MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 20.7 14.8 69 5.8 16.9 183 12 296.9 298.9 291.5 329.0 11.08 2 950 523 18.9 14.1 73 4.9 15.8 186 17 296.4 298.3 290.9 327.2 10.67 3 900 989 19.8 11.0 57 8.8 14.3 217 36 301.9 303.6 291.5 329.2 9.20 4 850 1479 17.3 10.0 62 7.3 12.7 226 30 304.3 306.0 292.2 331.6 9.12 5 800 1994 13.7 9.7 77 4.0 11.2 232 25 305.7 307.5 292.9 334.2 9.48 6 750 2536 10.1 8.9 92 1.3 9.3 227 13 307.6 309.4 293.4 336.5 9.56 7 700 3107 6.5 5.6 95 0.8 6.0 213 12 309.6 311.2 293.0 334.8 8.20 8 650 3712 3.3 0.1 80 3.2 1.6 213 23 312.7 313.8 292.0 331.2 5.94 9 600 4358 0.2 -6.1 63 6.2 -2.7 218 27 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.3 4.05 10 550 5050 -4.1 -19.1 30 14.9 -9.1 227 29 319.2 319.5 290.1 324.4 1.54 11 500 5792 -9.7 -26.6 24 16.9 -14.1 231 32 321.2 321.4 290.0 324.3 0.87 12 450 6595 -16.1 -32.0 24 15.9 -19.3 235 32 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.1 0.58 13 400 7470 -22.3 -51.4 5 29.1 -25.3 241 32 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.08 14 350 8436 -29.1 -54.3 7 25.2 -31.1 238 31 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.07 15 300 9518 -37.9 -45.6 44 7.8 -38.5 225 31 332.0 332.0 292.5 332.8 0.21 16 250 10753 -45.4 -65.1 9 19.7 -46.0 244 33 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.02 17 200 12211 -53.6 -69.6 12 16.0 -53.9 248 39 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14030 -60.7 -80.0 6 19.3 -60.9 244 35 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16493 -69.1 -86.4 7 17.2 -69.2 242 20 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.13 m Freezing level: 598.02 mb = 4384.96 m = 14386.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.53 mb = 3944.48 m = 12941.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.31 mb = 1139.56 m = 3738.66 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 12.26 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.74 mb = 2739.71 m = 8988.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.93 C = 89.47 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: 2.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: 36.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6179.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.96 mb = 1774.54 m = 5821.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.7 neg: -26.9 tot: 151.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.30 Bulk Shear: 13.19 m/s