MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.27,-93.9 Latitude: 36.27 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 963 394 16.9 16.3 96 0.7 16.5 244 7 293.2 295.4 291.1 327.8 12.15 2 950 511 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.1 244 11 293.6 295.8 291.3 328.4 12.18 3 900 972 14.7 14.4 98 0.3 14.5 259 31 296.7 298.7 291.7 329.9 11.51 4 850 1454 11.7 11.5 99 0.1 11.6 282 35 298.4 300.2 291.1 327.8 10.10 5 800 1959 8.9 7.6 92 1.3 8.1 297 26 300.6 302.1 290.2 324.9 8.21 6 750 2491 6.2 3.3 82 2.9 4.6 281 29 303.3 304.5 289.6 322.7 6.46 7 700 3054 3.0 -1.3 73 4.3 0.9 275 34 305.8 306.7 289.0 321.1 4.97 8 650 3649 -1.4 -3.6 85 2.2 -2.4 269 34 307.4 308.3 289.2 321.4 4.51 9 600 4283 -5.1 -10.4 66 5.3 -7.2 269 35 310.2 310.7 288.5 319.4 2.88 10 550 4961 -8.9 -17.3 51 8.4 -11.6 268 39 313.5 313.8 288.5 319.4 1.79 11 500 5692 -13.6 -25.8 35 12.3 -16.6 265 41 316.5 316.7 288.6 319.7 0.93 12 450 6485 -18.8 -33.1 27 14.4 -21.4 253 48 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.5 0.52 13 400 7353 -23.1 -60.0 2 36.9 -26.1 234 59 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.1 0.03 14 350 8321 -27.8 -56.9 4 29.1 -30.0 226 63 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.05 15 300 9416 -34.1 -63.4 4 29.3 -35.7 228 60 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 16 250 10666 -43.5 -68.0 5 24.5 -44.2 226 57 341.4 341.5 294.7 341.5 0.02 17 200 12144 -49.1 -76.3 3 27.2 -49.7 240 66 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 13980 -59.8 -81.4 4 21.6 -60.0 263 65 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16474 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.1 -65.6 249 33 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.54 m Freezing level: 665.64 mb = 3462.82 m = 11360.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.87 mb = 3205.68 m = 10517.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.37 % Est. max temperature: 23.65 C = 74.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.02 mb = 475.35 m = 1559.54 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 8.86 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1030.32 m = 3380.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.55 C = 68.99 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 32.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 322.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.68 mb = 889.85 m = 2919.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.68 mb = 1318.86 m = 4326.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.68 mb = 7285.48 m = 23902.21 ft B at Equ Level: 319.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.68 mb = 9329.79 m = 30609.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.0 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 300.0 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.0 neg: -7.2 tot: 177.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 7.07 Bulk Shear: 45.64 m/s