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: 36.23,-95.70 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -95.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 194 23.8 20.6 82 3.2 21.6 183 15 298.3 301.2 295.3 344.1 15.74 2 950 500 20.2 19.4 95 0.7 19.7 191 25 297.7 300.4 294.7 341.6 15.14 3 900 968 20.9 14.3 66 6.6 16.5 230 42 303.1 305.2 293.6 337.0 11.45 4 850 1461 19.1 10.3 57 8.8 13.6 237 31 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.2 9.30 5 800 1981 16.3 10.4 68 5.8 12.6 237 28 308.5 310.4 294.0 338.8 9.97 6 750 2526 12.0 5.3 63 6.8 8.0 231 35 309.6 311.0 292.4 332.5 7.45 7 700 3099 6.5 3.9 84 2.6 5.0 230 36 309.6 311.0 292.2 331.9 7.24 8 650 3701 1.4 0.3 92 1.2 0.8 233 41 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.2 6.01 9 600 4341 -2.7 -4.4 88 1.7 -3.5 235 45 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.6 4.61 10 550 5026 -7.2 -10.7 76 3.5 -8.7 236 50 315.5 316.1 290.4 325.5 3.06 11 500 5761 -12.8 -17.5 68 4.7 -14.3 234 54 317.4 317.8 289.9 323.9 1.93 12 450 6556 -17.9 -26.9 45 9.1 -20.0 237 57 320.8 320.9 290.0 324.0 0.93 13 400 7426 -23.6 -37.4 27 13.8 -25.7 238 63 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.38 14 350 8388 -30.2 -47.5 17 17.3 -31.8 237 70 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.15 15 300 9467 -38.4 -44.4 53 6.0 -38.9 241 82 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.25 16 250 10693 -47.8 -52.8 56 5.1 -48.0 243 93 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 17 200 12146 -51.7 -71.1 8 19.4 -52.1 248 86 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13983 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.2 253 73 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16472 -68.2 -87.3 5 19.1 -68.3 264 36 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.19 m Freezing level: 632.64 mb = 3923.50 m = 12872.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.31 mb = 3821.41 m = 12537.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.42 mb = 596.70 m = 1957.65 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 14.89 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.03 mb = 2172.61 m = 7127.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.34 C = 93.80 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 39.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1432.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 181.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.86 mb = 1104.66 m = 3624.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.86 mb = 2855.07 m = 9366.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.86 mb = 11211.60 m = 36783.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1422.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.86 mb = 14368.48 m = 47140.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.2 neg: -37.1 tot: 267.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.54 Bulk Rich Number: 16.02 Bulk Shear: 89.43 m/s