MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 39 SFC 960 398 24.7 15.7 57 9.0 18.6 341 12 301.4 303.5 293.3 335.9 11.74 2 950 487 23.8 14.7 57 9.1 17.8 342 15 301.4 303.4 292.9 334.2 11.13 3 900 956 19.3 13.4 69 5.9 15.4 343 18 301.4 303.3 292.6 333.1 10.77 4 850 1444 14.6 12.4 86 2.2 13.2 343 18 301.5 303.4 292.6 333.1 10.70 5 800 1954 10.8 6.8 76 4.0 8.5 332 12 302.7 304.1 290.6 325.9 7.79 6 750 2489 7.4 5.5 88 1.9 6.3 262 14 304.6 306.0 291.0 327.4 7.58 7 700 3054 3.7 -0.5 74 4.2 1.5 245 22 306.6 307.5 289.6 322.7 5.26 8 650 3650 -1.2 -9.2 54 8.0 -4.5 247 31 307.6 308.2 287.7 316.8 2.92 9 600 4283 -5.1 -26.1 17 21.0 -10.5 249 36 310.2 310.4 286.3 312.8 0.76 10 550 4961 -8.8 -34.3 11 25.5 -14.0 251 42 313.6 313.7 287.1 315.0 0.38 11 500 5690 -14.7 -31.5 22 16.8 -18.1 250 45 315.1 315.2 287.8 317.0 0.55 12 450 6479 -20.3 -33.5 30 13.2 -22.5 254 48 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.5 0.50 13 400 7339 -26.8 -33.8 52 6.9 -27.9 253 52 320.1 320.2 289.4 322.1 0.55 14 350 8288 -33.3 -45.1 29 11.9 -34.3 240 61 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.19 15 300 9355 -39.6 -55.4 17 15.8 -40.4 244 73 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.8 0.07 16 250 10587 -45.0 -65.1 9 20.1 -45.7 255 68 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.02 17 200 12059 -49.6 -76.7 3 27.0 -50.1 276 72 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13910 -57.2 -84.7 2 27.5 -57.5 269 50 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16417 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 262 41 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.87 m Freezing level: 662.17 mb = 3505.02 m = 11499.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.21 mb = 3202.00 m = 10505.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.11 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.90 mb = 1534.92 m = 5035.77 ft T: 13.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 14.66 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1787.51 m = 5864.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -5.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.37 C Cross Totals Index: 27.12 C K Index: 37.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1095.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.84 mb = 1676.66 m = 5500.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.84 mb = 1934.83 m = 6347.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.84 mb = 9777.26 m = 32077.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1091.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.84 mb = 12671.34 m = 41572.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 5.8 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.3 neg: -25.2 tot: 75.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 8.65 Bulk Shear: 126.60 m/s