: 36.72,-94.63 Latitude: 36.72 Longitude: -94.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 974 286 22.6 19.4 82 3.2 20.4 187 12 298.0 300.6 294.4 340.5 14.66 2 950 504 20.7 18.1 85 2.6 18.9 190 22 298.2 300.7 294.0 338.6 13.92 3 900 974 21.9 14.3 62 7.7 16.8 225 34 304.1 306.2 293.9 338.2 11.44 4 850 1467 17.9 12.7 72 5.2 14.5 229 25 304.9 306.9 293.7 337.6 10.93 5 800 1983 13.0 11.2 89 1.8 11.9 229 24 305.0 307.0 293.4 336.5 10.50 6 750 2522 9.2 7.0 86 2.2 7.9 221 25 306.5 308.1 292.3 332.0 8.42 7 700 3091 5.8 3.1 83 2.6 4.3 216 32 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.0 6.87 8 650 3694 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.6 217 37 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.7 5.76 9 600 4335 -2.3 -3.5 92 1.1 -2.9 225 36 313.4 314.3 291.4 329.0 4.93 10 550 5021 -6.3 -7.0 95 0.7 -6.6 238 37 316.6 317.4 291.7 329.8 4.12 11 500 5760 -10.7 -11.0 98 0.3 -10.8 245 42 320.0 320.6 291.9 330.9 3.31 12 450 6564 -15.8 -17.3 88 1.5 -16.3 240 46 323.4 323.8 291.9 330.8 2.19 13 400 7440 -22.3 -25.3 77 3.0 -23.0 235 51 326.0 326.3 291.8 330.3 1.23 14 350 8405 -30.1 -37.1 50 7.0 -31.0 233 59 328.2 328.3 291.7 329.8 0.45 15 300 9483 -38.4 -46.0 45 7.6 -39.0 237 70 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.0 0.21 16 250 10709 -48.5 -51.0 75 2.5 -48.6 241 84 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.14 17 200 12152 -53.4 -69.4 13 16.0 -53.7 247 95 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 13980 -59.6 -82.5 4 22.9 -59.8 254 79 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16466 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 254 36 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.28 m Freezing level: 629.68 mb = 3954.20 m = 12972.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.39 mb = 3800.48 m = 12468.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.48 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.16 mb = 696.89 m = 2286.37 ft T: 21.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 11.82 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.60 mb = 1849.77 m = 6068.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 38.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1067.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.97 mb = 1396.87 m = 4582.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.97 mb = 2280.71 m = 7482.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.97 mb = 11193.43 m = 36723.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1062.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.97 mb = 13896.82 m = 45592.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.5 neg: -25.7 tot: 172.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 25.77 Bulk Shear: 41.44 m/s