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: 39.23,-94.15 Latitude: 39.23 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 36 SFC 975 250 19.4 17.6 89 1.8 18.2 220 4 294.6 297.0 292.3 332.2 13.12 2 950 479 21.1 16.4 75 4.6 17.9 209 22 298.6 300.8 293.0 334.8 12.46 3 900 947 20.4 13.7 65 6.7 16.0 219 45 302.5 304.5 293.1 335.1 10.99 4 850 1438 16.7 12.5 76 4.3 14.0 226 47 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.7 10.77 5 800 1952 12.8 11.1 89 1.7 11.7 233 44 304.8 306.7 293.3 335.9 10.41 6 750 2492 9.6 8.2 91 1.4 8.8 238 39 307.0 308.7 293.0 334.7 9.16 7 700 3063 6.5 5.2 91 1.3 5.8 241 36 309.7 311.2 292.8 334.1 7.95 8 650 3668 2.5 1.1 90 1.4 1.8 239 38 311.8 313.0 292.2 331.7 6.40 9 600 4311 -1.6 -4.2 82 2.6 -2.9 238 41 314.3 315.2 291.5 329.1 4.67 10 550 4998 -5.8 -8.7 80 2.9 -7.0 241 45 317.2 317.9 291.4 328.9 3.60 11 500 5739 -10.1 -13.7 75 3.6 -11.5 243 48 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.5 2.66 12 450 6543 -15.8 -20.3 68 4.5 -17.1 242 46 323.4 323.8 291.5 329.2 1.70 13 400 7419 -22.5 -28.3 59 5.8 -23.8 243 47 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.0 0.93 14 350 8383 -30.4 -38.1 47 7.7 -31.4 244 53 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.3 0.41 15 300 9458 -39.5 -45.0 56 5.4 -39.9 242 58 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.23 16 250 10677 -50.1 -53.5 68 3.4 -50.3 238 62 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.11 17 200 12112 -52.8 -73.7 6 20.8 -53.1 243 67 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13947 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.4 248 63 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16448 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 252 30 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.17 m Freezing level: 619.39 mb = 4061.22 m = 13324.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.80 mb = 3908.41 m = 12822.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.48 mb = 474.36 m = 1556.27 ft T: 21.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 7.03 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.86 mb = 1932.45 m = 6340.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 38.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 488.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.27 mb = 1375.16 m = 4511.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.27 mb = 3527.32 m = 11572.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.27 mb = 10905.67 m = 35779.32 ft B at Equ Level: 487.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.27 mb = 12739.25 m = 41794.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 5.4 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.6 neg: -9.3 tot: 339.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 7.04 Bulk Shear: 69.40 m/s