MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.54,-97.84 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 965 355 20.9 16.9 78 4.0 18.2 215 3 297.1 299.4 292.7 333.8 12.69 2 950 489 22.3 16.1 68 6.2 18.1 211 14 299.8 302.0 293.2 335.4 12.17 3 900 961 22.1 15.1 65 6.9 17.4 217 35 304.3 306.5 294.4 340.3 12.11 4 850 1455 18.9 13.5 71 5.4 15.3 228 34 305.9 308.1 294.4 340.6 11.54 5 800 1973 14.3 12.3 88 2.0 13.0 237 31 306.3 308.5 294.4 340.3 11.29 6 750 2515 10.0 9.6 97 0.4 9.7 239 27 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.7 10.03 7 700 3085 5.9 3.9 87 2.0 4.7 231 28 309.0 310.4 292.0 331.2 7.23 8 650 3688 2.1 -2.4 72 4.5 -0.2 243 32 311.3 312.3 290.8 326.8 4.93 9 600 4331 -1.0 -7.9 60 6.9 -4.1 246 37 314.9 315.6 290.6 326.3 3.52 10 550 5020 -4.9 -18.1 35 13.2 -9.4 243 44 318.3 318.6 289.9 323.9 1.67 11 500 5760 -10.4 -32.5 14 22.1 -15.2 239 47 320.4 320.5 289.4 322.2 0.50 12 450 6562 -15.6 -39.4 11 23.8 -19.6 241 52 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.7 0.28 13 400 7440 -21.4 -42.5 13 21.2 -24.3 241 55 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.23 14 350 8409 -29.2 -46.6 17 17.4 -30.9 241 59 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.17 15 300 9489 -38.2 -49.1 31 10.8 -39.0 247 68 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.15 16 250 10714 -48.7 -53.5 57 4.8 -48.8 252 78 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 17 200 12159 -52.9 -71.0 9 18.0 -53.3 254 89 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13990 -59.1 -82.2 4 23.0 -59.3 250 74 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16471 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.8 260 39 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.54 m Freezing level: 616.35 mb = 4120.31 m = 13517.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.60 mb = 3667.83 m = 12033.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.93 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.07 mb = 863.73 m = 2833.71 ft T: 22.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 18.36 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.45 mb = 2127.08 m = 6978.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 40.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 838.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.40 mb = 1634.01 m = 5360.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.40 mb = 2543.57 m = 8344.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.40 mb = 11327.61 m = 37163.61 ft B at Equ Level: 820.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.40 mb = 13683.29 m = 44892.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.3 neg: -13.6 tot: 206.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 17.14 Bulk Shear: 48.94 m/s