MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.48,-97.09 Latitude: 35.48 Longitude: -97.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 972 324 26.0 14.0 47 12.0 18.1 332 8 301.6 303.5 292.3 332.3 10.38 2 950 524 25.7 13.3 46 12.4 17.5 335 17 303.3 305.1 292.6 333.4 10.12 3 900 996 21.3 12.2 56 9.1 15.4 336 21 303.4 305.3 292.6 333.1 9.95 4 850 1487 16.6 11.0 70 5.6 13.1 334 21 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.6 9.76 5 800 2000 11.9 10.5 91 1.4 11.0 328 19 303.8 305.6 292.7 333.6 10.00 6 750 2537 7.5 7.2 98 0.3 7.3 300 17 304.7 306.3 291.8 330.3 8.53 7 700 3101 3.0 1.1 87 1.9 2.0 273 22 305.8 306.9 289.9 323.9 5.94 8 650 3697 0.2 -13.3 36 13.5 -4.9 274 33 309.2 309.6 287.4 316.0 2.11 9 600 4336 -2.0 -21.8 20 19.8 -8.1 289 40 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.6 1.12 10 550 5021 -6.7 -32.2 11 25.5 -12.5 292 45 316.2 316.3 288.1 317.8 0.47 11 500 5757 -11.7 -41.0 7 29.3 -16.7 292 49 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.5 0.21 12 450 6554 -18.2 -48.5 5 30.3 -21.8 298 52 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.10 13 400 7420 -24.8 -50.9 7 26.1 -27.3 296 55 322.8 322.8 289.7 323.1 0.09 14 350 8379 -31.0 -58.5 5 27.5 -32.7 292 63 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.2 0.04 15 300 9456 -38.0 -55.1 15 17.1 -39.0 284 69 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.07 16 250 10693 -43.3 -67.9 5 24.6 -44.1 283 69 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.02 17 200 12179 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.0 283 65 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.00 18 150 14009 -61.5 -79.8 7 18.3 -61.7 271 58 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16480 -67.7 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.8 270 36 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.37 m Freezing level: 645.65 mb = 3752.80 m = 12312.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.45 mb = 3270.01 m = 10728.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.79 mb = 1844.89 m = 6052.73 ft T: 13.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 17.64 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.98 mb = 2210.65 m = 7252.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.55 C = 83.38 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.39 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 37.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 517.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.93 mb = 2094.62 m = 6872.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.93 mb = 2361.86 m = 7748.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.93 mb = 9548.09 m = 31325.38 ft B at Equ Level: 510.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.93 mb = 11668.64 m = 38282.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.3 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 326.3 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.3 neg: -13.6 tot: 35.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 8.65 Bulk Shear: 59.85 m/s