MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 50 SFC 983 200 24.0 17.5 67 6.6 19.5 198 16 298.6 301.0 293.3 336.1 12.86 2 950 496 20.1 16.2 78 3.9 17.5 200 25 297.6 299.8 292.6 333.1 12.26 3 900 961 18.4 9.5 56 9.0 13.0 215 38 300.5 302.0 290.3 325.0 8.29 4 850 1450 16.9 4.0 42 12.9 9.6 234 35 303.9 305.0 289.3 322.0 6.01 5 800 1964 14.3 1.9 43 12.4 7.5 258 28 306.4 307.4 289.8 323.2 5.49 6 750 2505 10.3 -2.7 40 13.0 3.8 267 29 307.8 308.5 289.0 320.7 4.18 7 700 3073 5.2 -2.7 57 7.9 1.3 271 29 308.2 309.0 289.4 322.1 4.48 8 650 3673 1.1 -16.3 26 17.4 -5.1 264 45 310.2 310.5 287.3 315.5 1.64 9 600 4310 -3.3 -18.3 30 15.0 -8.2 258 52 312.3 312.6 287.9 317.3 1.51 10 550 4992 -7.7 -33.2 11 25.5 -13.2 255 54 315.0 315.1 287.6 316.5 0.42 11 500 5726 -11.9 -39.8 8 27.9 -16.7 251 57 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.4 0.24 12 450 6525 -17.0 -37.6 15 20.6 -20.5 243 67 321.8 321.9 289.7 323.0 0.33 13 400 7397 -23.3 -37.9 25 14.6 -25.5 235 73 324.7 324.7 290.6 326.0 0.36 14 350 8359 -30.0 -34.9 62 4.9 -30.7 222 67 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.4 0.56 15 300 9439 -38.6 -43.7 59 5.0 -39.1 218 64 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.27 16 250 10673 -44.6 -65.6 8 21.0 -45.2 257 50 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.02 17 200 12144 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.4 283 68 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.00 18 150 13979 -60.0 -81.6 4 21.6 -60.2 272 53 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16463 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 254 37 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.28 m Freezing level: 637.79 mb = 3828.60 m = 12560.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.75 mb = 3192.61 m = 10474.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.74 mb = 1030.17 m = 3379.79 ft T: 18.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 14.06 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.59 mb = 2497.97 m = 8195.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 15.92 C K Index: 24.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 98.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 243.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.45 mb = 1465.08 m = 4806.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.45 mb = 3630.14 m = 11909.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 383.45 mb = 7701.36 m = 25266.64 ft B at Equ Level: 97.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 283.45 mb = 9822.89 m = 32226.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.1 neg: -10.9 tot: 259.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 132.07 m/s