MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 62 SFC 962 399 25.3 16.3 58 9.0 19.2 204 13 301.7 304.0 293.7 337.8 12.22 2 950 510 22.9 15.3 62 7.6 17.8 204 16 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.5 11.59 3 900 978 18.4 13.5 73 4.9 15.3 209 20 300.5 302.5 292.4 332.5 10.89 4 850 1468 17.8 10.7 63 7.1 13.3 218 25 304.8 306.6 292.7 333.5 9.57 5 800 1985 15.2 9.9 70 5.3 11.9 217 22 307.4 309.2 293.4 336.4 9.60 6 750 2528 10.9 8.0 82 2.9 9.2 218 19 308.5 310.1 293.3 336.0 9.04 7 700 3101 7.2 4.5 83 2.8 5.6 234 23 310.5 311.9 292.7 333.7 7.55 8 650 3707 3.3 -1.1 73 4.4 1.0 236 30 312.7 313.7 291.6 329.7 5.43 9 600 4351 -0.3 -15.7 30 15.4 -6.0 239 34 315.8 316.2 289.4 322.1 1.88 10 550 5041 -4.7 -29.4 12 24.8 -10.9 238 36 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.7 0.61 11 500 5782 -9.9 -37.5 8 27.6 -15.3 238 35 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.0 0.30 12 450 6586 -15.8 -42.2 8 26.3 -19.9 240 36 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.21 13 400 7461 -22.3 -47.6 8 25.3 -25.2 242 38 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.13 14 350 8427 -29.5 -50.3 12 20.8 -31.3 239 37 328.9 329.0 291.5 329.4 0.11 15 300 9507 -37.6 -56.7 12 19.1 -38.7 243 36 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.06 16 250 10743 -45.8 -61.7 15 15.9 -46.3 246 43 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.04 17 200 12199 -53.5 -70.1 11 16.6 -53.8 242 45 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14018 -60.2 -82.3 4 22.2 -60.3 238 40 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16483 -69.9 -85.7 8 15.8 -69.9 235 23 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.18 m Freezing level: 603.63 mb = 4303.80 m = 14119.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.72 mb = 3797.40 m = 12458.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.06 mb = 1527.60 m = 5011.76 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 15.69 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.12 mb = 2537.89 m = 8326.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 20.67 C K Index: 35.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 117.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 261.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.42 mb = 1666.48 m = 5467.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 525.42 mb = 5396.64 m = 17705.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 305.42 mb = 9381.52 m = 30778.90 ft B at Equ Level: 115.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 245.42 mb = 10863.32 m = 35640.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.7 neg: -24.1 tot: 66.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.10 Bulk Shear: 28.74 m/s