MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 63 SFC 963 387 22.6 19.5 83 3.1 20.4 194 12 298.9 301.6 294.9 342.5 14.98 2 950 508 21.0 18.6 86 2.4 19.4 196 18 298.5 301.1 294.4 340.3 14.38 3 900 976 21.1 15.9 72 5.2 17.5 225 39 303.2 305.6 294.6 340.9 12.70 4 850 1469 18.7 12.0 65 6.7 14.3 242 30 305.7 307.7 293.6 337.0 10.40 5 800 1986 14.3 9.1 71 5.2 11.1 240 25 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.8 9.11 6 750 2527 9.2 7.8 91 1.4 8.3 239 25 306.6 308.2 292.6 333.5 8.89 7 700 3096 5.8 2.8 81 3.0 4.2 227 29 308.9 310.2 291.6 329.5 6.71 8 650 3699 2.0 -2.5 72 4.5 -0.2 218 42 311.3 312.2 290.7 326.6 4.90 9 600 4340 -2.5 -3.8 91 1.3 -3.1 224 43 313.2 314.1 291.3 328.5 4.82 10 550 5025 -6.8 -7.8 93 1.0 -7.2 228 43 316.0 316.7 291.3 328.4 3.86 11 500 5763 -11.7 -12.7 92 1.0 -12.1 231 43 318.8 319.4 291.2 328.3 2.88 12 450 6562 -16.7 -18.5 86 1.8 -17.3 235 42 322.2 322.6 291.4 328.9 1.97 13 400 7436 -22.6 -32.0 42 9.3 -24.4 238 48 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.66 14 350 8401 -29.9 -36.4 53 6.5 -30.9 233 60 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.2 0.48 15 300 9480 -38.2 -48.0 35 9.8 -38.9 239 71 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.17 16 250 10707 -48.3 -52.1 65 3.8 -48.5 241 83 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.12 17 200 12157 -52.3 -71.2 9 18.9 -52.6 246 94 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.0 0.01 18 150 13987 -59.9 -81.4 4 21.5 -60.1 249 77 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16471 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.3 -66.9 258 34 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.55 m Freezing level: 627.58 mb = 3986.57 m = 13079.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.46 mb = 3668.44 m = 12035.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.79 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.29 mb = 773.43 m = 2537.48 ft T: 21.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 14.29 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 1957.30 m = 6421.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.91 C = 85.85 F Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lifted Index: -4.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 39.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1388.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.64 mb = 1412.32 m = 4633.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.64 mb = 2299.68 m = 7544.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.64 mb = 11230.85 m = 36846.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1386.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.64 mb = 14382.04 m = 47184.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.1 neg: -13.1 tot: 201.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 44.36 Bulk Shear: 31.30 m/s