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: 37.30,-93.10 Latitude: 37.30 Longitude: -93.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 960 407 19.4 19.2 99 0.2 19.3 233 9 296.0 298.7 293.9 338.4 14.73 2 950 495 18.9 18.8 99 0.1 18.8 234 13 296.4 299.0 293.9 338.2 14.52 3 900 958 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.8 241 28 297.8 300.1 292.9 334.3 12.55 4 850 1443 13.1 12.9 99 0.2 13.0 254 33 299.9 301.9 292.3 332.4 11.09 5 800 1951 10.5 10.3 99 0.2 10.4 250 34 302.4 304.2 292.2 331.7 9.90 6 750 2487 7.8 7.4 97 0.4 7.5 238 35 305.0 306.6 292.0 330.9 8.62 7 700 3054 4.8 4.2 96 0.5 4.5 228 37 307.8 309.1 291.8 330.4 7.42 8 650 3655 0.5 0.0 97 0.4 0.3 218 41 309.5 310.6 291.1 327.7 5.91 9 600 4294 -2.1 -2.6 96 0.6 -2.4 215 46 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.3 5.26 10 550 4983 -5.3 -6.1 94 0.8 -5.7 214 53 317.8 318.7 292.3 332.0 4.40 11 500 5725 -9.3 -10.5 91 1.2 -9.8 217 59 321.7 322.4 292.5 333.0 3.43 12 450 6532 -14.9 -16.5 87 1.7 -15.4 225 63 324.6 325.0 292.4 332.5 2.33 13 400 7413 -20.8 -23.0 82 2.2 -21.3 232 61 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.3 1.51 14 350 8384 -28.5 -31.4 76 2.9 -29.0 235 55 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.2 0.79 15 300 9468 -37.7 -41.1 71 3.4 -38.0 230 49 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.35 16 250 10696 -49.0 -52.6 66 3.6 -49.2 228 41 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.12 17 200 12132 -54.6 -72.0 10 17.4 -54.9 246 62 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 13951 -60.1 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 258 61 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16448 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.3 250 48 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.90 m Freezing level: 640.91 mb = 3770.85 m = 12371.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.13 mb = 3714.72 m = 12187.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.53 % Est. max temperature: 25.21 C = 77.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.65 mb = 434.94 m = 1426.95 ft T: 19.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 10.68 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.40 mb = 878.74 m = 2882.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.95 C = 69.70 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 380.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.53 mb = 886.97 m = 2909.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.53 mb = 934.31 m = 3065.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.53 mb = 10890.93 m = 35730.97 ft B at Equ Level: 378.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.53 mb = 12710.32 m = 41700.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.4 neg: -12.8 tot: 36.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 4.89 Bulk Shear: 77.84 m/s