MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.23,-93.49 Latitude: 37.23 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 967 361 18.1 16.6 91 1.4 17.1 178 8 294.1 296.3 291.6 329.5 12.42 2 950 512 21.4 16.3 73 5.1 17.9 194 23 298.9 301.1 293.0 334.9 12.36 3 900 982 20.6 13.7 65 6.9 16.1 216 31 302.7 304.8 293.2 335.5 11.04 4 850 1473 16.2 11.0 71 5.3 12.9 219 34 303.1 304.9 292.3 332.0 9.71 5 800 1986 13.9 6.6 62 7.3 9.6 237 26 306.0 307.4 291.5 329.2 7.69 6 750 2529 12.7 1.8 48 10.8 6.6 247 22 310.3 311.4 291.3 328.4 5.82 7 700 3105 8.8 -0.1 54 8.9 4.1 248 25 312.2 313.2 291.5 329.2 5.44 8 650 3711 3.2 -1.5 71 4.7 0.7 249 29 312.5 313.5 291.5 329.1 5.26 9 600 4354 -1.8 -12.8 43 11.0 -6.1 252 36 314.0 314.5 289.3 321.8 2.38 10 550 5041 -5.2 -30.2 12 25.0 -11.3 248 35 317.9 318.1 288.7 320.0 0.57 11 500 5782 -10.0 -40.3 6 30.3 -15.4 244 34 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.8 0.23 12 450 6584 -16.5 -40.3 11 23.8 -20.3 241 36 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.4 0.25 13 400 7457 -22.1 -46.4 9 24.3 -25.1 248 39 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.15 14 350 8426 -28.5 -53.7 7 25.3 -30.5 253 42 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.07 15 300 9510 -37.9 -51.5 23 13.6 -38.8 257 46 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.11 16 250 10738 -47.7 -56.1 37 8.4 -48.0 254 56 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.08 17 200 12188 -53.0 -70.3 10 17.3 -53.3 257 71 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 14009 -60.5 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.7 256 64 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16478 -68.7 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.8 245 31 394.9 394.9 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.62 m Freezing level: 618.10 mb = 4121.43 m = 13521.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.68 mb = 3777.43 m = 12392.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.78 mb = 541.67 m = 1777.10 ft T: 21.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 7.08 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.91 mb = 2767.12 m = 9078.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.96 C = 94.92 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 28.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 227.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 244.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.28 mb = 1549.83 m = 5084.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.28 mb = 3997.09 m = 13113.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.28 mb = 10040.21 m = 32939.93 ft B at Equ Level: 226.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.28 mb = 11955.58 m = 39223.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.4 neg: -9.7 tot: 220.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 4.65 Bulk Shear: 48.92 m/s