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: 36.78,-93.49 Latitude: 36.78 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 965 359 23.2 18.0 72 5.2 19.6 188 12 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.1 13.58 2 950 493 22.1 17.4 75 4.6 18.9 190 19 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.5 13.31 3 900 961 18.9 16.8 87 2.1 17.5 206 35 301.0 303.5 294.5 340.6 13.48 4 850 1452 17.3 12.1 71 5.3 14.0 218 39 304.3 306.2 293.2 335.6 10.47 5 800 1967 13.3 9.7 79 3.7 11.0 218 30 305.4 307.1 292.7 333.8 9.47 6 750 2506 8.9 6.9 87 2.0 7.7 207 25 306.2 307.8 292.1 331.5 8.35 7 700 3076 6.1 1.1 71 4.9 3.4 194 24 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.5 5.94 8 650 3679 2.2 -4.2 63 6.4 -0.9 192 33 311.5 312.3 290.3 325.1 4.33 9 600 4319 -3.6 -7.0 77 3.5 -5.1 198 35 312.0 312.7 290.0 324.0 3.76 10 550 5000 -8.7 -9.5 94 0.8 -9.0 199 36 313.8 314.5 290.2 324.7 3.40 11 500 5734 -11.6 -12.1 96 0.5 -11.8 207 40 318.9 319.5 291.4 328.8 3.02 12 450 6532 -17.9 -22.0 70 4.2 -19.0 212 51 320.8 321.0 290.5 325.7 1.45 13 400 7402 -22.7 -28.0 62 5.3 -23.9 223 66 325.4 325.6 291.4 328.8 0.95 14 350 8372 -27.8 -30.9 75 3.1 -28.4 238 75 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.3 0.83 15 300 9459 -37.7 -41.0 71 3.3 -38.1 247 76 332.2 332.2 292.7 333.5 0.35 16 250 10683 -49.2 -53.0 64 3.8 -49.3 250 86 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12128 -52.1 -68.8 12 16.7 -52.4 256 77 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 13971 -57.8 -80.7 4 22.8 -58.1 246 60 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16461 -66.9 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 248 45 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.29 m Freezing level: 630.73 mb = 3925.55 m = 12878.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.04 mb = 3554.07 m = 11660.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.54 mb = 1022.74 m = 3355.41 ft T: 18.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 16.68 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.97 mb = 1778.23 m = 5834.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.69 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.67 C K Index: 36.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1226.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.53 mb = 1276.66 m = 4188.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.53 mb = 2258.88 m = 7410.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.53 mb = 11436.76 m = 37521.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1199.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.53 mb = 13863.37 m = 45482.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.0 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 234.0 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.5 neg: -42.6 tot: 123.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 75.87 Bulk Shear: 16.17 m/s