MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 30 SEP 25 Station: 36.7,-94.2 Latitude: 36.70 Longitude: -94.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 977 375 27.6 17.4 54 10.3 20.5 96 5 302.8 305.2 294.6 341.0 12.88 2 950 618 23.3 15.9 63 7.4 18.4 97 6 300.8 303.1 293.4 336.3 12.08 3 900 1087 18.7 14.7 77 4.1 16.0 98 8 300.8 302.9 293.1 335.3 11.73 4 850 1574 14.0 12.6 91 1.4 13.1 98 9 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.8 10.85 5 800 2083 9.9 6.0 77 3.9 7.6 108 12 301.7 303.1 289.8 323.6 7.34 6 750 2617 8.4 -8.5 29 17.0 1.1 115 13 305.7 306.2 286.8 314.2 2.68 7 700 3184 7.0 -15.8 18 22.8 -1.6 124 15 310.2 310.5 287.2 315.5 1.59 8 650 3790 4.7 -20.6 14 25.3 -3.9 138 19 314.2 314.5 288.1 318.1 1.14 9 600 4437 1.0 -26.2 11 27.2 -7.0 148 20 317.3 317.5 288.7 320.0 0.75 10 550 5130 -3.5 -31.3 10 27.8 -10.5 157 21 319.9 320.0 289.3 321.7 0.51 11 500 5874 -8.4 -34.2 10 25.8 -14.0 159 20 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.3 0.42 12 450 6682 -14.2 -35.9 14 21.7 -18.4 152 19 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.40 13 400 7563 -20.4 -28.1 50 7.7 -22.1 147 20 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.9 0.94 14 350 8542 -25.4 -28.1 78 2.7 -25.9 162 18 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.5 1.08 15 300 9643 -33.8 -37.0 72 3.3 -34.2 178 14 337.7 337.9 294.3 339.8 0.53 16 250 10892 -45.0 -49.0 64 4.0 -45.2 182 13 339.2 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.18 17 200 12340 -56.1 -64.2 35 8.2 -56.2 212 13 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 14149 -60.9 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.0 276 19 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16626 -66.4 -86.4 4 20.0 -66.5 318 4 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.78 m Freezing level: 588.59 mb = 4594.96 m = 15075.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.98 mb = 2850.54 m = 9352.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.06 C = 78.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.98 mb = 1663.71 m = 5458.28 ft T: 13.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 26.82 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.88 mb = 1565.43 m = 5135.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.01 C K Index: 12.22 Risk: None Sweat Index: 188.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.01 mb = 1593.86 m = 5229.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.01 mb = 1643.44 m = 5391.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 713.01 mb = 3032.82 m = 9950.08 ft B at Equ Level: 55.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 583.01 mb = 4665.62 m = 15306.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.1 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 167.1 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.61 Bulk Shear: 16.77 m/s