MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.68,-92.17 Latitude: 36.68 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 975 283 27.0 20.7 69 6.2 22.5 193 11 302.3 305.3 296.5 349.6 16.01 2 950 507 23.4 19.8 80 3.6 20.9 189 15 300.9 303.7 295.8 346.4 15.48 3 900 977 19.2 18.7 97 0.5 18.9 195 21 301.3 304.1 295.8 346.2 15.26 4 850 1468 17.0 13.8 82 3.2 14.9 225 31 303.9 306.1 294.0 338.9 11.74 5 800 1983 13.8 10.6 81 3.2 11.7 229 23 305.8 307.7 293.3 336.1 10.06 6 750 2524 9.6 8.0 90 1.6 8.6 221 16 307.0 308.7 292.9 334.3 9.01 7 700 3093 5.6 0.2 68 5.4 2.8 204 19 308.7 309.7 290.5 325.8 5.55 8 650 3695 2.1 -3.9 65 6.0 -0.7 198 27 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.3 4.43 9 600 4337 -1.7 -12.2 45 10.5 -5.8 204 34 314.1 314.6 289.5 322.3 2.50 10 550 5023 -6.6 -14.8 52 8.2 -9.5 208 41 316.3 316.7 289.9 323.6 2.21 11 500 5760 -12.0 -15.5 75 3.5 -13.2 216 46 318.4 318.8 290.6 326.0 2.29 12 450 6559 -16.0 -28.3 34 12.3 -18.8 216 47 323.1 323.2 290.6 326.0 0.83 13 400 7437 -21.1 -37.3 22 16.2 -23.7 223 52 327.6 327.6 291.5 329.0 0.39 14 350 8408 -28.3 -41.6 27 13.4 -29.9 227 55 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.28 15 300 9496 -36.5 -43.0 51 6.5 -37.1 241 59 333.9 334.0 293.0 335.0 0.28 16 250 10730 -47.1 -51.6 60 4.5 -47.3 246 67 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.13 17 200 12170 -55.6 -64.9 30 9.3 -55.8 251 87 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 13993 -60.2 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.4 250 79 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16459 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.3 246 46 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.58 m Freezing level: 622.26 mb = 4051.38 m = 13291.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.55 mb = 3564.47 m = 11694.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.79 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.37 mb = 1069.35 m = 3508.33 ft T: 18.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 27.37 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.30 mb = 1176.80 m = 3860.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.94 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.01 C Cross Totals Index: 25.83 C K Index: 37.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2116.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.23 mb = 1061.07 m = 3481.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.23 mb = 1606.64 m = 5271.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.23 mb = 12290.67 m = 40323.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2113.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.23 mb = 16091.26 m = 52792.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.3 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 240.3 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.6 neg: -16.0 tot: 100.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 63.76 Bulk Shear: 33.20 m/s