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: 37.25,-92.73 Latitude: 37.25 Longitude: -92.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 958 436 17.4 16.2 93 1.2 16.7 188 9 294.1 296.3 291.4 329.0 12.19 2 950 512 18.7 16.3 86 2.4 17.1 197 19 296.1 298.4 292.2 331.8 12.37 3 900 980 20.1 14.9 72 5.2 16.7 236 38 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.6 11.96 4 850 1472 17.6 12.1 70 5.5 14.0 257 28 304.6 306.5 293.3 335.9 10.49 5 800 1987 13.2 10.3 82 2.9 11.4 273 21 305.3 307.1 293.0 335.0 9.90 6 750 2527 9.6 7.5 86 2.2 8.3 266 18 307.0 308.7 292.6 333.4 8.69 7 700 3097 6.8 3.4 79 3.4 4.9 241 27 310.0 311.3 292.2 331.7 7.02 8 650 3702 2.2 1.2 93 1.0 1.7 228 33 311.4 312.6 292.1 331.4 6.43 9 600 4344 -1.9 -4.1 85 2.2 -3.0 234 37 313.9 314.8 291.4 328.8 4.70 10 550 5031 -5.9 -10.5 70 4.6 -7.8 239 40 317.1 317.7 290.9 327.2 3.12 11 500 5769 -11.8 -18.9 55 7.1 -14.0 239 43 318.6 319.0 290.1 324.4 1.71 12 450 6568 -16.8 -33.5 22 16.8 -20.0 244 45 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.0 0.50 13 400 7443 -22.0 -40.1 18 18.2 -24.6 246 52 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.29 14 350 8409 -29.9 -46.7 18 16.8 -31.5 244 55 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.16 15 300 9487 -38.5 -51.8 23 13.3 -39.3 250 62 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.11 16 250 10713 -48.4 -52.9 60 4.4 -48.6 254 76 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.11 17 200 12156 -52.8 -71.6 9 18.8 -53.2 254 87 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13982 -60.4 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.6 253 77 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16462 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.1 -67.8 263 35 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.61 m Freezing level: 623.36 mb = 4044.13 m = 13267.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.06 mb = 3926.48 m = 12881.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.71 mb = 587.95 m = 1928.96 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 13.61 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 2044.12 m = 6706.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 38.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 543.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.75 mb = 1453.88 m = 4769.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.75 mb = 3372.88 m = 11065.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.75 mb = 10797.82 m = 35425.47 ft B at Equ Level: 538.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.75 mb = 12591.35 m = 41309.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.1 neg: -4.4 tot: 268.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 23.10 Bulk Shear: 23.51 m/s