MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.05,-95.80 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 984 199 19.5 17.3 87 2.2 18.1 172 10 294.1 296.4 291.9 330.5 12.73 2 950 501 21.8 17.4 76 4.3 18.8 203 34 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.1 13.31 3 900 971 21.7 13.2 59 8.5 16.1 231 40 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.6 10.66 4 850 1465 18.0 13.4 75 4.6 15.0 244 34 305.0 307.1 294.1 339.2 11.45 5 800 1982 14.9 9.8 72 5.1 11.7 248 26 307.0 308.8 293.3 335.9 9.56 6 750 2526 12.4 3.7 55 8.7 7.4 235 30 310.0 311.3 291.9 330.6 6.66 7 700 3100 7.4 1.9 68 5.5 4.4 232 33 310.7 311.8 291.7 330.1 6.27 8 650 3704 1.8 0.4 90 1.4 1.1 231 34 311.0 312.2 291.7 329.9 6.07 9 600 4344 -2.3 -4.1 87 1.8 -3.1 227 39 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.4 4.70 10 550 5031 -6.6 -9.2 82 2.5 -7.7 233 44 316.2 316.9 291.0 327.4 3.47 11 500 5768 -11.6 -15.8 71 4.1 -13.0 233 47 318.9 319.3 290.7 326.3 2.24 12 450 6566 -16.8 -31.1 28 14.4 -19.7 241 51 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.4 0.63 13 400 7441 -22.2 -41.4 16 19.3 -24.8 242 57 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.25 14 350 8407 -29.4 -48.8 13 19.4 -31.2 242 63 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 15 300 9490 -38.0 -47.8 35 9.8 -38.7 248 73 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.17 16 250 10718 -47.7 -54.0 48 6.4 -47.9 251 85 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 17 200 12166 -53.0 -74.6 6 21.6 -53.4 251 92 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13993 -60.0 -83.0 3 23.0 -60.2 255 80 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16470 -69.3 -86.6 6 17.2 -69.4 264 36 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.73 m Freezing level: 627.64 mb = 3990.13 m = 13090.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.27 mb = 3861.93 m = 12670.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.89 mb = 483.50 m = 1586.27 ft T: 21.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 14.76 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.71 mb = 2528.91 m = 8296.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.40 C = 95.73 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 606.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.78 mb = 1375.97 m = 4514.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.78 mb = 3410.72 m = 11189.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.78 mb = 10881.64 m = 35700.48 ft B at Equ Level: 594.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.78 mb = 13058.46 m = 42842.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.1 neg: -13.2 tot: 328.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 13.66 Bulk Shear: 44.36 m/s