MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.88,-92.33 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -92.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 315 19.3 18.7 97 0.5 18.9 254 6 295.0 297.5 293.2 335.5 14.14 2 950 496 17.9 17.5 98 0.4 17.6 259 13 295.3 297.7 292.7 333.6 13.34 3 900 957 15.3 13.2 88 2.0 14.0 265 20 297.3 299.2 291.2 328.2 10.69 4 850 1441 13.5 10.4 82 3.1 11.6 263 28 300.2 302.0 291.0 327.7 9.34 5 800 1949 10.5 7.8 83 2.8 8.9 261 34 302.4 303.9 290.9 327.1 8.30 6 750 2484 7.2 5.5 89 1.7 6.2 258 38 304.4 305.8 290.9 327.2 7.59 7 700 3050 4.1 3.5 96 0.6 3.8 252 37 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.5 7.05 8 650 3650 0.4 0.1 98 0.3 0.2 242 30 309.4 310.5 291.0 327.7 5.92 9 600 4291 -1.4 -1.7 97 0.4 -1.6 224 26 314.5 315.6 292.3 332.3 5.62 10 550 4981 -4.4 -5.2 94 0.8 -4.8 213 27 318.8 319.7 292.8 334.1 4.72 11 500 5727 -8.6 -9.7 91 1.1 -9.1 210 30 322.6 323.3 293.0 334.7 3.66 12 450 6537 -13.6 -15.1 88 1.5 -14.2 211 34 326.1 326.6 293.0 335.0 2.62 13 400 7421 -19.8 -22.0 83 2.1 -20.4 211 36 329.2 329.5 293.0 335.0 1.64 14 350 8397 -27.1 -29.8 78 2.7 -27.6 213 37 332.2 332.3 293.2 335.5 0.92 15 300 9487 -36.8 -39.9 73 3.1 -37.1 217 40 333.5 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.39 16 250 10717 -48.5 -51.9 67 3.4 -48.7 220 44 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12159 -52.6 -72.7 7 20.1 -52.9 241 58 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13977 -61.2 -79.1 8 17.9 -61.3 257 63 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16471 -64.3 -86.6 3 22.3 -64.5 264 42 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.52 m Freezing level: 639.79 mb = 3780.59 m = 12403.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3718.52 m = 12199.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.74 C = 78.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.60 mb = 382.61 m = 1255.28 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 8.42 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1222.07 m = 4009.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.16 C = 73.69 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: 2.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 3.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.02 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 31.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.32 mb = 944.60 m = 3099.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.32 mb = 2306.04 m = 7565.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 616.32 mb = 4075.96 m = 13372.40 ft B at Equ Level: 47.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 536.32 mb = 5178.44 m = 16989.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -37.5 tot: -21.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 39.04 m/s