MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-97.48 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -97.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 965 360 26.4 16.1 53 10.3 19.4 178 11 302.6 304.8 293.9 338.1 12.00 2 950 499 26.7 15.6 51 11.1 19.2 182 22 304.3 306.5 294.2 339.6 11.84 3 900 973 22.5 14.4 60 8.1 17.1 189 27 304.7 306.9 294.1 339.3 11.56 4 850 1467 17.9 13.4 75 4.5 15.0 195 27 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.1 11.46 5 800 1983 15.4 9.0 66 6.4 11.4 222 26 307.6 309.3 293.0 335.0 9.04 6 750 2530 13.5 -0.5 38 13.9 6.1 258 20 311.2 312.1 290.7 326.6 4.93 7 700 3106 8.7 0.4 56 8.3 4.2 268 25 312.1 313.2 291.6 329.7 5.63 8 650 3713 3.9 -5.7 50 9.5 -0.6 270 33 313.3 314.1 290.5 325.6 3.86 9 600 4359 1.0 -20.6 18 21.6 -6.2 257 33 317.2 317.5 289.2 321.4 1.23 10 550 5052 -3.7 -22.5 22 18.8 -9.5 250 37 319.7 319.9 289.9 323.6 1.14 11 500 5795 -9.7 -31.5 15 21.8 -14.6 246 34 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.2 0.55 12 450 6600 -15.1 -40.4 10 25.3 -19.3 246 36 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.2 0.25 13 400 7478 -21.2 -47.2 8 26.0 -24.4 250 39 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.14 14 350 8449 -28.0 -54.8 6 26.8 -30.2 250 40 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.06 15 300 9536 -36.8 -53.8 16 17.0 -37.8 258 47 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.08 16 250 10773 -45.8 -60.7 17 15.0 -46.3 256 55 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.04 17 200 12232 -52.5 -71.4 9 18.8 -52.9 254 62 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14049 -62.3 -80.4 7 18.2 -62.4 252 53 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16501 -70.6 -86.3 8 15.7 -70.6 255 27 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.30 m Freezing level: 589.73 mb = 4501.87 m = 14769.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.42 mb = 3632.60 m = 11917.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.36 mb = 1666.27 m = 5466.68 ft T: 16.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 12.98 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.95 mb = 2790.21 m = 9154.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.32 C = 95.58 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 32.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 539.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.71 mb = 1944.04 m = 6378.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.71 mb = 3604.03 m = 11824.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.71 mb = 10806.23 m = 35453.08 ft B at Equ Level: 537.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.71 mb = 12942.48 m = 42461.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.9 neg: -3.1 tot: 194.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 6.06 Bulk Shear: 88.99 m/s