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: 37.98,-93.05 Latitude: 37.98 Longitude: -93.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 973 284 23.4 20.1 82 3.3 21.1 196 8 298.9 301.7 295.3 343.9 15.45 2 950 488 21.1 19.2 89 1.9 19.8 202 12 298.6 301.3 294.8 341.9 14.89 3 900 955 18.5 17.1 91 1.4 17.5 232 29 300.6 303.1 294.6 340.9 13.73 4 850 1444 16.2 12.8 80 3.5 14.0 224 24 303.2 305.2 293.3 335.7 10.97 5 800 1958 13.2 8.9 75 4.3 10.6 225 31 305.3 306.9 292.3 332.3 8.98 6 750 2497 9.2 5.5 78 3.6 7.1 234 31 306.5 307.9 291.6 329.5 7.60 7 700 3066 5.4 1.9 78 3.5 3.5 243 31 308.5 309.7 291.1 327.8 6.29 8 650 3666 0.5 -0.2 96 0.6 0.1 243 36 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.5 5.83 9 600 4305 -3.3 -3.9 96 0.5 -3.6 241 38 312.2 313.2 291.0 327.3 4.80 10 550 4989 -7.3 -8.1 94 0.8 -7.7 234 40 315.4 316.1 291.0 327.5 3.78 11 500 5725 -11.7 -13.5 86 1.8 -12.3 228 45 318.8 319.3 291.0 327.7 2.70 12 450 6525 -16.9 -20.8 72 3.9 -18.0 226 50 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.6 1.62 13 400 7398 -22.9 -27.5 66 4.6 -23.9 230 59 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.7 1.00 14 350 8361 -30.7 -35.8 61 5.1 -31.4 231 69 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.2 0.51 15 300 9435 -39.5 -42.9 70 3.5 -39.8 234 80 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.29 16 250 10654 -49.1 -54.4 54 5.3 -49.3 236 98 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.09 17 200 12099 -54.2 -73.9 7 19.7 -54.5 243 84 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.01 18 150 13933 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 248 67 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16437 -66.7 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.9 242 41 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.89 m Freezing level: 644.03 mb = 3742.73 m = 12279.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.17 mb = 3688.92 m = 12102.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.27 mb = 696.75 m = 2285.91 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 16.59 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1314.90 m = 4313.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 37.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1763.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.87 mb = 993.97 m = 3261.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.87 mb = 1948.48 m = 6392.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.87 mb = 11456.28 m = 37585.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1762.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.87 mb = 14775.61 m = 48475.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.5 neg: -21.1 tot: 149.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.67 Bulk Rich Number: 29.68 Bulk Shear: 59.40 m/s