MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 52 SFC 960 399 21.1 17.4 80 3.6 18.6 111 5 297.6 300.0 293.3 335.8 13.16 2 950 493 19.4 16.7 84 2.7 17.6 114 6 296.9 299.2 292.7 333.5 12.69 3 900 958 18.4 14.2 76 4.2 15.7 138 7 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.9 11.38 4 850 1448 17.5 11.0 65 6.5 13.4 216 7 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.6 9.73 5 800 1963 13.1 9.8 81 3.3 11.0 222 13 305.1 306.9 292.7 333.8 9.57 6 750 2503 9.6 5.8 77 3.8 7.4 242 19 307.0 308.4 291.9 330.5 7.73 7 700 3071 5.6 -0.3 66 5.9 2.5 240 26 308.7 309.7 290.3 325.3 5.36 8 650 3672 0.3 -4.5 70 4.8 -2.0 232 35 309.3 310.1 289.5 322.5 4.22 9 600 4308 -4.2 -17.7 34 13.4 -8.7 232 42 311.2 311.5 287.6 316.5 1.59 10 550 4987 -8.7 -21.5 35 12.8 -12.4 235 49 313.7 314.0 288.1 317.9 1.24 11 500 5718 -13.8 -27.9 29 14.1 -17.0 239 53 316.2 316.4 288.4 318.9 0.77 12 450 6510 -18.9 -35.2 22 16.3 -21.7 241 58 319.5 319.6 289.0 321.0 0.42 13 400 7376 -24.9 -40.7 22 15.8 -26.9 244 66 322.6 322.6 289.9 323.6 0.27 14 350 8331 -32.1 -44.4 29 12.3 -33.3 244 79 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.21 15 300 9401 -40.1 -53.0 24 12.9 -40.8 244 92 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.09 16 250 10622 -47.9 -63.0 16 15.1 -48.3 247 94 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.03 17 200 12076 -52.2 -74.6 5 22.4 -52.5 254 75 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13917 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.6 258 60 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16429 -66.0 -85.5 5 19.5 -66.2 255 39 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.01 m Freezing level: 646.93 mb = 3711.01 m = 12175.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.86 mb = 3403.87 m = 11167.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.78 mb = 855.62 m = 2807.13 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 17.38 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2053.18 m = 6736.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.31 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 897.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.07 mb = 1387.29 m = 4551.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.07 mb = 3058.79 m = 10035.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.07 mb = 10332.06 m = 33897.44 ft B at Equ Level: 893.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.07 mb = 13076.04 m = 42899.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 105.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 5.92 Bulk Shear: 151.55 m/s