MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 37.3,-92.0 Latitude: 37.30 Longitude: -92.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 972 391 19.5 14.1 71 5.4 16.1 41 3 295.0 296.9 290.3 325.1 10.48 2 950 594 24.3 12.5 47 11.9 16.7 90 16 301.9 303.7 291.8 330.3 9.60 3 900 1065 20.5 10.8 54 9.6 14.4 81 9 302.6 304.3 291.6 329.6 9.09 4 850 1555 15.8 10.0 68 5.8 12.2 80 8 302.7 304.4 291.6 329.7 9.08 5 800 2065 10.8 9.0 88 1.9 9.7 81 8 302.7 304.3 291.6 329.5 9.02 6 750 2601 8.6 -3.2 43 11.8 2.9 99 5 305.9 306.7 288.2 318.4 4.03 7 700 3171 9.2 -19.5 11 28.7 -1.0 105 11 312.7 312.9 287.6 316.6 1.16 8 650 3780 5.2 -17.2 18 22.4 -3.1 103 10 314.8 315.1 288.7 319.9 1.53 9 600 4428 1.2 -22.6 15 23.8 -6.4 134 6 317.5 317.7 289.1 321.1 1.04 10 550 5121 -3.5 -29.5 11 26.0 -10.2 155 8 320.0 320.1 289.4 322.1 0.61 11 500 5865 -9.0 -34.4 11 25.4 -14.5 151 13 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.6 0.41 12 450 6673 -13.8 -36.5 13 22.7 -18.1 150 17 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.2 0.37 13 400 7556 -19.9 -48.6 6 28.6 -23.4 168 18 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.12 14 350 8533 -25.9 -41.8 21 16.0 -28.0 179 15 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.9 0.28 15 300 9630 -34.3 -41.8 46 7.5 -35.1 203 9 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.4 0.32 16 250 10877 -45.0 -53.7 37 8.7 -45.4 193 10 339.2 339.3 294.2 339.7 0.10 17 200 12332 -53.0 -71.8 8 18.8 -53.4 314 25 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14141 -62.9 -80.2 8 17.3 -63.0 326 24 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.00 19 100 16613 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 309 8 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.46 m Freezing level: 587.01 mb = 4607.95 m = 15117.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.18 mb = 3017.13 m = 9898.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.12 mb = 1082.81 m = 3552.49 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 13.08 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.17 mb = 2587.75 m = 8489.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lifted Index: 2.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.11 C Showalter Index: 2.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 5.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 148.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5802.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.39 mb = 2082.10 m = 6830.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.0 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 145.0 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.4 neg: -19.1 tot: 26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.51 Bulk Shear: 4.60 m/s