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: 37.60,-97.34 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -97.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 959 399 24.7 17.8 65 6.9 19.9 192 4 301.5 303.9 294.6 341.2 13.50 2 950 481 26.3 16.3 54 10.0 19.5 203 10 303.9 306.2 294.5 340.6 12.36 3 900 956 22.7 14.3 59 8.4 17.1 210 20 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.1 11.46 4 850 1450 17.9 13.2 74 4.7 14.8 211 24 304.9 307.0 294.0 338.8 11.31 5 800 1965 13.9 13.2 95 0.8 13.4 213 26 306.0 308.2 294.8 342.0 11.98 6 750 2508 10.7 3.4 61 7.3 6.6 236 31 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.3 6.54 7 700 3079 7.3 -4.3 44 11.6 1.7 238 38 310.5 311.3 289.7 323.0 3.97 8 650 3683 3.2 -19.8 17 23.0 -4.6 242 40 312.6 312.8 287.6 316.7 1.22 9 600 4328 0.2 -39.0 3 39.3 -8.3 243 41 316.4 316.4 287.8 317.2 0.22 10 550 5017 -4.6 -33.7 8 29.1 -11.3 245 46 318.7 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.40 11 500 5759 -9.8 -36.8 9 27.0 -15.2 245 46 321.1 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.33 12 450 6563 -15.6 -41.4 9 25.8 -19.7 241 45 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.23 13 400 7439 -22.0 -47.5 8 25.5 -24.9 241 48 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.13 14 350 8406 -28.9 -54.1 7 25.2 -30.9 241 48 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.07 15 300 9490 -37.3 -54.1 16 16.7 -38.4 247 50 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.08 16 250 10720 -47.9 -58.3 29 10.5 -48.2 240 56 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12169 -52.4 -72.3 7 19.8 -52.8 240 61 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13994 -60.6 -81.7 5 21.1 -60.7 242 60 365.7 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16466 -68.1 -87.3 5 19.2 -68.2 247 41 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.57 m Freezing level: 597.82 mb = 4357.53 m = 14296.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.63 mb = 3236.10 m = 10616.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.18 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.61 mb = 1282.68 m = 4208.22 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 25.28 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.56 mb = 2215.25 m = 7267.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 29.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 840.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.30 mb = 1909.37 m = 6264.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.30 mb = 2958.03 m = 9704.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.30 mb = 11253.00 m = 36918.85 ft B at Equ Level: 830.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.30 mb = 13572.90 m = 44529.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 225.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 10.24 Bulk Shear: 82.13 m/s