MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.55,-96.74 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 957 426 23.8 17.7 68 6.2 19.6 202 5 300.7 303.2 294.3 340.1 13.40 2 950 490 26.0 16.9 57 9.0 19.8 207 10 303.5 305.9 294.7 341.8 12.88 3 900 965 22.4 15.2 63 7.3 17.5 212 20 304.6 306.9 294.5 340.8 12.13 4 850 1459 17.7 14.2 80 3.6 15.4 210 23 304.7 307.0 294.5 340.6 12.03 5 800 1974 13.5 11.9 90 1.6 12.5 215 25 305.5 307.6 294.0 338.6 11.03 6 750 2516 10.8 9.5 91 1.3 10.0 238 26 308.3 310.2 294.0 338.7 9.99 7 700 3089 6.8 6.2 96 0.6 6.5 238 34 310.1 311.7 293.4 336.3 8.54 8 650 3694 2.7 -2.0 71 4.7 0.3 252 41 312.0 313.0 291.2 328.0 5.08 9 600 4337 -1.3 -16.9 29 15.6 -6.8 253 38 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.2 1.69 10 550 5024 -5.4 -27.6 16 22.2 -11.2 252 41 317.7 317.8 288.8 320.2 0.72 11 500 5764 -9.8 -36.5 9 26.6 -15.2 250 43 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.34 12 450 6568 -15.4 -42.3 8 26.9 -19.6 249 41 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.20 13 400 7444 -22.0 -46.8 9 24.8 -24.9 248 43 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.14 14 350 8412 -28.6 -55.2 6 26.6 -30.7 243 44 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.06 15 300 9498 -36.8 -56.8 11 20.0 -37.9 246 45 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.06 16 250 10731 -46.8 -59.8 21 13.0 -47.3 241 54 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12183 -53.5 -70.7 10 17.3 -53.8 242 60 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14000 -60.9 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.1 245 64 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16470 -68.8 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 250 31 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.92 m Freezing level: 616.29 mb = 4127.04 m = 13540.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.79 mb = 3721.07 m = 12208.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.16 mb = 1216.40 m = 3990.75 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 18.50 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.34 mb = 1949.05 m = 6394.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 41.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1062.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.09 mb = 1794.27 m = 5886.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.09 mb = 2604.24 m = 8543.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.09 mb = 11215.03 m = 36794.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1062.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.09 mb = 14330.15 m = 47014.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 212.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.79 Bulk Shear: 67.31 m/s