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: 36.71,-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 52 SFC 962 386 21.3 19.5 89 1.8 20.1 201 13 297.7 300.4 294.6 341.2 14.99 2 950 497 20.6 19.0 90 1.6 19.5 202 20 298.1 300.8 294.5 340.8 14.69 3 900 962 17.1 17.0 99 0.1 17.1 208 34 299.2 301.7 294.1 339.1 13.67 4 850 1450 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.3 228 41 301.3 303.5 293.5 336.8 12.05 5 800 1961 11.8 11.2 96 0.6 11.4 231 30 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.9 10.48 6 750 2499 8.5 8.1 97 0.4 8.2 227 22 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.1 9.05 7 700 3067 5.2 4.6 96 0.6 4.9 214 21 308.2 309.7 292.2 331.5 7.63 8 650 3669 1.5 0.8 95 0.7 1.1 204 24 310.7 311.8 291.7 330.0 6.24 9 600 4309 -2.5 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.7 196 31 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.4 5.13 10 550 4995 -6.3 -7.1 94 0.8 -6.7 195 40 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.7 4.08 11 500 5735 -10.3 -11.6 90 1.3 -10.8 200 43 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.8 3.14 12 450 6540 -15.3 -17.0 87 1.6 -15.9 209 42 324.0 324.4 292.2 331.6 2.25 13 400 7419 -21.1 -23.4 82 2.3 -21.7 216 39 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.6 1.45 14 350 8389 -28.9 -31.7 77 2.8 -29.4 232 39 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.6 0.77 15 300 9474 -37.2 -40.2 73 3.1 -37.5 230 50 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.5 0.38 16 250 10704 -48.8 -52.1 68 3.4 -48.9 227 67 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 17 200 12137 -55.5 -68.9 17 13.4 -55.7 250 98 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13965 -57.6 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 253 68 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16466 -67.6 -85.0 7 17.4 -67.7 253 39 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.44 m Freezing level: 631.35 mb = 3907.74 m = 12820.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.35 mb = 3851.18 m = 12634.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.24 mb = 613.29 m = 2012.07 ft T: 19.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 11.82 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 954.99 m = 3133.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.72 C = 72.90 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.26 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1084.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.97 mb = 943.61 m = 3095.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.97 mb = 991.18 m = 3251.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.97 mb = 11613.60 m = 38101.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1069.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.97 mb = 14090.66 m = 46228.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.2 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 238.2 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.9 neg: -13.0 tot: 137.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 112.55 Bulk Shear: 9.64 m/s