MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.34,-95.51 Latitude: 39.34 Longitude: -95.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 968 319 22.5 20.4 88 2.1 21.0 321 2 298.5 301.3 295.3 344.3 15.75 2 950 480 23.0 18.8 78 4.1 20.1 270 6 300.5 303.1 295.1 343.2 14.57 3 900 951 20.6 16.1 75 4.5 17.5 224 18 302.8 305.2 294.6 340.9 12.89 4 850 1442 16.4 13.2 82 3.1 14.3 217 23 303.3 305.4 293.6 336.9 11.33 5 800 1955 12.2 11.9 98 0.3 12.0 215 28 304.1 306.2 293.6 336.9 10.99 6 750 2494 9.0 8.5 97 0.5 8.7 225 40 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.6 9.35 7 700 3063 6.0 4.9 93 1.1 5.4 233 41 309.1 310.6 292.5 333.0 7.78 8 650 3667 2.2 -0.4 83 2.5 0.8 236 41 311.4 312.5 291.5 329.3 5.73 9 600 4308 -2.7 -12.3 47 9.6 -6.4 238 44 313.0 313.5 289.0 321.1 2.48 10 550 4992 -6.2 -26.9 18 20.7 -11.6 241 48 316.7 316.8 288.5 319.3 0.77 11 500 5733 -8.9 -43.2 4 34.4 -14.9 242 47 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.8 0.17 12 450 6539 -15.1 -45.9 5 30.8 -19.5 243 44 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.14 13 400 7415 -22.3 -48.6 7 26.3 -25.3 241 47 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.4 0.12 14 350 8381 -29.1 -58.3 4 29.2 -31.1 238 50 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.04 15 300 9464 -37.5 -57.8 10 20.3 -38.5 246 52 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.05 16 250 10694 -47.9 -58.7 28 10.8 -48.3 241 60 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.0 0.06 17 200 12141 -52.3 -71.7 8 19.5 -52.6 242 60 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13963 -60.0 -82.0 4 22.0 -60.2 249 62 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16436 -67.7 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.8 257 37 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.66 m Freezing level: 627.65 mb = 3953.40 m = 12970.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.22 mb = 3738.32 m = 12264.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.68 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.04 mb = 590.05 m = 1935.82 ft T: 22.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 24.95 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.36 mb = 1508.33 m = 4948.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.41 C = 81.34 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 37.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1352.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.23 mb = 1299.25 m = 4262.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.23 mb = 1651.35 m = 5417.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.23 mb = 11545.73 m = 37879.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1330.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.23 mb = 14417.60 m = 47301.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 4.6 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.7 neg: -3.7 tot: 230.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 12.64 Bulk Shear: 107.03 m/s