MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.00,-94.06 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 957 451 22.3 18.0 76 4.4 19.4 184 12 299.3 301.8 294.1 339.2 13.68 2 950 511 21.2 17.5 80 3.7 18.7 186 14 298.7 301.1 293.7 337.6 13.38 3 900 977 20.3 14.0 67 6.3 16.1 217 35 302.4 304.4 293.2 335.6 11.20 4 850 1470 17.9 10.1 60 7.8 13.0 230 29 304.9 306.6 292.4 332.4 9.18 5 800 1985 14.1 7.8 66 6.3 10.3 224 22 306.2 307.8 292.1 331.5 8.35 6 750 2527 11.3 4.0 61 7.3 7.1 221 16 308.8 310.1 291.6 329.7 6.79 7 700 3101 8.5 -4.7 39 13.1 2.1 215 22 311.9 312.6 290.0 324.1 3.86 8 650 3707 3.3 -6.0 50 9.3 -1.0 220 26 312.7 313.4 290.2 324.7 3.76 9 600 4350 -2.1 -6.5 72 4.4 -4.1 224 31 313.7 314.5 290.6 326.2 3.92 10 550 5035 -7.2 -10.7 76 3.5 -8.6 223 33 315.6 316.1 290.4 325.5 3.07 11 500 5770 -13.0 -13.8 93 0.8 -13.3 219 39 317.2 317.7 290.5 325.8 2.63 12 450 6565 -16.8 -34.8 19 18.1 -20.1 222 43 322.2 322.2 289.9 323.8 0.44 13 400 7444 -20.7 -47.2 7 26.5 -24.0 231 58 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.13 14 350 8413 -28.8 -45.1 19 16.4 -30.5 235 64 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.19 15 300 9497 -37.4 -46.0 40 8.6 -38.1 239 73 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.21 16 250 10729 -47.8 -52.9 55 5.1 -48.0 243 81 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 17 200 12177 -51.9 -71.7 8 19.8 -52.3 247 92 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.01 18 150 14009 -60.2 -82.1 4 21.9 -60.4 248 74 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16481 -68.4 -87.1 5 18.7 -68.5 251 39 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.12 m Freezing level: 619.12 mb = 4104.37 m = 13465.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.51 mb = 3502.03 m = 11489.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.27 mb = 1003.53 m = 3292.37 ft T: 20.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 15.07 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.84 mb = 2451.21 m = 8041.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 27.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 475.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.14 mb = 1650.37 m = 5414.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.14 mb = 3867.81 m = 12689.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.14 mb = 10803.20 m = 35443.15 ft B at Equ Level: 466.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.14 mb = 12600.08 m = 41338.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.6 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 250.6 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.4 neg: -37.1 tot: 140.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 42.41 Bulk Shear: 11.20 m/s