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: 38.76,-95.89 Latitude: 38.76 Longitude: -95.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 963 359 21.0 18.3 85 2.6 19.2 148 6 297.3 299.8 293.7 337.5 13.91 2 950 480 19.7 17.9 89 1.8 18.5 151 8 297.2 299.7 293.5 336.7 13.67 3 900 944 16.2 16.1 99 0.2 16.1 160 6 298.2 300.6 293.2 335.6 12.87 4 850 1429 13.5 13.0 97 0.5 13.2 117 9 300.3 302.3 292.5 333.0 11.15 5 800 1937 11.2 -1.6 41 12.8 4.8 73 10 303.0 303.8 287.4 316.0 4.23 6 750 2472 7.7 -11.1 25 18.8 0.1 33 10 304.9 305.3 286.0 311.8 2.18 7 700 3034 2.3 -10.0 40 12.3 -2.6 9 10 305.1 305.6 286.4 313.1 2.56 8 650 3626 -3.4 -7.5 73 4.2 -5.1 305 13 305.2 305.8 287.3 315.5 3.34 9 600 4256 -6.6 -7.6 93 1.0 -7.1 273 23 308.4 309.1 288.6 319.7 3.59 10 550 4930 -10.4 -12.0 88 1.6 -11.0 251 27 311.7 312.3 288.9 320.7 2.78 11 500 5659 -13.4 -15.1 87 1.8 -13.9 220 37 316.8 317.2 290.2 324.6 2.36 12 450 6451 -19.3 -21.5 82 2.3 -19.8 231 43 319.0 319.3 290.0 324.2 1.52 13 400 7319 -24.1 -26.7 79 2.6 -24.6 203 53 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.5 1.08 14 350 8280 -30.4 -33.4 75 3.0 -30.9 195 67 327.8 327.9 291.7 330.2 0.65 15 300 9356 -39.7 -43.0 71 3.2 -40.0 195 73 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.29 16 250 10571 -48.0 -57.0 35 9.0 -48.3 202 71 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12039 -49.7 -74.7 4 25.1 -50.1 238 62 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13889 -57.1 -81.8 3 24.6 -57.4 255 55 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16408 -63.0 -85.8 3 22.8 -63.2 253 40 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.20 m Freezing level: 679.43 mb = 3277.60 m = 10753.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.55 mb = 2487.61 m = 8161.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.33 % Est. max temperature: 25.93 C = 78.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.07 mb = 689.32 m = 2261.52 ft T: 18.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 25.67 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.24 mb = 960.17 m = 3150.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.00 C = 71.60 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.94 C Showalter Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.85 C Cross Totals Index: 26.36 C K Index: 27.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1336.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.82 mb = 935.79 m = 3070.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.82 mb = 1078.38 m = 3537.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.82 mb = 10682.20 m = 35046.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1327.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.82 mb = 13643.98 m = 44763.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -142.6 tot: -134.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 24.63 Bulk Shear: 54.27 m/s