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: 36.72,-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 58 SFC 974 285 20.5 20.1 98 0.4 20.2 203 14 295.9 298.6 294.3 340.1 15.38 2 950 502 19.2 19.2 99 0.1 19.2 208 25 296.7 299.4 294.2 339.6 14.86 3 900 966 16.6 16.4 99 0.1 16.5 226 42 298.6 301.0 293.6 336.9 13.16 4 850 1452 13.9 13.5 97 0.5 13.6 233 44 300.7 302.8 292.9 334.5 11.49 5 800 1962 11.4 10.9 97 0.5 11.1 216 34 303.3 305.2 292.8 334.0 10.32 6 750 2500 8.6 7.9 96 0.6 8.2 208 28 305.9 307.5 292.5 332.9 8.96 7 700 3068 5.3 4.7 96 0.6 4.9 212 33 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.8 7.66 8 650 3670 0.9 0.6 98 0.3 0.8 213 37 310.0 311.2 291.5 329.1 6.16 9 600 4311 -2.0 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.2 211 40 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.7 5.37 10 550 4999 -5.1 -5.8 95 0.7 -5.4 211 42 318.1 319.0 292.4 332.7 4.53 11 500 5743 -9.3 -10.4 92 1.1 -9.8 215 42 321.7 322.4 292.6 333.2 3.47 12 450 6550 -14.4 -16.0 88 1.6 -15.0 218 40 325.1 325.6 292.6 333.4 2.44 13 400 7432 -20.6 -22.8 83 2.1 -21.2 224 41 328.1 328.5 292.7 333.5 1.53 14 350 8405 -28.0 -30.7 78 2.7 -28.5 229 47 331.0 331.1 292.8 334.1 0.85 15 300 9491 -37.4 -40.4 73 3.1 -37.7 235 50 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.2 0.38 16 250 10719 -48.9 -52.4 67 3.5 -49.1 245 51 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12145 -56.5 -68.2 21 11.7 -56.6 251 80 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 13961 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 252 66 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16465 -67.9 -86.4 5 18.5 -68.0 247 43 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.53 m Freezing level: 634.00 mb = 3875.12 m = 12713.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.79 mb = 3834.41 m = 12579.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.49 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.71 mb = 333.45 m = 1093.98 ft T: 20.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 11.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 778.28 m = 2553.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.45 C = 72.40 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 36.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 749.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.42 mb = 764.26 m = 2507.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.42 mb = 810.99 m = 2660.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.42 mb = 11351.98 m = 37243.58 ft B at Equ Level: 748.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.42 mb = 13696.49 m = 44935.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.3 neg: -96.0 tot: 95.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 41.47 Bulk Shear: 18.08 m/s