MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.40,-93.62 Latitude: 36.40 Longitude: -93.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 962 380 21.7 19.7 88 2.0 20.3 216 8 298.1 300.9 294.8 342.2 15.18 2 950 492 20.8 19.2 91 1.5 19.7 217 13 298.3 301.0 294.7 341.6 14.93 3 900 959 17.5 17.2 98 0.3 17.3 216 23 299.6 302.1 294.3 340.0 13.85 4 850 1446 14.8 14.6 99 0.2 14.7 227 28 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.2 12.41 5 800 1958 12.0 11.7 98 0.3 11.9 230 27 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.4 10.89 6 750 2497 9.4 9.1 98 0.2 9.2 216 33 306.8 308.6 293.4 336.2 9.75 7 700 3067 5.5 4.4 93 1.1 4.8 210 35 308.5 309.9 292.1 331.5 7.50 8 650 3669 1.8 -3.5 68 5.2 -0.8 208 41 311.0 311.8 290.3 325.2 4.56 9 600 4311 -1.4 -7.0 65 5.6 -3.9 209 50 314.5 315.3 290.7 326.6 3.77 10 550 4998 -6.6 -8.0 90 1.4 -7.2 217 58 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.5 3.81 11 500 5735 -11.0 -18.6 54 7.6 -13.4 224 63 319.6 320.0 290.5 325.6 1.77 12 450 6537 -15.9 -31.4 25 15.5 -19.1 233 62 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.5 0.62 13 400 7413 -22.1 -45.2 10 23.0 -25.0 232 64 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.17 14 350 8377 -30.6 -42.8 29 12.2 -31.9 233 59 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.4 0.25 15 300 9453 -38.6 -51.5 24 12.9 -39.4 238 59 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 16 250 10683 -46.0 -65.6 9 19.6 -46.6 237 72 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.02 17 200 12152 -49.9 -76.5 3 26.6 -50.4 253 66 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 13978 -61.0 -80.8 6 19.8 -61.2 261 60 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16462 -66.0 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 256 44 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.29 m Freezing level: 621.82 mb = 4030.52 m = 13223.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.12 mb = 3580.22 m = 11745.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.63 mb = 633.04 m = 2076.87 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 16.96 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 977.16 m = 3205.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.21 C = 73.78 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 25.61 C K Index: 39.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1285.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.59 mb = 943.44 m = 3095.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.59 mb = 1086.73 m = 3565.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.59 mb = 11046.26 m = 36240.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1269.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.59 mb = 14119.24 m = 46322.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.2 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 248.2 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.6 neg: -4.9 tot: 108.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 14.13 Bulk Shear: 90.98 m/s