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: 36.72,-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 60 SFC 974 285 19.8 17.3 86 2.5 18.1 230 15 295.1 297.4 292.2 332.0 12.85 2 950 501 17.7 15.6 88 2.1 16.3 235 24 295.1 297.2 291.5 329.0 11.81 3 900 962 15.1 11.5 79 3.6 12.9 250 31 297.1 298.8 290.2 324.6 9.50 4 850 1444 12.8 7.3 69 5.6 9.6 264 24 299.6 301.0 289.3 321.8 7.55 5 800 1951 9.5 6.4 81 3.1 7.8 275 18 301.3 302.7 289.9 323.8 7.56 6 750 2484 6.3 5.2 92 1.2 5.6 254 20 303.4 304.8 290.5 325.6 7.39 7 700 3048 4.1 3.6 97 0.4 3.8 229 33 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.6 7.10 8 650 3648 0.2 -0.1 98 0.3 0.0 225 42 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.2 5.84 9 600 4286 -2.6 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.9 225 49 313.1 314.0 291.5 329.1 5.10 10 550 4973 -6.1 -7.0 93 0.9 -6.5 223 54 316.9 317.7 291.7 330.1 4.11 11 500 5713 -10.5 -12.9 82 2.4 -11.4 223 58 320.3 320.8 291.6 329.6 2.83 12 450 6518 -15.2 -18.4 77 3.2 -16.2 222 60 324.1 324.5 292.0 331.0 2.00 13 400 7397 -21.2 -24.7 73 3.5 -22.1 222 56 327.4 327.7 292.2 332.0 1.29 14 350 8367 -28.4 -31.5 74 3.1 -28.9 223 50 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.3 0.78 15 300 9451 -38.4 -41.4 73 3.1 -38.7 217 51 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.34 16 250 10673 -47.4 -54.7 43 7.3 -47.7 231 72 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.09 17 200 12141 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.6 -50.5 255 60 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.00 18 150 13969 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 263 55 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16450 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.4 244 47 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.58 m Freezing level: 647.09 mb = 3684.74 m = 12088.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.66 mb = 3651.83 m = 11980.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.80 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.50 mb = 595.89 m = 1954.99 ft T: 17.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 10.12 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.70 mb = 1566.31 m = 5138.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.61 C = 76.30 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: 2.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 4.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 17.74 C K Index: 30.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6467.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.80 mb = 1115.20 m = 3658.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 4.5 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.4 neg: -8.8 tot: 103.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 30.07 m/s