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: 36.82,-91.08 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -91.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 981 219 26.2 17.5 59 8.7 20.2 185 10 301.0 303.4 294.1 339.1 12.96 2 950 499 23.8 16.5 64 7.3 18.8 188 20 301.3 303.6 293.9 338.2 12.51 3 900 969 19.2 15.5 79 3.7 16.7 192 24 301.3 303.6 293.8 337.8 12.40 4 850 1457 14.8 13.7 93 1.2 14.1 205 28 301.7 303.8 293.3 336.0 11.63 5 800 1969 12.2 12.1 99 0.1 12.1 218 34 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.4 11.15 6 750 2508 8.5 7.8 95 0.7 8.1 216 35 305.8 307.5 292.4 332.6 8.88 7 700 3075 4.8 1.5 79 3.3 3.0 209 34 307.8 308.9 290.7 326.5 6.10 8 650 3676 2.0 -2.5 72 4.5 -0.3 204 37 311.2 312.1 290.7 326.5 4.88 9 600 4319 -1.1 -7.1 64 6.0 -3.8 203 40 314.8 315.6 290.8 326.9 3.75 10 550 5007 -6.3 -9.0 81 2.7 -7.4 211 44 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.0 3.52 11 500 5744 -11.8 -15.4 75 3.6 -13.0 216 52 318.6 319.1 290.6 326.3 2.31 12 450 6547 -14.7 -39.6 10 24.9 -19.0 227 59 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.27 13 400 7428 -20.6 -40.6 15 20.0 -23.7 236 69 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.2 0.27 14 350 8399 -27.9 -33.2 60 5.3 -28.7 242 69 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.6 0.67 15 300 9487 -37.3 -40.4 72 3.1 -37.6 253 62 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.3 0.38 16 250 10715 -49.0 -52.7 66 3.7 -49.2 255 61 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12155 -54.4 -71.5 10 17.1 -54.6 249 80 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 13977 -59.2 -82.3 3 23.1 -59.5 249 68 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16463 -67.5 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.6 254 38 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.57 m Freezing level: 617.80 mb = 4090.17 m = 13419.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.16 mb = 3624.58 m = 11891.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.07 mb = 1317.05 m = 4320.99 ft T: 16.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 10.94 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.85 mb = 1478.86 m = 4851.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.54 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.26 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 25.49 C K Index: 37.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 770.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.92 mb = 1418.11 m = 4652.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.92 mb = 1772.03 m = 5813.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.92 mb = 11283.38 m = 37018.50 ft B at Equ Level: 762.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.92 mb = 13611.25 m = 44655.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.5 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 239.5 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.7 neg: -12.7 tot: 130.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 13.03 Bulk Shear: 59.12 m/s