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: 37.55,-92.37 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -92.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 353 22.6 19.3 82 3.2 20.3 207 6 298.7 301.4 294.7 341.7 14.78 2 950 494 21.9 18.6 82 3.3 19.6 207 12 299.4 302.0 294.6 341.3 14.35 3 900 961 18.6 16.5 87 2.1 17.2 213 28 300.7 303.1 294.2 339.5 13.21 4 850 1450 14.8 14.0 95 0.8 14.3 228 36 301.7 303.9 293.5 336.8 11.90 5 800 1961 11.5 10.5 94 1.0 10.9 230 35 303.4 305.3 292.6 333.3 10.03 6 750 2498 7.6 6.9 96 0.6 7.2 218 33 304.8 306.4 291.7 330.0 8.38 7 700 3063 3.9 3.0 94 0.9 3.4 197 32 306.8 308.0 291.0 327.4 6.79 8 650 3662 1.6 -5.2 61 6.8 -1.6 199 35 310.7 311.5 289.8 323.3 3.99 9 600 4303 -2.9 -8.1 67 5.3 -5.1 200 43 312.8 313.5 289.9 323.8 3.45 10 550 4986 -7.5 -10.4 79 3.0 -8.7 207 56 315.2 315.8 290.4 325.4 3.14 11 500 5721 -12.9 -13.4 96 0.5 -13.1 216 64 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.2 2.72 12 450 6518 -17.2 -20.8 73 3.7 -18.2 228 69 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.2 1.62 13 400 7393 -21.9 -25.8 71 3.9 -22.8 239 75 326.6 326.8 291.9 330.7 1.17 14 350 8362 -28.5 -32.1 71 3.6 -29.1 243 67 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.1 0.74 15 300 9448 -37.2 -40.4 72 3.2 -37.5 250 57 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.38 16 250 10677 -48.6 -52.5 64 3.9 -48.7 252 47 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12116 -55.2 -62.9 37 7.8 -55.3 246 62 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.04 18 150 13938 -58.9 -81.5 4 22.6 -59.1 254 67 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16445 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 248 40 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.89 m Freezing level: 632.42 mb = 3887.51 m = 12754.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.27 mb = 3462.51 m = 11359.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.79 mb = 763.86 m = 2506.06 ft T: 20.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 18.43 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.14 mb = 1259.57 m = 4132.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.14 C = 77.25 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -6.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.78 C Showalter Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 26.89 C K Index: 40.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1390.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.54 mb = 1128.87 m = 3703.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.54 mb = 1374.39 m = 4509.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.54 mb = 11574.06 m = 37972.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1376.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.54 mb = 14474.54 m = 47488.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 3.2 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.1 neg: -42.1 tot: 101.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 15.78 Bulk Shear: 88.14 m/s