MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 964 398 17.3 12.7 74 4.7 14.4 171 9 293.6 295.3 289.0 321.0 9.59 2 950 520 19.4 12.0 62 7.4 14.8 181 22 296.8 298.5 289.9 323.8 9.30 3 900 987 19.2 10.7 58 8.4 13.9 204 38 301.3 302.9 291.1 327.9 9.02 4 850 1475 15.7 8.5 62 7.2 11.3 212 32 302.6 304.1 290.9 327.0 8.21 5 800 1988 13.6 7.3 66 6.2 9.8 242 24 305.6 307.1 291.7 330.0 8.07 6 750 2530 11.4 0.6 47 10.8 5.6 242 19 308.9 309.9 290.4 325.5 5.34 7 700 3104 9.5 -12.5 20 22.0 0.4 227 18 313.0 313.4 288.7 319.8 2.09 8 650 3713 5.3 -7.2 40 12.5 -0.4 217 19 315.0 315.6 290.6 326.0 3.43 9 600 4361 0.4 -5.8 63 6.2 -2.5 217 17 316.6 317.4 291.7 329.9 4.14 10 550 5053 -4.4 -9.3 69 4.9 -6.5 222 16 318.8 319.5 291.7 330.0 3.43 11 500 5796 -9.3 -16.1 57 6.8 -11.7 215 19 321.7 322.1 291.5 329.0 2.17 12 450 6602 -15.5 -19.9 69 4.4 -16.9 211 22 323.7 324.0 291.6 329.7 1.75 13 400 7478 -21.9 -28.2 57 6.3 -23.2 215 28 326.5 326.7 291.7 329.9 0.94 14 350 8447 -27.7 -31.0 74 3.2 -28.3 206 31 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.4 0.83 15 300 9538 -36.5 -40.1 69 3.6 -36.9 201 46 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.39 16 250 10771 -46.5 -52.6 50 6.1 -46.8 202 47 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.3 0.12 17 200 12229 -52.6 -70.3 10 17.8 -52.9 209 41 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14049 -61.5 -80.3 7 18.7 -61.7 217 36 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16500 -71.0 -86.6 8 15.7 -71.0 248 35 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.59 m Freezing level: 595.85 mb = 4418.42 m = 14495.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.37 mb = 3373.85 m = 11068.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.93 mb = 997.30 m = 3271.96 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 10.13 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.77 mb = 3590.39 m = 11779.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.12 C = 100.61 F Cap Strength: 6.59 C Lifted Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.59 C Showalter Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 17.80 C K Index: 11.47 Risk: None Sweat Index: 217.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6975.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.57 mb = 1846.13 m = 6056.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.3 neg: -7.6 tot: 224.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 18.37 m/s