MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.13,-94.16 Latitude: 36.13 Longitude: -94.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 962 395 19.9 19.2 96 0.7 19.4 258 10 296.3 299.0 294.0 338.7 14.69 2 950 505 19.0 18.5 97 0.5 18.7 258 15 296.5 299.0 293.7 337.6 14.26 3 900 968 15.5 15.1 97 0.4 15.2 259 28 297.5 299.6 292.3 332.4 12.05 4 850 1452 12.3 12.0 98 0.3 12.1 276 32 299.0 300.9 291.6 329.5 10.43 5 800 1958 9.7 9.3 97 0.4 9.5 269 26 301.5 303.2 291.4 328.9 9.25 6 750 2493 7.4 6.6 94 0.8 7.0 238 32 304.7 306.2 291.5 329.3 8.19 7 700 3059 4.7 3.5 92 1.2 4.0 219 42 307.7 309.0 291.5 329.1 7.02 8 650 3661 1.2 -0.4 89 1.6 0.3 208 48 310.3 311.4 291.2 328.0 5.71 9 600 4301 -2.1 -3.8 88 1.8 -2.9 204 57 313.7 314.7 291.4 329.0 4.81 10 550 4989 -5.6 -7.2 89 1.6 -6.4 205 62 317.4 318.2 291.9 330.5 4.05 11 500 5731 -9.5 -11.3 86 1.8 -10.2 210 64 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.2 3.23 12 450 6536 -15.8 -17.9 84 2.1 -16.5 215 60 323.4 323.8 291.8 330.4 2.08 13 400 7413 -21.1 -23.5 81 2.3 -21.7 225 56 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.6 1.44 14 350 8386 -28.0 -30.7 78 2.7 -28.5 235 56 331.0 331.1 292.8 334.1 0.85 15 300 9470 -37.8 -40.9 72 3.2 -38.1 234 57 332.2 332.2 292.7 333.5 0.36 16 250 10696 -47.6 -53.1 53 5.5 -47.8 233 63 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.11 17 200 12165 -49.8 -77.0 3 27.2 -50.3 261 63 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 13992 -61.4 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 266 55 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16469 -67.8 -87.1 5 19.3 -67.9 247 44 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.67 m Freezing level: 631.95 mb = 3891.72 m = 12767.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.15 mb = 3720.50 m = 12206.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.26 % Est. max temperature: 24.45 C = 76.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.10 mb = 486.48 m = 1596.04 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 9.77 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 912.81 m = 2994.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.94 C = 69.68 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 2.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.46 C K Index: 32.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 218.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.35 mb = 908.20 m = 2979.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.35 mb = 955.56 m = 3135.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 381.35 mb = 7760.82 m = 25461.71 ft B at Equ Level: 218.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.35 mb = 11497.71 m = 37721.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.8 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 249.8 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 7.1 tot: 10.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.5 neg: -41.9 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 138.41 m/s