MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.3,-92.3 Latitude: 36.30 Longitude: -92.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 983 213 26.4 19.0 64 7.4 21.2 203 9 301.0 303.6 295.0 342.7 14.21 2 950 516 24.4 18.2 68 6.3 20.1 208 23 302.0 304.6 295.1 343.1 13.94 3 900 987 20.1 17.0 82 3.1 18.0 213 30 302.3 304.8 295.0 342.7 13.68 4 850 1478 16.9 13.0 78 3.9 14.3 230 36 303.8 305.9 293.6 336.9 11.11 5 800 1994 14.5 8.0 65 6.5 10.6 248 37 306.6 308.2 292.3 332.2 8.44 6 750 2536 11.0 -0.2 46 11.2 5.1 259 40 308.5 309.4 290.0 324.0 5.01 7 700 3107 5.9 0.8 70 5.1 3.2 259 48 309.0 310.1 290.8 326.9 5.78 8 650 3708 0.7 -0.4 93 1.1 0.1 252 48 309.7 310.8 291.0 327.4 5.72 9 600 4346 -3.6 -4.1 96 0.5 -3.8 252 50 312.0 312.8 290.8 326.8 4.71 10 550 5029 -7.8 -8.4 96 0.6 -8.1 247 53 314.8 315.5 290.7 326.7 3.70 11 500 5763 -12.9 -14.5 88 1.5 -13.5 244 58 317.3 317.7 290.4 325.5 2.50 12 450 6559 -18.0 -25.3 53 7.3 -19.7 246 62 320.6 320.8 290.1 324.4 1.09 13 400 7427 -24.3 -38.7 25 14.4 -26.3 245 68 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.34 14 350 8386 -30.8 -47.7 18 16.9 -32.3 243 77 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.15 15 300 9464 -38.2 -52.4 21 14.2 -39.1 250 93 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 16 250 10693 -47.2 -56.1 35 8.9 -47.5 252 101 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 17 200 12145 -53.2 -73.0 7 19.8 -53.5 256 81 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13975 -58.6 -83.7 3 25.1 -58.8 258 65 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16468 -67.9 -87.1 5 19.2 -68.0 247 41 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.83 m Freezing level: 642.32 mb = 3805.64 m = 12485.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.00 mb = 3719.84 m = 12204.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.42 mb = 1147.22 m = 3763.82 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 19.09 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.54 mb = 1706.18 m = 5597.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.82 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -7.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.89 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1936.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.93 mb = 1328.85 m = 4359.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.93 mb = 2536.98 m = 8323.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.93 mb = 11526.84 m = 37817.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1926.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.93 mb = 15350.34 m = 50361.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 44.0 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 337.2 neg: -3.8 tot: 333.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.69 Bulk Rich Number: 15.20 Bulk Shear: 127.36 m/s