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: 36.00,-96.11 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 235 22.7 20.3 87 2.3 21.1 188 13 297.6 300.4 295.0 342.6 15.53 2 950 499 19.8 19.5 98 0.3 19.6 193 23 297.3 300.0 294.6 341.2 15.17 3 900 966 20.6 13.3 63 7.3 15.8 226 41 302.7 304.7 292.9 334.5 10.73 4 850 1460 19.9 6.0 40 13.9 11.7 238 30 307.0 308.3 291.2 328.1 6.92 5 800 1979 17.0 5.1 45 11.9 10.0 237 28 309.3 310.6 291.9 330.5 6.89 6 750 2525 12.2 6.2 66 6.1 8.6 234 29 309.8 311.3 292.9 334.2 7.93 7 700 3099 6.7 3.9 82 2.8 5.1 234 30 309.9 311.3 292.3 332.3 7.25 8 650 3702 1.4 0.0 91 1.4 0.7 237 32 310.6 311.7 291.4 328.9 5.91 9 600 4341 -2.9 -4.3 90 1.4 -3.6 236 36 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.4 4.64 10 550 5026 -7.4 -9.2 87 1.7 -8.1 236 40 315.3 315.9 290.7 326.5 3.47 11 500 5760 -12.6 -15.6 78 3.0 -13.6 232 44 317.7 318.1 290.3 325.2 2.27 12 450 6557 -17.4 -21.3 71 3.9 -18.5 228 49 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.6 1.55 13 400 7429 -23.4 -28.2 64 4.9 -24.4 228 58 324.6 324.8 291.1 327.9 0.94 14 350 8390 -30.6 -41.2 34 10.7 -31.7 230 70 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.30 15 300 9467 -38.8 -45.2 51 6.4 -39.3 235 83 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.23 16 250 10692 -48.1 -53.5 53 5.4 -48.3 237 92 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.11 17 200 12146 -51.7 -74.8 5 23.1 -52.1 247 86 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13987 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.2 251 69 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16474 -69.5 -87.3 6 17.8 -69.6 254 46 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.40 m Freezing level: 633.81 mb = 3908.69 m = 12823.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.18 mb = 3798.30 m = 12461.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.41 % Est. max temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.81 mb = 528.30 m = 1733.25 ft T: 19.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 14.53 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.84 mb = 2359.54 m = 7741.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.70 C = 94.45 F Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.48 C Cross Totals Index: 18.61 C K Index: 35.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1140.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 243.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.77 mb = 1191.89 m = 3910.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.77 mb = 3077.64 m = 10097.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.77 mb = 11185.40 m = 36697.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1118.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.77 mb = 13912.05 m = 45642.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.7 neg: -16.3 tot: 238.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.78 Bulk Rich Number: 20.96 Bulk Shear: 54.42 m/s