MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.71,-94.15 Latitude: 36.71 Longitude: -94.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 964 387 20.3 18.0 86 2.3 18.8 194 10 296.6 299.1 293.3 335.8 13.58 2 950 509 20.3 17.8 85 2.6 18.6 199 20 297.8 300.3 293.6 337.2 13.58 3 900 978 20.6 16.2 76 4.4 17.6 225 41 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.2 13.00 4 850 1470 17.8 13.1 74 4.7 14.7 243 36 304.8 306.9 293.9 338.4 11.24 5 800 1987 14.5 9.7 73 4.8 11.5 259 24 306.6 308.3 293.1 335.2 9.48 6 750 2528 9.4 7.6 88 1.8 8.3 260 24 306.8 308.4 292.6 333.3 8.75 7 700 3097 6.1 4.7 91 1.4 5.3 241 29 309.2 310.7 292.4 332.7 7.68 8 650 3702 2.8 -0.7 78 3.5 1.0 224 36 312.1 313.2 291.6 329.7 5.61 9 600 4344 -2.3 -3.3 93 1.0 -2.8 228 41 313.5 314.5 291.5 329.3 5.01 10 550 5030 -6.2 -10.1 74 3.8 -7.8 235 43 316.7 317.3 290.9 327.2 3.23 11 500 5768 -11.5 -15.7 72 4.1 -13.0 234 44 319.0 319.4 290.7 326.5 2.26 12 450 6567 -16.2 -26.4 41 10.3 -18.6 241 45 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.4 0.98 13 400 7444 -21.8 -36.5 25 14.6 -24.2 243 51 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.2 0.42 14 350 8411 -29.7 -45.6 20 15.9 -31.3 241 54 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.4 0.19 15 300 9489 -38.3 -51.1 25 12.8 -39.1 248 65 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.12 16 250 10718 -48.0 -51.7 66 3.7 -48.2 251 77 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12164 -52.2 -72.9 7 20.7 -52.6 252 89 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13989 -61.0 -82.4 4 21.4 -61.2 252 79 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16462 -67.7 -88.0 4 20.3 -67.8 262 42 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.91 m Freezing level: 622.33 mb = 4056.83 m = 13309.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.56 mb = 3869.15 m = 12693.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.23 mb = 682.43 m = 2238.91 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 14.84 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.73 mb = 2000.16 m = 6562.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.67 C K Index: 41.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1099.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.85 mb = 1331.18 m = 4367.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.85 mb = 2429.54 m = 7970.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.85 mb = 11290.74 m = 37042.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1082.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.85 mb = 14036.28 m = 46050.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.4 neg: -10.8 tot: 274.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.88 Bulk Rich Number: 31.16 Bulk Shear: 35.28 m/s