MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.4,-98.71 Latitude: 35.40 Longitude: -98.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 952 478 19.4 15.5 79 3.8 16.8 206 9 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.6 11.75 2 950 496 18.9 15.4 80 3.5 16.6 206 8 296.4 298.5 291.7 329.9 11.62 3 900 962 22.7 7.0 36 15.7 13.3 265 18 304.9 306.2 290.6 326.1 7.00 4 850 1457 20.1 -0.3 25 20.4 9.2 269 20 307.2 308.0 289.0 320.8 4.41 5 800 1974 15.3 -2.2 30 17.5 6.4 269 23 307.5 308.2 288.8 320.1 4.06 6 750 2515 10.4 -2.4 41 12.7 4.0 260 37 307.8 308.6 289.1 321.1 4.28 7 700 3085 6.4 -0.6 61 7.0 2.7 249 43 309.5 310.5 290.5 325.8 5.23 8 650 3687 1.1 -0.1 92 1.2 0.5 235 41 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.3 5.85 9 600 4327 -3.0 -3.5 96 0.5 -3.3 231 43 312.6 313.6 291.2 328.1 4.92 10 550 5011 -7.3 -8.1 94 0.8 -7.7 233 49 315.4 316.2 291.0 327.6 3.78 11 500 5747 -12.2 -13.7 88 1.6 -12.8 232 49 318.2 318.7 290.8 326.9 2.64 12 450 6545 -17.5 -19.3 86 1.8 -18.0 228 57 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.5 1.84 13 400 7415 -24.1 -25.0 92 0.9 -24.4 220 70 323.6 323.9 291.2 328.0 1.25 14 350 8373 -32.1 -37.1 61 5.0 -32.7 217 80 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.2 0.45 15 300 9442 -40.0 -52.1 27 12.0 -40.7 223 86 328.9 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.10 16 250 10667 -45.5 -65.0 9 19.5 -46.2 234 84 338.3 338.4 293.9 338.4 0.02 17 200 12141 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.8 256 73 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.00 18 150 13981 -58.7 -83.8 3 25.1 -58.9 266 65 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16477 -67.5 -87.8 4 20.4 -67.6 260 41 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.10 m Freezing level: 636.70 mb = 3857.49 m = 12655.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.83 mb = 3763.60 m = 12347.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.55 mb = 966.20 m = 3169.91 ft T: 22.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 10.54 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.03 mb = 3344.19 m = 10971.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.25 C Cross Totals Index: 11.90 C K Index: 25.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6787.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.54 mb = 2586.58 m = 8486.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 4.5 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: -59.3 tot: -40.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 83.18 m/s