MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 36.12,-99.70 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -99.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 1 950 492 SFC 927 710 27.0 13.8 44 13.2 18.2 239 5 306.7 308.8 294.1 339.2 10.76 3 900 967 23.1 12.8 52 10.3 16.4 234 5 305.3 307.3 293.4 336.5 10.40 4 850 1462 18.2 11.8 66 6.4 14.1 225 6 305.2 307.1 293.3 336.1 10.31 5 800 1978 15.5 5.9 53 9.6 9.8 223 17 307.7 309.0 291.7 329.9 7.29 6 750 2522 12.1 -2.8 35 14.9 4.6 239 23 309.7 310.5 289.6 322.7 4.14 7 700 3095 8.4 -11.5 23 19.9 0.0 245 32 311.8 312.2 288.5 319.1 2.26 8 650 3701 4.1 -21.7 13 25.8 -4.3 242 33 313.6 313.8 287.8 317.1 1.03 9 600 4346 -0.3 -27.3 11 26.9 -7.8 241 36 315.7 315.9 288.1 318.1 0.68 10 550 5035 -4.6 -33.2 9 28.6 -11.2 241 43 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.42 11 500 5777 -9.8 -35.7 10 26.0 -15.0 242 44 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.5 0.36 12 450 6581 -15.6 -41.0 9 25.4 -19.7 243 41 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.24 13 400 7457 -21.5 -47.1 8 25.6 -24.6 244 44 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.14 14 350 8426 -28.7 -53.9 7 25.2 -30.7 244 45 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.07 15 300 9510 -37.2 -56.0 12 18.9 -38.2 248 49 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.06 16 250 10744 -46.5 -61.4 17 15.0 -46.9 245 57 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.04 17 200 12198 -52.8 -70.1 11 17.3 -53.1 245 54 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.02 18 150 14017 -60.5 -81.2 5 20.7 -60.7 242 52 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16484 -70.3 -86.4 8 16.1 -70.4 242 25 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.48 m Freezing level: 603.74 mb = 4297.54 m = 14099.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.77 mb = 3097.75 m = 10163.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 764.12 mb = 2364.59 m = 7757.76 ft T: 13.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 22.09 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.62 mb = 3005.17 m = 9859.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.59 C = 88.87 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 19.92 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 293.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.61 mb = 2326.15 m = 7631.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.61 mb = 4178.27 m = 13708.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.61 mb = 10157.80 m = 33325.71 ft B at Equ Level: 292.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.61 mb = 12113.53 m = 39742.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.9 neg: -4.1 tot: 111.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 3.56 Bulk Shear: 82.60 m/s