MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.76,-94.53 Latitude: 36.76 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 309 23.7 20.2 81 3.5 21.2 203 16 299.3 302.2 295.4 344.6 15.52 2 950 502 22.1 19.2 84 2.9 20.1 204 25 299.6 302.4 295.1 343.2 14.92 3 900 970 18.0 17.8 99 0.2 17.9 209 36 300.1 302.7 294.8 342.2 14.39 4 850 1459 15.8 11.8 78 3.9 13.3 225 47 302.6 304.5 292.6 333.2 10.31 5 800 1972 12.7 9.5 80 3.3 10.7 221 40 304.7 306.5 292.4 332.7 9.33 6 750 2511 8.6 7.7 94 0.9 8.0 202 32 305.9 307.6 292.4 332.5 8.81 7 700 3078 5.3 5.0 98 0.3 5.1 189 27 308.3 309.8 292.3 332.2 7.82 8 650 3680 1.1 -2.3 78 3.4 -0.6 193 35 310.2 311.2 290.5 325.8 4.99 9 600 4318 -3.8 -5.3 89 1.5 -4.6 193 40 311.7 312.5 290.3 325.2 4.28 10 550 5000 -7.6 -8.1 96 0.5 -7.8 196 40 315.1 315.8 290.9 327.2 3.77 11 500 5736 -12.0 -12.9 93 0.9 -12.3 205 47 318.4 318.9 291.0 327.7 2.82 12 450 6534 -17.4 -20.4 78 3.0 -18.3 213 60 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.1 1.68 13 400 7404 -23.7 -27.2 73 3.5 -24.4 224 70 324.2 324.4 291.1 327.8 1.03 14 350 8371 -28.6 -31.5 76 2.9 -29.1 236 65 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.79 15 300 9457 -37.3 -40.4 73 3.1 -37.7 246 68 332.8 332.8 292.9 334.2 0.37 16 250 10684 -49.0 -52.6 66 3.6 -49.2 253 72 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12123 -53.3 -71.0 10 17.7 -53.7 257 72 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13958 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 244 65 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16454 -66.6 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 250 42 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.32 m Freezing level: 638.65 mb = 3824.59 m = 12547.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.03 mb = 3617.24 m = 11867.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.90 mb = 752.84 m = 2469.91 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 19.43 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1059.68 m = 3476.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.88 C = 76.79 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.03 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 39.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1778.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.00 mb = 998.74 m = 3276.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.00 mb = 1538.79 m = 5048.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.00 mb = 11747.37 m = 38540.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1754.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.00 mb = 14745.20 m = 48376.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.8 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 233.8 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.1 neg: -107.0 tot: 50.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.58 Bulk Rich Number: 85.20 Bulk Shear: 20.87 m/s