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: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 959 398 24.6 17.7 66 6.9 19.9 192 4 301.4 303.8 294.6 340.9 13.43 2 950 482 26.3 16.3 54 9.9 19.5 203 10 303.8 306.1 294.5 340.6 12.38 3 900 956 22.6 14.3 59 8.3 17.1 210 20 304.8 307.0 294.1 339.2 11.49 4 850 1450 17.9 13.2 74 4.7 14.8 211 25 304.9 307.0 294.0 338.7 11.30 5 800 1966 13.8 13.1 95 0.7 13.4 213 26 305.9 308.1 294.7 341.7 11.93 6 750 2508 10.8 3.2 59 7.6 6.5 237 31 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.1 6.44 7 700 3079 7.3 -4.0 44 11.3 1.8 238 38 310.6 311.3 289.8 323.4 4.06 8 650 3683 3.1 -18.9 18 22.0 -4.4 242 40 312.5 312.8 287.8 316.9 1.32 9 600 4328 0.2 -40.0 3 40.3 -8.4 243 41 316.4 316.4 287.8 317.1 0.19 10 550 5018 -4.6 -33.7 8 29.1 -11.3 245 46 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.40 11 500 5759 -9.9 -36.3 10 26.4 -15.2 245 46 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.34 12 450 6563 -15.6 -41.3 9 25.7 -19.7 241 45 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.23 13 400 7439 -22.0 -47.0 8 25.0 -24.9 241 48 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.14 14 350 8406 -28.9 -54.6 7 25.8 -30.9 241 48 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.07 15 300 9490 -37.3 -54.3 15 17.0 -38.3 247 50 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.08 16 250 10721 -47.8 -58.4 28 10.6 -48.2 240 56 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.06 17 200 12169 -52.5 -72.2 7 19.8 -52.8 240 61 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 13994 -60.6 -81.7 5 21.1 -60.7 242 60 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16466 -68.1 -86.8 5 18.7 -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: 5728.39 m Freezing level: 597.85 mb = 4357.34 m = 14295.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.69 mb = 3247.51 m = 10654.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.11 mb = 1277.82 m = 4192.28 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 24.77 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.54 mb = 2204.77 m = 7233.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.17 C = 86.30 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 29.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 836.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.19 mb = 1900.06 m = 6233.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.19 mb = 2947.83 m = 9671.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.19 mb = 11228.39 m = 36838.10 ft B at Equ Level: 827.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.19 mb = 13537.89 m = 44415.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 225.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.2 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: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 10.28 Bulk Shear: 81.35 m/s