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: 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 44 SFC 960 399 27.4 16.4 51 11.1 19.9 215 12 304.1 306.3 294.4 340.6 12.27 2 950 495 25.8 15.4 53 10.4 18.8 214 14 303.4 305.5 293.8 338.0 11.66 3 900 967 21.1 14.4 66 6.7 16.7 213 16 303.2 305.4 293.7 337.5 11.52 4 850 1458 16.4 13.1 81 3.3 14.3 214 18 303.3 305.4 293.4 336.6 11.21 5 800 1973 14.7 9.8 72 4.9 11.6 219 29 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.6 9.54 6 750 2517 11.2 9.3 88 1.9 10.0 222 25 308.7 310.6 294.0 338.7 9.87 7 700 3090 7.2 5.6 90 1.6 6.2 236 31 310.4 312.0 293.2 335.5 8.16 8 650 3695 2.3 -2.6 70 4.9 -0.1 241 35 311.6 312.5 290.8 326.9 4.86 9 600 4338 -0.5 -25.0 14 24.5 -7.7 245 34 315.6 315.7 288.2 318.5 0.84 10 550 5028 -4.3 -31.8 10 27.5 -10.9 243 41 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.7 0.49 11 500 5770 -9.5 -37.7 8 28.2 -15.0 242 40 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.6 0.30 12 450 6575 -15.3 -40.5 10 25.3 -19.4 242 37 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.25 13 400 7451 -22.0 -46.3 9 24.3 -24.9 243 40 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.15 14 350 8418 -29.3 -50.5 11 21.2 -31.1 239 42 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.11 15 300 9501 -37.5 -57.2 11 19.7 -38.5 247 43 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.06 16 250 10734 -46.4 -61.6 16 15.2 -46.9 247 51 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.04 17 200 12189 -53.5 -70.3 11 16.9 -53.8 246 49 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14006 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.4 243 47 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16475 -70.2 -86.3 8 16.2 -70.2 240 29 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.93 m Freezing level: 608.25 mb = 4231.81 m = 13883.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.77 mb = 3685.22 m = 12090.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.64 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.23 mb = 1792.28 m = 5880.10 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 20.25 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.59 mb = 2421.03 m = 7942.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.07 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 37.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 527.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.70 mb = 1818.55 m = 5966.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.70 mb = 3211.10 m = 10534.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.70 mb = 10741.43 m = 35240.47 ft B at Equ Level: 522.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.70 mb = 12864.51 m = 42205.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.2 neg: -12.3 tot: 123.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 12.02 Bulk Shear: 43.88 m/s