MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 33 SFC 959 398 25.1 17.7 64 7.4 20.0 226 3 301.9 304.3 294.7 341.5 13.43 2 950 480 23.1 16.8 68 6.3 18.8 226 3 300.6 303.0 293.9 338.2 12.80 3 900 949 18.3 15.9 86 2.4 16.7 228 3 300.3 302.7 293.7 337.6 12.71 4 850 1438 16.9 12.5 75 4.4 14.1 222 5 303.8 305.8 293.3 336.0 10.78 5 800 1952 13.1 11.6 90 1.6 12.1 231 8 305.1 307.1 293.7 337.4 10.76 6 750 2492 9.6 3.5 66 6.1 6.2 249 14 307.0 308.2 290.9 327.1 6.58 7 700 3060 5.3 -5.9 44 11.2 0.2 242 21 308.4 309.1 288.6 319.5 3.53 8 650 3660 -0.4 -3.4 80 3.0 -1.8 243 30 308.5 309.4 289.6 322.8 4.59 9 600 4295 -4.8 -16.4 40 11.6 -8.8 241 42 310.5 310.8 287.5 316.3 1.76 10 550 4972 -9.2 -27.8 20 18.7 -13.6 241 50 313.2 313.3 287.3 315.6 0.70 11 500 5702 -13.6 -37.9 11 24.3 -17.8 242 54 316.4 316.5 287.9 317.5 0.29 12 450 6493 -19.9 -39.8 15 19.8 -22.8 242 57 318.2 318.2 288.5 319.2 0.27 13 400 7355 -26.0 -43.9 17 17.9 -28.0 241 66 321.2 321.3 289.3 321.9 0.19 14 350 8307 -32.8 -49.1 18 16.3 -34.1 242 74 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.12 15 300 9375 -40.4 -56.8 16 16.4 -41.2 244 78 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.06 16 250 10596 -47.0 -67.3 8 20.3 -47.5 248 75 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.02 17 200 12060 -50.4 -76.0 3 25.6 -50.9 261 59 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13908 -57.5 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.8 261 47 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16418 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.5 252 38 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.15 m Freezing level: 653.53 mb = 3617.26 m = 11867.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.09 mb = 3117.37 m = 10227.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.59 mb = 1331.84 m = 4369.51 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 17.89 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.35 mb = 1843.28 m = 6047.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.51 C Cross Totals Index: 26.12 C K Index: 31.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1578.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.23 mb = 1385.27 m = 4544.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.23 mb = 2489.81 m = 8168.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.23 mb = 10857.96 m = 35622.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1561.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.23 mb = 13897.88 m = 45596.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 17.86 Bulk Shear: 88.39 m/s