MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.14,-95.79 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 984 199 24.1 20.6 81 3.5 21.6 185 15 298.7 301.6 295.4 344.5 15.73 2 950 500 20.5 19.6 95 0.9 19.9 193 24 298.0 300.7 294.8 342.3 15.29 3 900 968 21.0 14.3 65 6.8 16.5 230 42 303.2 305.3 293.6 337.2 11.44 4 850 1462 19.4 9.7 53 9.8 13.3 237 32 306.5 308.2 292.6 333.4 8.89 5 800 1981 16.4 9.9 66 6.5 12.3 237 28 308.6 310.4 293.8 338.0 9.64 6 750 2527 12.2 5.1 62 7.1 8.0 231 34 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.4 7.36 7 700 3100 6.6 3.6 81 2.9 4.9 230 35 309.8 311.1 292.2 331.7 7.12 8 650 3703 1.5 0.4 92 1.2 0.9 233 40 310.7 311.8 291.6 329.5 6.06 9 600 4343 -2.6 -4.7 85 2.1 -3.6 235 44 313.2 314.0 291.0 327.4 4.50 10 550 5028 -7.3 -11.2 74 3.8 -8.8 235 50 315.4 315.9 290.3 325.0 2.96 11 500 5762 -12.9 -18.2 65 5.3 -14.6 233 53 317.3 317.6 289.8 323.4 1.82 12 450 6557 -18.0 -28.6 39 10.6 -20.3 237 56 320.6 320.8 289.8 323.5 0.81 13 400 7427 -23.6 -38.2 25 14.6 -25.7 239 63 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.35 14 350 8389 -30.1 -47.3 17 17.2 -31.7 237 70 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.15 15 300 9468 -38.2 -44.3 53 6.0 -38.8 240 83 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.25 16 250 10695 -47.7 -52.8 55 5.2 -47.9 243 93 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.11 17 200 12148 -51.5 -71.5 7 20.0 -51.9 248 86 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13986 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 253 72 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16474 -68.3 -86.9 5 18.6 -68.4 264 36 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.87 m Freezing level: 631.22 mb = 3943.44 m = 12937.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.91 mb = 3828.14 m = 12559.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.58 % Est. max temperature: 32.60 C = 90.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.45 mb = 642.79 m = 2108.86 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 14.58 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.08 mb = 2194.59 m = 7200.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.48 C = 94.07 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: -6.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 39.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1473.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.77 mb = 1135.04 m = 3723.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.77 mb = 2891.92 m = 9487.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.77 mb = 11301.20 m = 37076.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1457.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.77 mb = 14507.40 m = 47595.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.3 neg: -36.0 tot: 253.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.49 Bulk Rich Number: 17.66 Bulk Shear: 83.48 m/s