MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 81 SFC 964 398 16.6 13.0 79 3.6 14.4 176 9 292.9 294.6 289.0 320.9 9.82 2 950 520 18.3 12.5 69 5.9 14.7 186 21 295.8 297.5 289.8 323.5 9.60 3 900 986 18.6 12.2 66 6.4 14.5 210 37 300.6 302.5 291.7 330.0 9.95 4 850 1475 16.9 6.8 51 10.1 10.9 218 28 303.8 305.2 290.5 325.8 7.31 5 800 1989 13.5 8.9 73 4.7 10.7 238 23 305.6 307.3 292.4 332.6 8.96 6 750 2531 11.0 7.7 80 3.3 9.0 270 12 308.5 310.2 293.2 335.3 8.81 7 700 3103 7.1 4.2 82 2.9 5.4 236 14 310.4 311.8 292.6 333.2 7.40 8 650 3710 3.8 0.6 80 3.2 2.1 218 18 313.3 314.4 292.4 332.6 6.16 9 600 4356 -0.1 -4.6 72 4.5 -2.3 213 20 316.0 316.9 291.9 330.6 4.54 10 550 5047 -4.6 -9.7 67 5.1 -6.8 217 22 318.6 319.3 291.6 329.6 3.33 11 500 5790 -9.6 -15.6 62 6.0 -11.7 219 26 321.4 321.8 291.5 329.0 2.28 12 450 6595 -15.9 -18.8 78 2.9 -16.8 224 27 323.3 323.6 291.6 329.8 1.92 13 400 7471 -21.9 -28.2 56 6.3 -23.2 231 28 326.5 326.7 291.7 329.9 0.93 14 350 8440 -28.5 -36.2 48 7.7 -29.6 220 33 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.2 0.50 15 300 9526 -37.3 -42.4 59 5.2 -37.8 198 46 332.8 332.9 292.8 334.0 0.30 16 250 10757 -46.4 -58.3 25 11.9 -46.9 225 32 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.3 0.06 17 200 12213 -53.7 -71.3 10 17.6 -54.0 255 28 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 14031 -61.0 -81.2 5 20.2 -61.2 237 31 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16491 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.6 247 28 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.11 m Freezing level: 601.02 mb = 4343.16 m = 14249.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.12 mb = 4012.09 m = 13162.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.98 mb = 862.55 m = 2829.86 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 6.33 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.57 mb = 2990.71 m = 9811.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.60 C = 92.48 F Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lifted Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.00 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 16.39 C K Index: 30.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6238.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.92 mb = 1697.96 m = 5570.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.7 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 250.7 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 200.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.37 Bulk Shear: 13.67 m/s