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: 37.63,-94.71 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -94.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 972 279 23.0 20.3 85 2.7 21.1 220 7 298.6 301.4 295.3 344.1 15.63 2 950 478 21.3 19.6 90 1.8 20.1 223 11 298.8 301.6 295.1 343.3 15.27 3 900 945 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 232 17 299.5 302.0 294.4 340.2 13.95 4 850 1432 15.4 13.4 88 1.9 14.1 244 10 302.2 304.4 293.3 336.2 11.47 5 800 1946 13.5 9.4 76 4.1 10.9 238 12 305.5 307.2 292.6 333.4 9.26 6 750 2486 9.8 5.4 74 4.5 7.3 260 13 307.3 308.7 291.7 330.1 7.52 7 700 3056 5.7 -2.5 56 8.2 1.7 269 21 308.8 309.6 289.6 323.0 4.56 8 650 3656 -0.1 -3.3 79 3.2 -1.6 268 27 308.9 309.8 289.8 323.3 4.61 9 600 4291 -4.8 -5.2 98 0.3 -5.0 262 28 310.5 311.3 290.0 324.2 4.35 10 550 4972 -8.3 -8.6 98 0.3 -8.4 241 31 314.3 315.0 290.6 325.9 3.65 11 500 5706 -11.6 -13.7 84 2.1 -12.4 224 46 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.6 2.65 12 450 6507 -16.4 -19.4 78 2.9 -17.3 225 60 322.6 322.9 291.4 328.8 1.83 13 400 7382 -22.6 -27.8 62 5.3 -23.7 231 70 325.7 325.8 291.5 329.1 0.97 14 350 8345 -30.2 -33.7 71 3.5 -30.7 229 76 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.3 0.63 15 300 9425 -38.6 -41.8 72 3.2 -38.9 221 84 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.32 16 250 10647 -48.3 -54.1 51 5.8 -48.6 224 110 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.10 17 200 12097 -53.1 -75.0 5 21.9 -53.4 243 77 348.7 348.7 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 13931 -58.0 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 252 67 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16435 -65.7 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.8 252 43 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.58 m Freezing level: 650.51 mb = 3649.49 m = 11973.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.70 mb = 3353.81 m = 11003.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.70 mb = 618.38 m = 2028.77 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 21.10 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.76 mb = 889.82 m = 2919.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.85 C = 74.93 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 32.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1711.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.46 mb = 883.22 m = 2897.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.46 mb = 930.96 m = 3054.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 821.46 mb = 1721.68 m = 5648.50 ft B at Equ Level: 12.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.46 mb = 14746.33 m = 48379.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: -22.9 tot: 27.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 60.12 Bulk Shear: 28.47 m/s