MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.23,-99.45 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -99.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 481 SFC 929 672 17.2 13.3 78 3.8 14.7 69 5 296.5 298.4 290.7 326.6 10.42 3 900 948 20.2 12.5 61 7.7 15.3 102 12 302.3 304.2 292.4 332.4 10.17 4 850 1441 18.6 14.5 77 4.1 15.9 210 14 305.7 308.0 295.0 342.6 12.33 5 800 1960 16.0 10.4 69 5.7 12.4 226 18 308.2 310.1 293.9 338.4 9.93 6 750 2504 11.7 4.5 62 7.1 7.5 232 23 309.2 310.6 292.0 331.0 7.07 7 700 3076 6.3 1.9 73 4.4 3.9 234 28 309.5 310.7 291.4 328.9 6.29 8 650 3679 1.4 -0.7 86 2.1 0.3 230 35 310.5 311.6 291.1 327.9 5.58 9 600 4318 -2.2 -21.4 21 19.1 -8.2 233 40 313.5 313.8 287.9 317.4 1.16 10 550 5003 -6.1 -29.6 14 23.5 -11.9 242 48 316.9 317.0 288.4 319.0 0.60 11 500 5742 -10.9 -33.4 14 22.5 -15.6 242 52 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.4 0.46 12 450 6543 -15.7 -38.1 13 22.5 -19.6 240 55 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.32 13 400 7419 -22.1 -40.8 17 18.7 -24.8 240 61 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.3 0.27 14 350 8386 -29.5 -46.6 17 17.2 -31.2 241 69 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 15 300 9466 -38.0 -47.5 36 9.5 -38.7 242 83 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.17 16 250 10696 -47.1 -53.6 47 6.6 -47.3 245 92 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 17 200 12146 -53.6 -70.2 11 16.6 -53.9 248 88 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13971 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.1 249 71 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16455 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.3 -67.5 262 45 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.11 m Freezing level: 630.94 mb = 3922.51 m = 12868.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.33 mb = 3699.51 m = 12137.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.61 mb = 1165.30 m = 3823.12 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 25.16 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.68 mb = 2585.77 m = 8483.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.71 C = 85.47 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.44 C K Index: 39.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 572.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.28 mb = 1861.07 m = 6105.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.28 mb = 3142.99 m = 10311.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.28 mb = 10581.20 m = 34714.80 ft B at Equ Level: 568.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.28 mb = 13019.01 m = 42712.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 260.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 2.57 Bulk Shear: 222.57 m/s