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: 36.71,-94.15 Latitude: 36.71 Longitude: -94.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 962 387 19.7 19.1 96 0.6 19.4 244 10 296.2 298.8 293.9 338.4 14.66 2 950 493 18.7 18.5 99 0.2 18.6 245 14 296.2 298.7 293.6 337.2 14.24 3 900 956 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 262 29 297.6 299.9 292.7 333.5 12.38 4 850 1439 13.0 12.5 97 0.5 12.7 277 28 299.8 301.7 292.1 331.4 10.79 5 800 1948 10.7 9.8 94 0.9 10.2 269 24 302.6 304.3 292.0 330.9 9.54 6 750 2484 7.8 6.7 93 1.1 7.2 249 27 305.1 306.6 291.7 329.9 8.26 7 700 3051 4.5 3.4 93 1.1 3.9 231 37 307.5 308.8 291.4 328.8 7.01 8 650 3650 0.3 -0.1 97 0.4 0.1 216 48 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.4 5.84 9 600 4291 -2.0 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.1 221 55 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.8 5.39 10 550 4978 -6.0 -6.5 96 0.6 -6.2 220 57 317.0 317.8 291.9 330.7 4.26 11 500 5718 -10.8 -11.8 92 1.1 -11.2 224 55 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.1 3.09 12 450 6521 -16.1 -17.5 89 1.4 -16.6 224 51 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.2 2.14 13 400 7397 -21.9 -23.5 87 1.6 -22.4 219 46 326.5 326.8 292.1 331.5 1.43 14 350 8366 -28.5 -34.4 57 5.9 -29.4 212 43 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.6 0.59 15 300 9449 -38.6 -46.5 43 7.9 -39.2 210 40 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.7 0.19 16 250 10671 -47.7 -55.8 39 8.1 -48.0 215 54 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 17 200 12136 -50.4 -75.3 4 24.9 -50.9 248 57 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13963 -60.2 -80.6 5 20.4 -60.4 262 60 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16454 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 252 41 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.46 m Freezing level: 643.42 mb = 3734.84 m = 12253.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.24 mb = 3672.19 m = 12047.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.62 % Est. max temperature: 25.41 C = 77.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.72 mb = 458.99 m = 1505.86 ft T: 19.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 11.01 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.18 mb = 868.72 m = 2850.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.89 C = 69.61 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 35.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 425.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.41 mb = 875.99 m = 2873.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.41 mb = 923.26 m = 3029.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.41 mb = 10320.58 m = 33859.75 ft B at Equ Level: 423.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.41 mb = 12025.08 m = 39451.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 6.0 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.4 neg: -4.6 tot: 55.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 5.17 Bulk Shear: 82.29 m/s