MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.00,-94.14 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 958 438 20.7 18.9 89 1.8 19.4 203 12 297.5 300.1 294.1 339.4 14.46 2 950 508 20.1 18.6 91 1.6 19.1 204 15 297.6 300.2 294.1 339.2 14.33 3 900 973 17.3 16.3 94 1.0 16.6 212 36 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.4 13.04 4 850 1461 14.8 14.1 96 0.7 14.3 227 44 301.6 303.8 293.6 336.9 11.97 5 800 1972 11.6 11.2 97 0.4 11.4 221 36 303.6 305.5 293.0 334.9 10.53 6 750 2510 8.6 8.2 98 0.3 8.3 208 27 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.5 9.16 7 700 3078 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.3 191 25 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.8 7.94 8 650 3681 1.8 1.2 96 0.6 1.5 187 26 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.0 6.44 9 600 4322 -2.5 -3.7 92 1.2 -3.1 187 36 313.2 314.1 291.3 328.6 4.86 10 550 5008 -6.6 -7.1 96 0.5 -6.8 189 41 316.2 317.0 291.5 329.3 4.08 11 500 5746 -11.5 -12.2 95 0.6 -11.8 200 44 319.0 319.6 291.4 328.9 3.01 12 450 6547 -16.2 -18.2 84 2.1 -16.8 213 48 322.9 323.3 291.6 329.8 2.03 13 400 7424 -21.3 -23.7 81 2.3 -22.0 225 58 327.3 327.5 292.3 332.2 1.42 14 350 8395 -28.2 -31.0 76 2.9 -28.7 237 62 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.82 15 300 9482 -37.2 -40.3 73 3.1 -37.5 243 60 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.38 16 250 10711 -48.8 -52.3 67 3.5 -49.0 247 69 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12157 -52.7 -72.4 7 19.7 -53.0 252 91 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13992 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 250 69 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16475 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 254 40 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.71 m Freezing level: 628.86 mb = 3952.33 m = 12966.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.76 mb = 3883.87 m = 12742.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.39 C = 79.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.45 mb = 668.59 m = 2193.51 ft T: 19.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 10.82 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.15 mb = 1192.60 m = 3912.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.51 C = 74.32 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.60 C K Index: 40.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 842.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.16 mb = 1047.94 m = 3438.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.16 mb = 1589.05 m = 5213.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.16 mb = 11052.30 m = 36260.40 ft B at Equ Level: 842.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.16 mb = 13300.80 m = 43637.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.1 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 232.1 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 4.7 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.9 neg: -65.3 tot: 54.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 41.62 Bulk Shear: 20.24 m/s