MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.8,-97.21 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 970 308 26.7 16.5 54 10.1 19.8 177 11 302.4 304.7 294.0 338.7 12.28 2 950 496 26.9 16.0 51 10.9 19.5 183 23 304.5 306.7 294.5 340.6 12.13 3 900 970 22.4 15.1 63 7.3 17.4 189 26 304.6 306.8 294.4 340.5 12.05 4 850 1464 17.6 14.0 79 3.6 15.2 194 26 304.6 306.8 294.4 340.2 11.91 5 800 1980 15.8 8.5 62 7.3 11.3 231 23 308.0 309.6 292.9 334.5 8.72 6 750 2526 12.9 7.4 70 5.4 9.5 241 22 310.5 312.2 293.6 337.2 8.67 7 700 3103 9.2 1.1 57 8.1 4.8 245 26 312.7 313.8 292.0 331.3 5.92 8 650 3711 3.5 -2.0 67 5.5 0.7 255 34 312.9 313.9 291.4 329.0 5.09 9 600 4356 0.2 -22.7 16 22.9 -7.0 252 36 316.3 316.5 288.7 319.8 1.02 10 550 5047 -4.2 -32.4 9 28.3 -10.9 250 38 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.8 0.46 11 500 5789 -9.3 -38.6 7 29.3 -14.9 250 37 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.27 12 450 6594 -15.2 -39.5 11 24.3 -19.3 248 38 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.27 13 400 7472 -21.2 -46.8 8 25.7 -24.3 246 40 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.14 14 350 8443 -28.3 -54.9 6 26.6 -30.4 248 40 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.06 15 300 9530 -36.4 -55.8 12 19.4 -37.6 254 45 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.07 16 250 10766 -46.4 -60.1 20 13.8 -46.8 248 50 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.3 0.05 17 200 12222 -52.5 -72.2 8 19.7 -52.9 246 57 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14040 -61.9 -81.7 5 19.8 -62.0 247 58 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16495 -70.0 -86.5 7 16.4 -70.1 248 32 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.66 m Freezing level: 598.25 mb = 4379.81 m = 14369.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.33 mb = 3768.94 m = 12365.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.98 mb = 1595.56 m = 5234.72 ft T: 17.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 17.39 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.06 mb = 2649.14 m = 8691.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.20 C = 95.36 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 32.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 740.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.68 mb = 1856.98 m = 6092.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.68 mb = 3502.93 m = 11492.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.68 mb = 11123.43 m = 36493.74 ft B at Equ Level: 735.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.68 mb = 13764.81 m = 45159.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 182.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 8.95 Bulk Shear: 82.73 m/s