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: 37.03,-93.26 Latitude: 37.03 Longitude: -93.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 962 385 22.3 19.3 83 3.0 20.2 189 10 298.7 301.4 294.7 341.8 14.81 2 950 496 21.6 18.6 83 3.0 19.5 190 14 299.1 301.7 294.6 340.9 14.34 3 900 963 18.1 17.0 93 1.1 17.4 212 24 300.2 302.7 294.4 340.2 13.68 4 850 1453 16.3 13.4 83 2.9 14.4 235 34 303.2 305.4 293.6 337.2 11.43 5 800 1966 12.9 10.8 87 2.1 11.6 230 25 304.9 306.8 293.2 335.5 10.23 6 750 2505 8.5 8.2 98 0.3 8.3 228 22 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.3 9.13 7 700 3073 5.1 4.8 98 0.3 4.9 223 20 308.1 309.6 292.2 331.6 7.71 8 650 3675 1.2 0.8 97 0.5 1.0 206 31 310.3 311.5 291.6 329.7 6.24 9 600 4315 -2.9 -3.4 96 0.5 -3.1 201 39 312.8 313.7 291.3 328.4 4.97 10 550 5000 -6.6 -7.0 97 0.4 -6.8 203 42 316.2 317.0 291.6 329.4 4.11 11 500 5738 -10.9 -11.9 92 1.0 -11.3 209 44 319.8 320.4 291.7 329.9 3.08 12 450 6541 -15.9 -17.5 88 1.6 -16.4 217 42 323.2 323.6 291.9 330.5 2.15 13 400 7418 -21.7 -23.9 82 2.2 -22.2 225 40 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.7 1.39 14 350 8386 -29.4 -32.5 75 3.0 -29.9 231 46 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.7 0.72 15 300 9467 -38.4 -41.6 72 3.2 -38.7 242 61 331.3 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.33 16 250 10691 -48.9 -52.5 66 3.5 -49.1 241 88 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12134 -53.8 -72.7 8 18.9 -54.1 250 91 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13966 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 248 68 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16460 -66.9 -85.3 6 18.4 -67.1 255 38 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.31 m Freezing level: 635.16 mb = 3864.87 m = 12679.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.33 mb = 3819.73 m = 12531.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.16 mb = 762.24 m = 2500.76 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 13.38 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.34 mb = 1509.41 m = 4952.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.26 C K Index: 40.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1335.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.45 mb = 1112.32 m = 3649.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.45 mb = 1972.03 m = 6469.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.45 mb = 11533.92 m = 37840.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1318.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.45 mb = 14414.23 m = 47290.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.9 neg: -18.8 tot: 98.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 39.29 Bulk Shear: 34.01 m/s