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: 37.50,-94.12 Latitude: 37.50 Longitude: -94.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 970 303 22.3 20.7 91 1.6 21.2 200 8 298.1 301.0 295.4 344.7 16.06 2 950 483 21.0 19.9 93 1.1 20.3 206 14 298.5 301.4 295.3 343.9 15.61 3 900 949 17.5 17.3 98 0.3 17.4 219 22 299.5 302.1 294.3 340.1 13.89 4 850 1437 14.5 13.7 95 0.8 14.0 234 21 301.4 303.5 293.3 335.9 11.71 5 800 1949 12.9 10.1 84 2.7 11.2 214 24 304.9 306.7 292.8 334.1 9.77 6 750 2488 8.8 7.5 92 1.3 8.0 221 24 306.1 307.7 292.3 332.4 8.71 7 700 3056 4.6 3.3 91 1.3 3.9 241 19 307.6 308.9 291.4 328.8 6.95 8 650 3655 0.2 -0.2 98 0.3 0.0 243 22 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.2 5.83 9 600 4294 -3.2 -3.5 98 0.3 -3.3 246 25 312.5 313.4 291.2 328.0 4.94 10 550 4978 -6.9 -7.4 96 0.5 -7.1 237 28 315.9 316.7 291.3 328.7 3.98 11 500 5716 -11.2 -12.3 91 1.1 -11.6 225 32 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.2 2.98 12 450 6519 -15.8 -17.3 88 1.5 -16.3 217 42 323.4 323.9 291.9 330.9 2.19 13 400 7397 -21.4 -23.2 86 1.8 -21.9 222 54 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.3 1.47 14 350 8365 -29.7 -32.3 78 2.6 -30.2 230 73 328.7 328.8 292.1 331.3 0.73 15 300 9446 -38.2 -41.0 75 2.8 -38.5 231 88 331.5 331.6 292.5 332.8 0.35 16 250 10668 -49.2 -53.1 64 3.9 -49.4 232 111 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.11 17 200 12109 -54.4 -74.0 7 19.7 -54.6 246 86 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 13940 -57.7 -81.7 3 24.0 -58.0 252 69 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16447 -66.3 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.5 251 42 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.37 m Freezing level: 647.16 mb = 3691.59 m = 12111.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.70 mb = 3658.96 m = 12004.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.79 % Est. max temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.49 mb = 505.58 m = 1658.72 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 17.53 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 878.34 m = 2881.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.64 C = 74.55 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -4.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.50 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 24.92 C K Index: 38.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1658.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.93 mb = 854.51 m = 2803.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.93 mb = 902.05 m = 2959.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.93 mb = 11644.35 m = 38202.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1648.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.93 mb = 14594.22 m = 47880.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.9 neg: -7.7 tot: 67.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 89.49 Bulk Shear: 18.53 m/s