MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 56 SFC 961 398 17.3 16.9 98 0.4 17.1 77 4 293.8 296.0 291.7 330.0 12.71 2 950 496 18.8 16.4 86 2.4 17.2 95 7 296.2 298.5 292.3 332.1 12.44 3 900 961 18.5 14.2 76 4.3 15.7 98 2 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.9 11.35 4 850 1451 17.2 10.8 66 6.4 13.1 240 15 304.2 306.0 292.5 332.9 9.61 5 800 1965 12.7 9.7 82 3.0 10.8 244 19 304.6 306.4 292.5 333.0 9.48 6 750 2503 8.6 5.4 80 3.2 6.7 249 24 305.9 307.3 291.3 328.5 7.49 7 700 3071 4.8 1.1 77 3.7 2.8 251 31 307.8 308.9 290.6 325.9 5.92 8 650 3670 0.3 -2.0 85 2.3 -0.8 245 39 309.3 310.3 290.3 325.1 5.10 9 600 4308 -3.5 -7.4 74 3.9 -5.2 236 43 312.1 312.7 289.9 323.7 3.65 10 550 4991 -7.4 -19.8 36 12.5 -11.2 234 50 315.4 315.6 288.8 320.2 1.44 11 500 5724 -13.0 -31.1 20 18.0 -16.9 236 52 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.2 0.57 12 450 6519 -17.8 -33.9 23 16.1 -20.8 239 57 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.6 0.48 13 400 7388 -23.9 -41.2 19 17.2 -26.2 243 65 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.26 14 350 8349 -31.1 -40.5 39 9.4 -32.1 245 75 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.0 0.32 15 300 9421 -39.8 -50.4 32 10.5 -40.5 248 87 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 16 250 10641 -48.6 -59.3 28 10.6 -49.0 249 99 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 17 200 12086 -53.8 -72.4 8 18.6 -54.1 253 93 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 13922 -57.1 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.4 256 69 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16430 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 267 43 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.24 m Freezing level: 645.86 mb = 3723.13 m = 12214.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.02 mb = 3534.35 m = 11595.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.84 mb = 443.29 m = 1454.35 ft T: 17.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.86 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.66 mb = 1989.69 m = 6527.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.57 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 37.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 604.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.41 mb = 1356.84 m = 4451.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.41 mb = 2788.75 m = 9149.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.41 mb = 10266.35 m = 33681.83 ft B at Equ Level: 602.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.41 mb = 12604.03 m = 41351.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.7 neg: -2.2 tot: 157.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 3.21 Bulk Shear: 188.54 m/s