MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 88 SFC 964 395 16.4 15.5 94 0.9 15.8 308 12 292.6 294.6 290.4 325.4 11.54 2 950 522 15.3 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 312 19 292.7 294.7 290.2 324.8 11.32 3 900 979 11.9 11.8 99 0.1 11.9 325 33 293.8 295.5 289.2 321.6 9.71 4 850 1456 9.9 9.1 95 0.8 9.5 333 30 296.6 298.1 289.2 321.5 8.59 5 800 1959 7.3 6.4 94 0.9 6.8 309 27 299.0 300.4 289.1 321.2 7.56 6 750 2488 4.8 1.7 81 3.1 3.2 300 27 301.8 302.8 288.5 319.1 5.79 7 700 3047 0.8 -8.5 50 9.3 -3.0 290 35 303.4 303.9 286.1 312.3 2.88 8 650 3637 -3.9 -4.4 96 0.5 -4.1 282 38 304.6 305.4 288.0 317.7 4.26 9 600 4265 -7.2 -9.7 83 2.4 -8.2 266 38 307.8 308.3 287.9 317.4 3.06 10 550 4937 -11.6 -19.9 50 8.3 -13.9 255 45 310.4 310.7 287.1 315.1 1.44 11 500 5661 -15.8 -40.4 10 24.5 -19.5 255 47 313.7 313.8 286.9 314.6 0.23 12 450 6450 -19.1 -57.2 2 38.1 -22.6 265 47 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.4 0.04 13 400 7318 -23.4 -56.3 3 32.9 -26.3 275 54 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.7 0.05 14 350 8283 -28.9 -59.1 4 30.2 -31.0 272 57 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.04 15 300 9370 -35.5 -66.0 3 30.5 -36.9 252 55 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.02 16 250 10619 -42.3 -65.8 6 23.4 -43.2 227 70 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 17 200 12111 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.1 252 72 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 13961 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.8 265 63 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16453 -65.2 -87.1 3 21.8 -65.4 257 32 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.04 m Freezing level: 691.42 mb = 3148.07 m = 10328.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.25 mb = 2771.20 m = 9091.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.23 % Est. max temperature: 22.04 C = 71.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.52 mb = 508.91 m = 1669.63 ft T: 15.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 13.05 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 866.10 m = 2841.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.35 C = 63.22 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 25.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 184.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.69 mb = 888.53 m = 2915.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.69 mb = 935.07 m = 3067.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 774.69 mb = 2222.59 m = 7291.87 ft B at Equ Level: 17.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 374.69 mb = 7790.10 m = 25557.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.0 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 310.0 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 4.7 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.4 neg: -21.8 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.64 Bulk Shear: 69.84 m/s