MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.25,-93.33 Latitude: 37.25 Longitude: -93.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 964 376 18.4 17.5 95 0.9 17.8 180 9 294.6 297.0 292.3 332.3 13.19 2 950 504 20.4 17.2 82 3.2 18.2 197 19 297.9 300.3 293.3 335.9 13.11 3 900 973 21.6 13.9 62 7.7 16.5 239 41 303.8 305.9 293.6 337.1 11.19 4 850 1467 18.2 11.4 65 6.7 13.8 251 32 305.2 307.0 293.1 335.3 10.04 5 800 1982 13.5 9.1 75 4.4 10.8 253 23 305.5 307.2 292.5 333.0 9.12 6 750 2522 9.7 5.0 73 4.7 7.0 249 18 307.1 308.5 291.5 329.4 7.33 7 700 3093 6.9 1.1 66 5.8 3.8 244 28 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.5 5.93 8 650 3697 2.3 -2.3 72 4.5 0.0 238 36 311.5 312.5 290.9 327.2 4.99 9 600 4339 -2.1 -4.8 81 2.8 -3.4 238 40 313.7 314.6 291.1 327.9 4.45 10 550 5024 -6.8 -9.3 82 2.5 -7.8 239 43 316.0 316.7 290.9 327.2 3.45 11 500 5761 -11.7 -13.2 88 1.6 -12.3 236 45 318.8 319.3 291.1 327.9 2.76 12 450 6561 -17.0 -21.4 69 4.4 -18.2 236 45 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.2 1.54 13 400 7435 -22.1 -27.8 60 5.7 -23.4 237 51 326.2 326.4 291.6 329.7 0.97 14 350 8401 -29.7 -37.4 47 7.7 -30.7 238 54 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.4 0.44 15 300 9482 -37.8 -46.0 42 8.2 -38.4 246 65 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.21 16 250 10711 -48.3 -52.7 60 4.5 -48.4 252 81 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.11 17 200 12151 -52.4 -75.6 4 23.2 -52.8 253 96 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13981 -60.2 -83.1 3 22.9 -60.3 253 81 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16457 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 255 35 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.13 m Freezing level: 623.71 mb = 4034.24 m = 13235.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.71 mb = 3700.20 m = 12139.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.76 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.14 mb = 484.12 m = 1588.31 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 9.91 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2097.11 m = 6880.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 35.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 656.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.00 mb = 1567.16 m = 5141.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.00 mb = 3269.21 m = 10725.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.00 mb = 10841.67 m = 35569.36 ft B at Equ Level: 654.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.00 mb = 13000.74 m = 42652.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 322.4 neg: -29.0 tot: 293.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 19.82 Bulk Shear: 33.09 m/s