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: 37.73,-95.62 Latitude: 37.73 Longitude: -95.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 971 296 21.9 19.8 88 2.1 20.5 190 12 297.6 300.3 294.7 341.6 15.19 2 950 484 20.3 19.3 94 1.0 19.6 193 19 297.8 300.6 294.7 341.4 15.01 3 900 950 17.3 17.2 99 0.1 17.2 206 26 299.4 301.9 294.3 339.8 13.85 4 850 1436 14.4 14.2 99 0.1 14.3 224 26 301.2 303.4 293.5 336.9 12.11 5 800 1949 13.0 12.9 99 0.1 13.0 204 17 305.0 307.2 294.4 340.2 11.76 6 750 2490 10.0 6.9 81 3.1 8.2 239 18 307.4 309.0 292.5 332.9 8.37 7 700 3059 5.0 0.7 74 4.3 2.7 251 26 308.0 309.1 290.5 325.7 5.77 8 650 3658 -0.5 -1.0 96 0.5 -0.7 256 30 308.4 309.4 290.3 325.3 5.47 9 600 4293 -5.0 -6.4 90 1.4 -5.6 259 36 310.3 311.1 289.6 322.8 3.96 10 550 4971 -9.6 -12.0 83 2.4 -10.5 260 38 312.7 313.2 289.2 321.7 2.78 11 500 5701 -13.2 -15.1 86 1.9 -13.9 247 49 316.9 317.4 290.2 324.7 2.36 12 450 6499 -16.7 -18.7 85 2.0 -17.3 228 55 322.2 322.6 291.4 328.8 1.94 13 400 7375 -21.8 -24.0 82 2.3 -22.3 216 67 326.7 327.0 292.1 331.5 1.37 14 350 8345 -28.2 -31.1 76 2.9 -28.7 202 79 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.7 0.82 15 300 9429 -38.6 -41.8 71 3.3 -38.9 200 87 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.32 16 250 10650 -50.3 -54.0 65 3.6 -50.5 206 86 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.10 17 200 12096 -51.5 -78.1 3 26.6 -52.0 246 58 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.00 18 150 13931 -59.3 -81.2 4 21.9 -59.5 258 48 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16423 -65.2 -87.0 3 21.8 -65.3 255 44 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.54 m Freezing level: 654.57 mb = 3603.21 m = 11821.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.73 mb = 3525.60 m = 11566.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.22 mb = 554.95 m = 1820.68 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 18.56 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 886.43 m = 2908.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.51 C = 74.31 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.78 C Showalter Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 27.49 C K Index: 37.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 468.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1628.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.58 mb = 839.61 m = 2754.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.58 mb = 982.14 m = 3222.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 796.58 mb = 1984.78 m = 6511.67 ft B at Equ Level: 26.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.58 mb = 14507.13 m = 47595.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.6 neg: -66.1 tot: 111.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.50 Bulk Rich Number: 24.28 Bulk Shear: 67.07 m/s