MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.23,-93.28 Latitude: 37.23 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 40 SFC 961 385 19.6 18.8 95 0.8 19.1 230 12 296.2 298.8 293.7 337.6 14.39 2 950 481 19.0 18.5 97 0.4 18.7 231 17 296.4 299.0 293.7 337.5 14.27 3 900 944 15.6 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 241 28 297.6 299.8 292.6 333.1 12.25 4 850 1428 12.8 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 269 33 299.6 301.5 292.0 331.1 10.77 5 800 1936 10.4 9.4 94 0.9 9.8 263 30 302.2 303.9 291.7 329.9 9.32 6 750 2472 7.7 6.1 89 1.6 6.8 230 33 304.9 306.4 291.3 328.7 7.89 7 700 3038 4.3 2.7 89 1.6 3.4 209 31 307.3 308.5 291.0 327.5 6.64 8 650 3636 0.2 -0.3 97 0.4 -0.1 201 33 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.0 5.78 9 600 4276 -2.0 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.2 198 37 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.7 5.34 10 550 4965 -4.9 -5.7 95 0.7 -5.3 210 45 318.2 319.1 292.5 332.9 4.56 11 500 5709 -8.9 -10.1 91 1.2 -9.4 213 53 322.2 322.9 292.7 333.9 3.54 12 450 6518 -14.1 -15.8 87 1.7 -14.7 215 58 325.5 326.0 292.8 333.9 2.48 13 400 7401 -20.1 -22.3 83 2.2 -20.7 219 66 328.9 329.2 292.9 334.6 1.61 14 350 8377 -27.0 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.5 216 71 332.4 332.6 293.3 335.8 0.94 15 300 9469 -36.3 -39.2 74 3.0 -36.6 218 75 334.3 334.3 293.3 335.9 0.43 16 250 10702 -48.2 -51.5 68 3.4 -48.3 219 71 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 17 200 12141 -53.2 -67.7 15 14.6 -53.5 241 71 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 13964 -60.1 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 261 55 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16449 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 255 49 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.38 m Freezing level: 646.47 mb = 3681.63 m = 12078.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.39 mb = 3619.25 m = 11874.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.44 % Est. max temperature: 25.03 C = 77.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.74 mb = 483.57 m = 1586.49 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 10.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 890.41 m = 2921.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.92 C = 69.65 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 184.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.57 mb = 891.35 m = 2924.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.57 mb = 938.76 m = 3079.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.57 mb = 5394.30 m = 17697.61 ft B at Equ Level: 184.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.57 mb = 10949.77 m = 35924.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 5.7 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.6 neg: -53.7 tot: -20.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.10 Bulk Shear: 44.94 m/s