MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 55 SFC 961 398 21.8 17.3 76 4.4 18.8 21 3 298.3 300.7 293.4 336.3 13.07 2 950 499 22.3 16.1 68 6.2 18.1 25 4 299.8 302.0 293.2 335.4 12.18 3 900 968 20.1 14.3 69 5.8 16.3 225 10 302.2 304.4 293.4 336.2 11.50 4 850 1460 17.2 12.9 76 4.3 14.4 229 19 304.1 306.2 293.6 337.2 11.08 5 800 1975 13.2 10.8 85 2.4 11.7 239 26 305.2 307.1 293.3 335.9 10.21 6 750 2514 8.6 7.8 95 0.7 8.2 241 31 305.9 307.6 292.4 332.8 8.92 7 700 3080 4.4 -1.2 67 5.5 1.6 249 35 307.3 308.3 289.6 322.8 5.03 8 650 3680 1.1 -15.8 27 16.8 -5.0 252 39 310.2 310.5 287.3 315.8 1.72 9 600 4318 -2.8 -21.7 22 18.9 -8.5 251 42 312.9 313.1 287.6 316.7 1.12 10 550 5002 -6.0 -27.8 16 21.8 -11.6 248 47 317.0 317.1 288.5 319.4 0.71 11 500 5742 -10.0 -35.4 10 25.5 -15.2 243 48 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.3 0.37 12 450 6543 -16.0 -38.5 13 22.5 -19.8 242 52 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.2 0.30 13 400 7420 -21.9 -42.6 13 20.8 -24.6 240 57 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.22 14 350 8386 -29.5 -44.2 23 14.7 -31.1 244 64 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.21 15 300 9464 -39.7 -45.8 52 6.2 -40.1 249 69 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.21 16 250 10682 -48.9 -56.3 42 7.4 -49.2 251 80 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.07 17 200 12128 -53.1 -70.6 10 17.4 -53.4 252 87 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 13962 -58.7 -81.4 4 22.7 -58.9 252 66 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16450 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 249 43 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.01 m Freezing level: 636.27 mb = 3854.88 m = 12647.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.80 mb = 3222.53 m = 10572.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.55 mb = 963.14 m = 3159.86 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 21.38 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.63 mb = 2030.86 m = 6662.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 727.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.00 mb = 1580.40 m = 5184.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.00 mb = 2370.27 m = 7776.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.00 mb = 11138.60 m = 36543.51 ft B at Equ Level: 707.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.00 mb = 13052.53 m = 42822.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.2 neg: -19.8 tot: 173.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 5.99 Bulk Shear: 121.61 m/s