MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.16,-95.05 Latitude: 36.16 Longitude: -95.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 977 269 24.2 20.7 81 3.5 21.8 204 13 299.4 302.3 295.7 346.0 15.96 2 950 509 21.6 19.9 90 1.6 20.4 207 22 299.1 301.9 295.4 344.6 15.61 3 900 976 18.1 17.3 95 0.8 17.5 220 37 300.2 302.7 294.6 341.0 13.92 4 850 1466 16.3 10.4 68 5.9 12.6 237 45 303.2 304.9 292.0 331.0 9.34 5 800 1979 13.4 5.8 60 7.6 9.0 239 38 305.4 306.8 291.0 327.4 7.25 6 750 2519 9.4 2.8 63 6.7 5.8 238 35 306.8 308.0 290.5 325.9 6.23 7 700 3086 4.2 -0.4 72 4.6 1.8 242 34 307.1 308.1 289.8 323.4 5.29 8 650 3683 -0.5 -0.9 97 0.4 -0.7 236 33 308.4 309.5 290.4 325.4 5.51 9 600 4322 -2.7 -3.0 98 0.3 -2.9 230 33 313.0 314.0 291.5 329.1 5.12 10 550 5008 -6.6 -7.1 96 0.5 -6.8 235 35 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.4 4.08 11 500 5746 -10.9 -12.3 90 1.3 -11.5 237 47 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.5 2.98 12 450 6548 -16.5 -18.1 87 1.7 -17.0 231 54 322.5 322.9 291.6 329.4 2.04 13 400 7420 -23.7 -26.0 81 2.3 -24.2 230 57 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.2 1.15 14 350 8382 -30.2 -33.1 76 2.9 -30.7 236 63 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.67 15 300 9458 -39.8 -43.0 71 3.2 -40.1 236 77 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.28 16 250 10677 -48.4 -54.9 47 6.5 -48.6 241 95 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.09 17 200 12133 -51.5 -76.2 4 24.7 -51.8 249 74 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13971 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.8 255 60 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16463 -68.0 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.1 258 38 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.63 m Freezing level: 655.21 mb = 3621.18 m = 11880.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.72 mb = 3515.07 m = 11532.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.50 mb = 706.90 m = 2319.21 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 22.60 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.80 mb = 1054.67 m = 3460.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.47 C = 77.85 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.23 C Showalter Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 32.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1888.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.87 mb = 948.78 m = 3112.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.87 mb = 1896.33 m = 6221.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.87 mb = 11574.60 m = 37973.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1864.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.87 mb = 14952.16 m = 49055.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.3 neg: -31.3 tot: 231.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.05 Bulk Rich Number: 39.26 Bulk Shear: 48.11 m/s