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: 39.96,-93.70 Latitude: 39.96 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 SFC 973 252 19.8 19.1 95 0.8 19.3 204 5 295.2 297.8 293.4 336.5 14.40 2 950 459 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.1 198 11 295.7 298.2 293.2 335.6 13.88 3 900 921 15.4 15.2 99 0.2 15.3 224 13 297.4 299.6 292.4 332.7 12.19 4 850 1405 12.8 12.7 99 0.1 12.7 237 9 299.6 301.6 292.1 331.5 10.90 5 800 1913 9.8 9.6 98 0.2 9.7 238 5 301.6 303.4 291.6 329.5 9.41 6 750 2447 6.5 5.5 93 1.0 5.9 227 3 303.6 305.0 290.6 326.3 7.56 7 700 3010 2.6 1.3 91 1.3 2.0 209 2 305.4 306.5 289.9 323.7 6.03 8 650 3605 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.6 233 3 307.4 308.3 289.8 323.3 5.20 9 600 4238 -5.4 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.7 259 7 309.9 310.6 289.5 322.6 4.05 10 550 4917 -9.1 -10.2 91 1.1 -9.5 278 13 313.3 313.9 289.8 323.6 3.19 11 500 5649 -13.0 -14.7 87 1.7 -13.6 277 23 317.2 317.7 290.3 325.2 2.45 12 450 6446 -17.4 -19.4 84 2.1 -18.0 256 30 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.6 1.82 13 400 7319 -22.7 -24.8 83 2.1 -23.2 228 43 325.4 325.7 291.7 329.9 1.27 14 350 8283 -30.3 -32.6 80 2.3 -30.7 220 64 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.5 0.70 15 300 9358 -40.1 -42.7 76 2.6 -40.3 214 85 328.9 328.9 291.7 330.0 0.29 16 250 10571 -50.0 -53.6 66 3.5 -50.1 211 89 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12016 -53.0 -70.6 10 17.7 -53.3 234 77 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13860 -54.8 -81.4 2 26.6 -55.2 256 62 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16404 -61.0 -85.8 2 24.8 -61.3 254 33 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.82 m Freezing level: 667.64 mb = 3394.99 m = 11138.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.22 mb = 3334.98 m = 10941.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.99 % Est. max temperature: 25.19 C = 77.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.88 mb = 343.95 m = 1128.43 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 13.96 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 737.87 m = 2420.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.27 C = 70.29 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.15 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 25.68 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 957.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.11 mb = 732.50 m = 2403.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.11 mb = 779.09 m = 2556.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.11 mb = 10969.01 m = 35987.14 ft B at Equ Level: 935.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.11 mb = 13244.75 m = 43453.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -18.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.7 neg: -12.0 tot: 14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 96.76 Bulk Shear: 9.90 m/s