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: 37.82,-93.19 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 971 307 24.9 20.2 75 4.7 21.6 189 8 300.6 303.4 295.8 346.1 15.52 2 950 498 22.8 18.8 78 4.0 20.0 193 12 300.4 303.0 295.0 342.9 14.52 3 900 966 18.6 17.6 94 0.9 17.9 206 20 300.6 303.2 294.9 342.4 14.23 4 850 1456 16.6 13.0 80 3.5 14.3 232 25 303.5 305.6 293.5 336.7 11.17 5 800 1970 13.0 8.7 75 4.4 10.3 224 21 305.0 306.7 292.2 331.6 8.83 6 750 2509 8.2 6.9 91 1.3 7.5 218 19 305.5 307.1 291.9 330.7 8.36 7 700 3075 4.2 3.8 97 0.4 4.0 211 23 307.2 308.5 291.5 329.1 7.20 8 650 3675 0.7 -0.3 93 0.9 0.2 213 34 309.7 310.8 291.0 327.6 5.78 9 600 4313 -3.3 -4.1 94 0.8 -3.7 214 41 312.3 313.2 290.9 327.2 4.73 10 550 4998 -7.1 -7.8 94 0.8 -7.4 217 44 315.7 316.4 291.2 328.1 3.85 11 500 5735 -11.7 -12.8 91 1.1 -12.1 221 43 318.8 319.4 291.2 328.3 2.86 12 450 6535 -17.0 -18.6 87 1.7 -17.4 225 46 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.6 1.96 13 400 7407 -23.2 -25.5 81 2.4 -23.7 230 48 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.20 14 350 8368 -31.3 -34.3 75 3.0 -31.7 230 65 326.5 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.60 15 300 9444 -39.0 -42.1 72 3.2 -39.2 236 75 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10665 -50.1 -53.7 65 3.6 -50.3 243 81 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 17 200 12105 -52.7 -75.6 5 22.9 -53.1 247 73 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13939 -57.7 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 245 67 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16445 -65.7 -87.1 4 21.4 -65.8 250 39 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.69 m Freezing level: 641.59 mb = 3782.23 m = 12408.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.47 mb = 3705.91 m = 12158.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.52 mb = 903.81 m = 2965.22 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 18.90 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.08 mb = 1405.15 m = 4610.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.16 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 40.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2051.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.61 mb = 1104.57 m = 3623.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.61 mb = 1754.43 m = 5755.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.61 mb = 11771.12 m = 38618.67 ft B at Equ Level: 2024.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.61 mb = 15287.26 m = 50154.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.2 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 247.2 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.2 neg: -14.3 tot: 90.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 41.60 Bulk Shear: 49.32 m/s