MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 37.15,-93.74 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 966 374 19.4 12.5 64 6.9 15.1 242 9 295.4 297.1 289.6 322.7 9.47 2 950 520 20.4 11.7 57 8.8 15.0 249 22 297.9 299.6 290.1 324.5 9.10 3 900 985 17.1 10.2 64 6.9 12.9 256 33 299.1 300.7 290.2 324.7 8.72 4 850 1469 12.8 8.8 77 3.9 10.4 257 36 299.5 301.1 290.0 324.3 8.41 5 800 1975 8.3 7.0 92 1.3 7.5 260 40 300.0 301.4 289.7 323.2 7.87 6 750 2505 5.3 3.5 88 1.8 4.3 260 41 302.3 303.5 289.3 321.9 6.57 7 700 3069 5.1 -7.5 40 12.6 -0.4 258 47 308.2 308.7 288.1 318.0 3.11 8 650 3669 1.7 -15.6 26 17.3 -4.6 258 58 310.9 311.2 287.6 316.6 1.74 9 600 4310 -1.7 -25.5 14 23.8 -8.4 259 56 314.2 314.3 287.7 316.9 0.80 10 550 4997 -4.4 -30.1 11 25.7 -10.9 257 63 318.9 319.0 289.0 320.9 0.57 11 500 5742 -8.3 -39.6 6 31.3 -14.3 265 67 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.9 0.24 12 450 6548 -15.5 -42.3 8 26.8 -19.7 263 67 323.8 323.8 290.2 324.6 0.21 13 400 7424 -22.0 -43.8 12 21.8 -24.8 259 73 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.20 14 350 8390 -29.6 -45.8 19 16.2 -31.3 258 80 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.18 15 300 9472 -37.5 -53.3 18 15.8 -38.5 265 90 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.8 0.09 16 250 10703 -47.1 -57.5 30 10.4 -47.5 267 90 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12148 -55.6 -68.8 18 13.1 -55.8 274 91 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13946 -62.5 -79.4 9 16.9 -62.7 267 76 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16419 -68.7 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.8 283 39 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.62 m Freezing level: 624.86 mb = 3991.18 m = 13094.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.73 mb = 3013.92 m = 9888.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.05 % Est. max temperature: 23.74 C = 74.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.62 mb = 1246.56 m = 4089.71 ft T: 14.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 8.08 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.05 mb = 1911.83 m = 6272.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.82 C = 74.88 F Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lifted Index: 5.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: 5.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.06 C Cross Totals Index: 17.12 C K Index: 17.27 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6804.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.75 mb = 1740.81 m = 5711.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.2 at 49.9 knts Storm direction: 289.2 at 37.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 244.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 97.72 m/s