MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.53,-93.20 Latitude: 36.53 Longitude: -93.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 971 310 24.0 18.1 70 5.9 19.9 188 10 299.7 302.2 294.2 339.5 13.62 2 950 499 22.4 17.4 74 5.0 19.0 191 19 299.9 302.3 294.0 338.8 13.30 3 900 967 19.4 16.8 85 2.6 17.7 208 34 301.5 304.0 294.6 341.3 13.51 4 850 1459 17.3 11.0 67 6.3 13.3 218 31 304.3 306.1 292.6 333.5 9.77 5 800 1973 13.0 9.8 81 3.2 11.0 215 26 305.0 306.8 292.7 333.7 9.57 6 750 2512 9.3 5.2 76 4.0 6.9 203 22 306.6 308.0 291.5 329.2 7.43 7 700 3082 6.5 -2.4 53 8.8 2.0 195 23 309.6 310.5 290.0 324.0 4.59 8 650 3685 2.7 -5.2 56 7.9 -1.0 190 29 312.0 312.7 290.2 324.6 3.99 9 600 4326 -2.9 -7.3 71 4.5 -4.8 197 31 312.8 313.5 290.1 324.5 3.67 10 550 5009 -8.5 -10.6 84 2.2 -9.3 200 35 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.0 3.09 11 500 5742 -11.5 -11.8 98 0.3 -11.6 207 40 319.0 319.6 291.5 329.2 3.10 12 450 6539 -17.6 -24.2 57 6.6 -19.3 214 52 321.1 321.3 290.3 325.2 1.20 13 400 7413 -22.0 -33.1 36 11.1 -24.0 224 67 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.6 0.59 14 350 8383 -27.9 -31.8 69 3.9 -28.6 234 73 331.2 331.3 292.8 334.0 0.76 15 300 9469 -37.6 -41.5 67 3.9 -38.0 245 72 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.33 16 250 10696 -48.5 -52.6 63 4.0 -48.7 249 80 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12146 -52.2 -67.9 13 15.7 -52.5 253 76 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 13981 -58.3 -81.0 4 22.8 -58.5 246 65 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16467 -67.6 -86.2 5 18.6 -67.7 248 45 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.69 m Freezing level: 626.01 mb = 3993.00 m = 13100.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.82 mb = 3477.25 m = 11408.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.46 % Est. max temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.53 mb = 1058.30 m = 3472.07 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 9.77 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.07 mb = 1742.05 m = 5715.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.82 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 31.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1171.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.67 mb = 1291.66 m = 4237.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.67 mb = 2166.60 m = 7108.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.67 mb = 11190.51 m = 36713.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1167.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.67 mb = 13910.45 m = 45637.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.5 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 233.5 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.2 neg: -24.5 tot: 96.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 76.46 Bulk Shear: 15.32 m/s