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: 36.14,-91.92 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -91.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 983 206 28.2 16.0 48 12.1 19.9 194 12 302.8 305.0 293.7 337.6 11.73 2 950 501 24.8 14.7 54 10.1 18.1 197 20 302.3 304.4 293.1 335.3 11.13 3 900 972 20.1 13.6 66 6.5 15.8 198 23 302.2 304.3 293.0 334.7 10.96 4 850 1462 15.6 12.1 79 3.5 13.4 206 27 302.5 304.5 292.7 333.7 10.50 5 800 1974 12.3 10.9 91 1.4 11.4 224 33 304.3 306.2 293.0 334.9 10.27 6 750 2513 8.8 7.8 93 1.0 8.2 224 36 306.2 307.8 292.5 333.0 8.90 7 700 3082 5.4 3.7 89 1.6 4.4 221 38 308.4 309.8 291.8 330.3 7.16 8 650 3684 2.1 -0.4 84 2.4 0.8 219 40 311.3 312.4 291.5 329.2 5.73 9 600 4326 -1.3 -3.7 84 2.3 -2.5 216 46 314.6 315.5 291.7 330.0 4.86 10 550 5015 -5.4 -9.8 71 4.4 -7.3 217 52 317.6 318.3 291.2 328.4 3.29 11 500 5755 -10.6 -16.7 61 6.1 -12.7 226 57 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.0 2.06 12 450 6562 -14.0 -30.9 22 16.9 -17.8 235 58 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.64 13 400 7444 -20.1 -42.8 11 22.7 -23.4 238 60 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.22 14 350 8418 -27.9 -47.5 14 19.6 -29.9 242 60 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 15 300 9503 -37.9 -48.1 34 10.2 -38.7 244 64 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.16 16 250 10729 -48.1 -55.7 41 7.6 -48.3 249 61 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 17 200 12175 -54.4 -73.3 8 18.9 -54.6 249 78 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 13992 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.5 253 69 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16469 -68.4 -87.4 5 19.0 -68.5 251 41 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.13 m Freezing level: 619.72 mb = 4072.92 m = 13362.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.09 mb = 3832.25 m = 12572.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.10 mb = 1733.69 m = 5687.90 ft T: 13.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 5.78 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.51 mb = 2021.29 m = 6631.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 36.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 209.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.07 mb = 1775.19 m = 5824.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.07 mb = 2467.89 m = 8096.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 424.07 mb = 7006.68 m = 22987.50 ft B at Equ Level: 152.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.07 mb = 12044.43 m = 39515.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 141.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 2.90 Bulk Shear: 72.46 m/s