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: 37.28,-93.51 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 966 351 19.3 18.9 98 0.4 19.0 242 11 295.3 297.9 293.4 336.5 14.35 2 950 496 18.3 17.9 98 0.4 18.1 247 18 295.8 298.2 293.1 335.3 13.74 3 900 958 14.9 13.6 92 1.2 14.1 257 26 296.8 298.8 291.3 328.6 10.96 4 850 1441 12.7 10.5 86 2.2 11.4 258 29 299.5 301.2 290.9 327.1 9.43 5 800 1948 10.6 8.5 87 2.1 9.3 249 34 302.4 304.0 291.2 328.4 8.73 6 750 2484 7.9 6.0 88 1.9 6.8 238 36 305.1 306.6 291.4 328.8 7.86 7 700 3051 4.2 2.4 88 1.8 3.2 225 36 307.1 308.3 290.9 327.0 6.50 8 650 3649 0.3 0.0 98 0.3 0.1 216 38 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.6 5.91 9 600 4289 -1.7 -2.2 96 0.6 -2.0 218 44 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.3 5.41 10 550 4978 -5.2 -6.0 94 0.8 -5.6 216 50 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.2 4.43 11 500 5721 -9.5 -10.7 91 1.2 -10.0 217 56 321.5 322.1 292.4 332.7 3.39 12 450 6528 -14.8 -16.3 88 1.5 -15.3 225 56 324.7 325.1 292.4 332.8 2.38 13 400 7408 -20.7 -22.7 84 2.0 -21.3 231 55 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.4 1.54 14 350 8379 -28.9 -31.5 78 2.6 -29.3 231 54 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.7 0.78 15 300 9461 -37.9 -41.2 71 3.3 -38.2 223 47 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.34 16 250 10688 -49.2 -52.9 64 3.8 -49.3 218 45 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12131 -53.5 -74.7 6 21.1 -53.8 248 58 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13949 -60.9 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.0 260 62 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16447 -65.7 -87.0 4 21.2 -65.8 249 48 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.47 m Freezing level: 641.91 mb = 3752.78 m = 12312.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.75 mb = 3689.23 m = 12103.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.08 mb = 396.57 m = 1301.06 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 9.34 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.37 mb = 945.08 m = 3100.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.74 C = 69.34 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 30.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.20 mb = 927.74 m = 3043.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.20 mb = 2726.45 m = 8944.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 608.20 mb = 4180.61 m = 13715.76 ft B at Equ Level: 45.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 488.20 mb = 5903.79 m = 19369.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 39.7 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.8 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -33.4 tot: -25.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 72.56 m/s