MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 39 SFC 960 398 23.5 18.1 72 5.4 19.8 199 4 300.2 302.7 294.4 340.4 13.73 2 950 487 24.5 16.6 62 7.9 19.1 208 10 302.1 304.4 294.1 339.3 12.63 3 900 961 22.7 14.1 58 8.6 17.0 217 25 304.9 307.0 294.0 338.7 11.32 4 850 1455 18.6 12.8 69 5.8 14.8 223 27 305.7 307.7 294.0 338.7 10.99 5 800 1972 13.9 10.9 82 3.0 12.0 224 28 306.0 307.9 293.6 337.0 10.32 6 750 2513 9.8 9.5 98 0.3 9.6 227 31 307.2 309.0 293.7 337.3 9.98 7 700 3082 5.0 1.3 77 3.7 3.0 239 38 308.0 309.1 290.7 326.5 6.02 8 650 3683 2.1 -16.1 24 18.2 -4.4 246 40 311.4 311.7 287.7 316.9 1.67 9 600 4325 -1.1 -23.1 17 22.0 -7.8 249 44 314.8 315.0 288.2 318.2 0.99 10 550 5013 -4.8 -31.1 11 26.3 -11.2 248 47 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.2 0.52 11 500 5754 -10.2 -33.9 12 23.7 -15.2 245 48 320.6 320.7 289.4 322.2 0.44 12 450 6557 -15.8 -40.8 10 25.1 -19.8 244 49 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.24 13 400 7433 -21.4 -45.4 10 24.0 -24.5 244 51 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.16 14 350 8402 -28.8 -49.5 12 20.6 -30.7 249 56 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.12 15 300 9483 -38.5 -47.7 37 9.2 -39.1 251 62 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.17 16 250 10705 -49.2 -53.7 59 4.5 -49.4 249 64 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.10 17 200 12148 -53.1 -71.5 9 18.5 -53.4 246 65 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 13980 -59.3 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 242 65 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16459 -67.6 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.7 249 41 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.29 m Freezing level: 617.08 mb = 4105.43 m = 13469.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.79 mb = 3319.66 m = 10891.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.65 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.48 mb = 1091.68 m = 3581.57 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 20.47 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.20 mb = 2150.11 m = 7054.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.66 C = 85.40 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 37.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 978.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.49 mb = 1861.08 m = 6105.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.49 mb = 2452.33 m = 8045.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.49 mb = 11372.30 m = 37310.24 ft B at Equ Level: 964.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.49 mb = 13750.81 m = 45113.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 240.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 11.95 Bulk Shear: 81.92 m/s