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: 36.82,-92 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -92.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 327 25.8 17.0 58 8.9 19.8 203 12 301.7 304.0 294.1 339.0 12.66 2 950 500 24.8 16.1 58 8.7 18.9 205 20 302.3 304.5 293.9 338.3 12.16 3 900 971 20.3 14.9 71 5.4 16.7 207 24 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.6 11.90 4 850 1461 15.5 13.8 90 1.6 14.4 208 25 302.4 304.5 293.6 337.2 11.77 5 800 1973 11.5 10.5 94 1.0 10.9 224 31 303.4 305.3 292.6 333.3 10.04 6 750 2509 7.5 5.0 84 2.5 6.1 219 31 304.8 306.1 290.8 326.8 7.32 7 700 3074 4.6 -5.8 47 10.3 -0.2 206 34 307.5 308.2 288.3 318.6 3.55 8 650 3676 2.6 -7.2 48 9.9 -1.8 208 39 311.9 312.6 289.6 322.8 3.41 9 600 4319 -1.2 -6.7 66 5.5 -3.7 210 45 314.7 315.5 290.9 327.1 3.86 10 550 5007 -6.1 -10.0 74 3.9 -7.7 215 51 316.9 317.5 291.0 327.4 3.25 11 500 5743 -12.7 -13.0 98 0.3 -12.9 222 55 317.5 318.0 290.7 326.7 2.81 12 450 6544 -15.8 -31.8 24 15.9 -19.1 235 63 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.5 0.59 13 400 7421 -21.4 -44.2 11 22.8 -24.4 237 67 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.19 14 350 8390 -29.0 -42.9 25 13.8 -30.6 238 66 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.25 15 300 9471 -38.7 -46.8 42 8.2 -39.2 243 63 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.19 16 250 10696 -47.7 -58.5 28 10.8 -48.1 244 70 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.06 17 200 12147 -53.5 -72.2 8 18.7 -53.8 253 71 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13969 -59.2 -81.8 4 22.6 -59.4 250 68 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16462 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 250 39 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.87 m Freezing level: 615.54 mb = 4118.79 m = 13512.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.24 mb = 3059.45 m = 10037.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.31 mb = 1447.83 m = 4750.03 ft T: 15.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 20.40 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.32 mb = 1679.09 m = 5508.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.95 C = 80.50 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.21 C Cross Totals Index: 26.57 C K Index: 31.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 908.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.65 mb = 1614.80 m = 5297.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.65 mb = 1767.83 m = 5799.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.65 mb = 10970.55 m = 35992.18 ft B at Equ Level: 905.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.65 mb = 13573.61 m = 44532.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.6 neg: -4.7 tot: 97.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 17.49 Bulk Shear: 51.94 m/s