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: 37.28,-93.28 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -93.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 961 381 24.9 18.4 67 6.6 20.4 185 12 301.5 304.0 294.9 342.5 13.96 2 950 484 24.1 17.5 66 6.6 19.5 187 17 301.6 304.1 294.6 340.9 13.32 3 900 954 19.6 16.0 80 3.5 17.2 192 24 301.7 304.1 294.2 339.6 12.85 4 850 1444 17.4 12.2 72 5.2 14.1 218 38 304.4 306.3 293.3 336.0 10.59 5 800 1959 13.3 11.2 87 2.1 12.0 222 33 305.4 307.3 293.6 336.9 10.52 6 750 2499 9.0 8.3 96 0.7 8.6 214 27 306.3 308.1 292.9 334.2 9.23 7 700 3068 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.4 196 26 308.6 310.1 292.5 333.0 7.98 8 650 3670 1.7 -1.9 77 3.6 -0.1 198 36 310.9 311.9 290.8 326.9 5.11 9 600 4310 -3.1 -5.2 86 2.1 -4.1 207 36 312.5 313.4 290.6 326.2 4.34 10 550 4994 -7.5 -8.7 91 1.2 -8.0 210 37 315.2 315.9 290.8 326.8 3.60 11 500 5728 -12.8 -14.6 87 1.7 -13.5 213 47 317.4 317.9 290.4 325.5 2.47 12 450 6524 -17.8 -23.9 59 6.2 -19.3 220 54 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.1 1.23 13 400 7396 -23.0 -27.1 69 4.1 -23.9 225 58 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.8 1.04 14 350 8360 -29.1 -32.0 76 3.0 -29.6 227 68 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.3 0.75 15 300 9446 -37.3 -40.3 73 3.1 -37.6 234 75 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.38 16 250 10673 -49.2 -52.7 67 3.5 -49.3 247 86 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12111 -52.5 -69.6 11 17.1 -52.8 257 77 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13955 -57.3 -80.8 4 23.5 -57.6 244 58 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16451 -66.3 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.4 251 44 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.01 m Freezing level: 632.25 mb = 3897.58 m = 12787.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.16 mb = 3655.87 m = 11994.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.40 mb = 1211.24 m = 3973.83 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 10.68 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1844.06 m = 6049.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.23 C Cross Totals Index: 25.08 C K Index: 42.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1337.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.40 mb = 1470.35 m = 4823.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.40 mb = 2145.53 m = 7039.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.40 mb = 11427.08 m = 37489.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1315.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.40 mb = 14274.89 m = 46833.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.2 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 239.2 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.2 neg: -41.1 tot: 141.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 30.24 Bulk Shear: 44.23 m/s