MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 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 960 398 24.6 17.0 63 7.6 19.4 240 4 301.2 303.5 294.0 338.9 12.80 2 950 494 25.8 15.5 53 10.3 18.8 239 9 303.4 305.6 293.9 338.2 11.73 3 900 967 21.9 14.0 61 7.9 16.7 226 16 304.1 306.1 293.7 337.6 11.25 4 850 1460 17.4 12.7 74 4.7 14.4 214 22 304.4 306.4 293.6 337.0 10.94 5 800 1974 12.5 11.7 95 0.8 12.0 212 23 304.5 306.5 293.6 337.0 10.87 6 750 2514 9.6 9.1 96 0.6 9.3 234 31 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.3 9.70 7 700 3084 6.5 -0.1 63 6.6 3.0 232 30 309.7 310.7 290.7 326.5 5.42 8 650 3688 3.3 -18.1 19 21.4 -4.2 239 32 312.7 313.0 287.9 317.4 1.41 9 600 4332 -0.7 -26.8 12 26.1 -8.0 245 37 315.3 315.4 288.0 317.8 0.71 10 550 5020 -4.9 -30.3 12 25.4 -11.2 247 44 318.2 318.4 288.8 320.2 0.56 11 500 5762 -9.5 -37.7 8 28.2 -15.0 246 43 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.6 0.30 12 450 6566 -15.5 -41.5 9 26.1 -19.6 243 41 323.8 323.8 290.2 324.6 0.22 13 400 7443 -21.7 -46.2 9 24.5 -24.7 245 44 326.7 326.8 290.9 327.3 0.15 14 350 8410 -28.8 -54.7 6 25.9 -30.9 243 48 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.06 15 300 9493 -37.7 -54.6 15 16.9 -38.7 249 49 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 16 250 10723 -47.5 -60.8 20 13.3 -47.9 247 57 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.04 17 200 12172 -52.9 -70.3 10 17.3 -53.2 240 57 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13992 -60.2 -80.5 5 20.3 -60.4 247 54 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16470 -69.3 -86.5 6 17.2 -69.4 248 32 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.84 m Freezing level: 608.92 mb = 4216.77 m = 13834.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.13 mb = 3330.97 m = 10928.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.54 mb = 1363.51 m = 4473.40 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 21.43 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 1994.60 m = 6543.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.94 C = 82.30 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 32.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 580.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.42 mb = 1895.85 m = 6219.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.42 mb = 2376.52 m = 7796.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.42 mb = 10923.19 m = 35836.80 ft B at Equ Level: 578.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.42 mb = 13110.96 m = 43014.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.1 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 268.1 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.2 neg: -3.0 tot: 139.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 10.28 Bulk Shear: 56.48 m/s