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: 39.39,-93.52 Latitude: 39.39 Longitude: -93.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 978 223 25.4 17.8 63 7.7 20.2 69 2 300.5 302.9 294.1 339.2 13.19 2 950 478 21.7 16.4 72 5.3 18.1 79 2 299.2 301.5 293.2 335.5 12.43 3 900 944 18.8 2.4 33 16.4 9.9 69 6 300.9 301.8 287.4 316.0 5.04 4 850 1431 15.4 -1.0 33 16.4 7.1 51 4 302.3 303.1 287.1 315.1 4.19 5 800 1941 11.9 0.1 44 11.8 5.8 237 7 303.9 304.8 288.3 318.6 4.83 6 750 2477 8.0 -3.9 43 11.9 2.3 237 17 305.2 305.9 287.8 317.0 3.82 7 700 3043 4.9 -6.8 42 11.7 -0.3 246 28 307.9 308.5 288.1 318.2 3.28 8 650 3641 0.1 -8.9 51 9.0 -3.7 247 37 309.1 309.6 288.3 318.5 2.99 9 600 4276 -5.4 -6.8 90 1.3 -6.0 248 42 309.9 310.6 289.3 321.9 3.84 10 550 4953 -10.1 -15.5 65 5.4 -11.9 245 46 312.1 312.5 288.4 318.9 2.08 11 500 5681 -14.2 -21.1 56 6.9 -16.2 238 53 315.7 315.9 288.9 320.4 1.42 12 450 6471 -19.9 -29.9 41 9.9 -21.9 235 59 318.2 318.3 288.9 320.7 0.71 13 400 7334 -25.3 -27.5 82 2.2 -25.7 242 74 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.6 1.00 14 350 8292 -31.5 -37.4 56 5.9 -32.3 244 84 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.9 0.44 15 300 9365 -39.9 -43.9 65 4.0 -40.2 235 105 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.26 16 250 10581 -49.3 -56.0 45 6.7 -49.5 235 104 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.08 17 200 12033 -51.1 -75.8 4 24.8 -51.5 243 64 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13884 -56.8 -81.5 3 24.7 -57.1 250 54 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16410 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 238 40 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.06 m Freezing level: 649.16 mb = 3652.02 m = 11981.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.22 mb = 2970.15 m = 9744.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.50 mb = 1189.03 m = 3900.96 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 24.10 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.63 mb = 2492.08 m = 8176.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.42 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.68 C Cross Totals Index: 13.29 C K Index: 17.04 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 61.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.27 mb = 1896.26 m = 6221.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.27 mb = 3773.30 m = 12379.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 389.27 mb = 7529.31 m = 24702.17 ft B at Equ Level: 182.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 279.27 mb = 9842.60 m = 32291.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.2 neg: -33.9 tot: 76.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 128.00 m/s