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: 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 46 SFC 960 398 19.0 18.1 94 0.9 18.4 156 2 295.6 298.0 293.0 335.0 13.73 2 950 490 20.9 16.8 77 4.1 18.1 168 4 298.4 300.7 293.2 335.5 12.76 3 900 958 20.0 13.1 65 6.9 15.5 240 6 302.1 304.0 292.6 333.4 10.58 4 850 1449 17.6 7.0 50 10.6 11.3 250 16 304.6 306.0 290.8 326.9 7.40 5 800 1963 13.3 7.4 67 5.9 9.7 247 22 305.3 306.8 291.6 329.7 8.09 6 750 2502 8.5 6.0 84 2.5 7.1 252 27 305.8 307.3 291.6 329.5 7.84 7 700 3069 5.0 2.3 83 2.7 3.5 246 34 308.0 309.2 291.1 327.8 6.46 8 650 3670 0.7 -2.2 81 2.9 -0.7 245 40 309.7 310.7 290.3 325.3 5.00 9 600 4308 -3.2 -11.0 55 7.8 -6.3 240 42 312.4 312.9 289.1 321.3 2.75 10 550 4992 -6.4 -18.7 37 12.3 -10.4 239 51 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.9 1.59 11 500 5729 -11.6 -25.3 31 13.7 -15.2 236 58 318.9 319.0 289.5 322.2 0.97 12 450 6529 -16.4 -38.4 13 22.1 -20.1 235 60 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.8 0.31 13 400 7403 -22.4 -43.0 14 20.6 -25.1 236 66 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.6 0.21 14 350 8368 -30.2 -46.2 19 16.1 -31.7 238 70 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.8 0.17 15 300 9444 -39.2 -46.7 45 7.5 -39.7 242 78 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.9 0.19 16 250 10666 -48.6 -53.7 55 5.1 -48.8 246 93 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.10 17 200 12111 -54.0 -70.6 11 16.6 -54.2 250 91 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.01 18 150 13939 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 248 70 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16437 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 268 41 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.85 m Freezing level: 641.50 mb = 3778.45 m = 12396.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.67 mb = 3562.48 m = 11687.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.75 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.46 mb = 513.02 m = 1683.12 ft T: 20.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 8.63 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.42 mb = 2191.79 m = 7190.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.26 C Cross Totals Index: 18.61 C K Index: 33.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 349.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.84 mb = 1663.02 m = 5456.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.84 mb = 2794.08 m = 9166.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.84 mb = 10055.73 m = 32990.83 ft B at Equ Level: 348.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.84 mb = 11987.52 m = 39328.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.1 neg: -2.2 tot: 95.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 137.95 m/s