MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.12,-94.30 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -94.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 964 383 21.5 20.0 91 1.5 20.5 202 10 297.8 300.6 295.0 342.6 15.46 2 950 509 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 203 15 297.7 300.4 294.5 340.8 14.88 3 900 975 17.0 16.5 97 0.5 16.7 223 32 299.1 301.5 293.7 337.7 13.26 4 850 1461 14.3 13.7 96 0.6 13.9 235 35 301.1 303.2 293.2 335.4 11.65 5 800 1972 11.6 10.8 95 0.8 11.0 222 32 303.5 305.3 292.7 333.8 10.20 6 750 2509 8.6 7.5 93 1.1 7.9 214 31 305.9 307.5 292.3 332.1 8.70 7 700 3078 5.3 4.0 91 1.3 4.6 204 29 308.4 309.8 291.9 330.7 7.30 8 650 3680 1.6 0.1 90 1.5 0.8 209 34 310.8 311.9 291.5 329.3 5.94 9 600 4321 -2.3 -3.6 91 1.3 -2.9 202 43 313.5 314.4 291.4 329.0 4.90 10 550 5007 -6.1 -7.2 92 1.1 -6.5 207 51 316.9 317.7 291.7 330.0 4.07 11 500 5748 -9.9 -11.2 91 1.2 -10.4 220 58 320.9 321.6 292.2 331.7 3.26 12 450 6555 -14.5 -16.1 88 1.6 -15.0 234 56 325.1 325.5 292.6 333.3 2.43 13 400 7437 -20.3 -22.5 83 2.1 -20.9 239 53 328.6 328.9 292.8 334.1 1.58 14 350 8411 -27.9 -30.8 76 2.9 -28.4 244 53 331.2 331.3 292.9 334.2 0.84 15 300 9498 -37.4 -40.5 72 3.1 -37.7 239 50 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.37 16 250 10725 -48.9 -52.3 67 3.4 -49.0 243 63 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12163 -54.4 -70.0 13 15.6 -54.6 245 86 346.6 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13984 -59.7 -81.7 4 21.9 -59.9 251 70 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16469 -69.1 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.2 253 38 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.59 m Freezing level: 629.07 mb = 3948.07 m = 12952.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.80 mb = 3818.90 m = 12529.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.57 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.87 mb = 574.08 m = 1883.44 ft T: 19.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.65 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 970.83 m = 3185.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.76 C = 72.97 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 36.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 848.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.59 mb = 940.30 m = 3084.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.59 mb = 1083.14 m = 3553.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.59 mb = 11302.03 m = 37079.69 ft B at Equ Level: 844.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.59 mb = 13631.55 m = 44722.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.0 neg: -45.3 tot: 77.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 16.15 Bulk Shear: 52.54 m/s