MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.14,-93.15 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -93.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 960 411 20.0 19.3 96 0.7 19.5 208 7 296.6 299.3 294.2 339.5 14.86 2 950 500 19.6 19.0 96 0.6 19.2 209 14 297.1 299.8 294.3 339.7 14.75 3 900 965 16.9 16.2 96 0.7 16.4 222 33 298.9 301.3 293.5 336.7 12.97 4 850 1451 14.0 13.1 95 0.9 13.4 239 41 300.8 302.9 292.7 333.8 11.24 5 800 1961 11.5 10.0 91 1.4 10.6 242 33 303.4 305.2 292.3 332.3 9.70 6 750 2499 8.6 7.4 92 1.2 7.9 235 35 305.9 307.5 292.2 332.0 8.65 7 700 3066 5.0 4.4 96 0.6 4.7 231 37 308.1 309.5 292.0 331.0 7.53 8 650 3668 1.1 0.8 98 0.3 1.0 221 35 310.2 311.4 291.6 329.5 6.25 9 600 4309 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.4 215 36 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.3 5.30 10 550 4996 -5.6 -6.1 96 0.6 -5.8 212 43 317.5 318.3 292.2 331.6 4.40 11 500 5739 -9.3 -10.2 93 0.9 -9.6 209 51 321.7 322.4 292.6 333.4 3.53 12 450 6547 -14.0 -15.2 90 1.3 -14.4 217 65 325.7 326.2 292.9 334.5 2.60 13 400 7431 -20.3 -22.3 84 2.0 -20.8 223 70 328.6 329.0 292.9 334.3 1.60 14 350 8403 -28.5 -31.4 76 2.9 -29.0 231 69 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.2 0.79 15 300 9487 -37.6 -40.7 73 3.1 -37.9 243 64 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.37 16 250 10716 -48.5 -52.5 64 3.9 -48.7 252 58 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12165 -52.3 -73.1 6 20.8 -52.6 254 71 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.0 0.01 18 150 13991 -59.6 -82.6 3 23.0 -59.8 260 60 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16478 -68.9 -85.6 7 16.7 -68.9 256 39 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.07 m Freezing level: 633.36 mb = 3881.20 m = 12733.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.67 mb = 3846.48 m = 12619.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.17 C = 79.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.04 mb = 499.56 m = 1638.97 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 10.20 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.99 mb = 1040.64 m = 3414.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.57 C = 72.63 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 35.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 594.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.28 mb = 961.99 m = 3156.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.28 mb = 1201.50 m = 3941.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.28 mb = 11109.73 m = 36448.79 ft B at Equ Level: 582.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.28 mb = 13002.22 m = 42657.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.9 neg: -22.4 tot: 145.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 13.25 Bulk Shear: 44.88 m/s