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: 36.61,-92.33 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -92.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 976 266 27.8 18.1 55 9.7 21.1 188 11 303.1 305.6 295.1 343.1 13.52 2 950 504 24.2 17.0 64 7.3 19.2 190 17 301.8 304.1 294.3 339.8 12.90 3 900 974 19.5 15.5 77 4.0 16.8 197 22 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.2 12.40 4 850 1464 16.7 12.2 75 4.5 13.8 215 28 303.6 305.6 293.0 335.0 10.54 5 800 1978 12.7 10.4 86 2.3 11.3 215 24 304.7 306.6 293.0 334.6 9.98 6 750 2518 9.6 3.8 67 5.9 6.3 201 21 307.0 308.3 291.0 327.5 6.70 7 700 3087 6.4 -2.6 53 8.9 1.9 196 24 309.5 310.4 289.9 323.7 4.53 8 650 3691 2.8 -6.4 51 9.1 -1.4 196 27 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.7 3.65 9 600 4332 -1.9 -9.7 55 7.8 -5.1 204 30 313.9 314.5 289.9 323.8 3.06 10 550 5017 -7.4 -10.8 76 3.4 -8.7 211 36 315.4 315.9 290.3 325.3 3.06 11 500 5752 -12.4 -13.0 95 0.6 -12.6 217 41 318.0 318.5 290.9 327.2 2.81 12 450 6549 -16.8 -26.5 42 9.8 -19.1 221 52 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.6 0.97 13 400 7427 -21.1 -45.6 9 24.6 -24.2 228 63 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.16 14 350 8397 -28.4 -40.3 31 11.9 -29.9 230 69 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.32 15 300 9483 -37.4 -42.4 59 5.0 -37.8 237 76 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.9 0.30 16 250 10711 -47.9 -53.0 55 5.2 -48.1 244 77 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.11 17 200 12160 -53.0 -66.7 17 13.7 -53.2 250 80 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 13987 -58.8 -83.1 3 24.3 -59.0 245 70 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16466 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 250 43 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.61 m Freezing level: 620.46 mb = 4069.86 m = 13352.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.63 mb = 3424.02 m = 11233.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.32 mb = 1491.12 m = 4892.06 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 19.48 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.63 mb = 1772.74 m = 5816.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.30 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.52 C K Index: 32.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1004.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.27 mb = 1491.64 m = 4893.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.27 mb = 2059.36 m = 6756.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.27 mb = 11188.37 m = 36706.79 ft B at Equ Level: 997.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.27 mb = 13891.58 m = 45575.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.3 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 237.3 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.8 neg: -21.9 tot: 64.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 38.93 Bulk Shear: 25.81 m/s