MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510010600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510010600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 1 OCT 25 Station: 37.1,-94.4 Latitude: 37.10 Longitude: -94.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 982 310 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 171 2 290.3 292.3 289.4 322.1 11.27 2 950 596 22.7 15.0 62 7.7 17.6 243 2 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.5 11.36 3 900 1065 19.5 13.2 67 6.2 15.4 130 6 301.6 303.5 292.6 333.1 10.69 4 850 1554 14.9 11.7 81 3.2 12.9 117 8 301.8 303.7 292.3 332.0 10.22 5 800 2064 10.8 7.8 82 2.9 9.0 126 13 302.6 304.2 291.0 327.5 8.35 6 750 2599 9.1 -7.0 31 16.2 1.8 145 11 306.5 307.0 287.4 315.9 3.00 7 700 3169 8.2 -29.9 5 38.1 -2.6 145 7 311.6 311.7 286.5 313.2 0.46 8 650 3776 4.6 -18.4 17 23.0 -3.6 158 10 314.2 314.5 288.3 318.8 1.38 9 600 4422 0.6 -26.1 11 26.7 -7.2 163 12 316.8 317.0 288.6 319.5 0.76 10 550 5114 -3.8 -40.5 4 36.7 -11.2 157 14 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.3 0.20 11 500 5858 -8.7 -39.7 6 31.1 -14.6 165 17 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.3 0.24 12 450 6664 -14.4 -24.8 41 10.4 -17.1 163 23 325.1 325.4 291.5 329.1 1.14 13 400 7548 -19.2 -22.7 74 3.5 -20.1 202 8 330.0 330.3 293.2 335.5 1.55 14 350 8529 -25.7 -29.8 68 4.1 -26.5 225 11 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.5 0.92 15 300 9627 -34.1 -42.2 44 8.2 -35.0 203 18 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.5 0.31 16 250 10879 -42.9 -61.0 12 18.1 -43.7 233 13 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.04 17 200 12357 -50.5 -72.5 6 22.1 -50.9 294 35 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14179 -62.0 -82.0 5 20.1 -62.1 323 20 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16641 -67.9 -86.1 6 18.2 -68.0 317 9 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.35 m Freezing level: 593.20 mb = 4516.31 m = 14817.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.11 mb = 2832.50 m = 9292.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.54 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.14 mb = 343.29 m = 1126.27 ft T: 16.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 20.28 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1881.12 m = 6171.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.35 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: -2.77 Risk: None Sweat Index: 173.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5857.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.25 mb = 1511.32 m = 4958.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.1 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 182.1 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.8 neg: -9.6 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.00 Bulk Shear: 12.83 m/s