MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.33,-95.20 Latitude: 36.33 Longitude: -95.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 981 228 20.9 17.2 80 3.7 18.4 188 10 295.6 297.9 292.3 332.1 12.69 2 950 505 21.2 18.0 82 3.2 19.0 200 29 298.7 301.2 294.0 338.7 13.77 3 900 975 21.5 14.6 65 6.9 16.9 231 38 303.7 305.9 293.9 338.4 11.68 4 850 1469 17.8 12.8 73 5.0 14.5 244 32 304.7 306.8 293.7 337.6 10.97 5 800 1984 12.9 11.4 90 1.5 11.9 248 25 304.9 306.9 293.5 336.7 10.62 6 750 2524 9.9 7.3 84 2.6 8.3 235 25 307.3 308.9 292.6 333.3 8.57 7 700 3095 6.3 4.3 87 1.9 5.2 228 34 309.4 310.8 292.3 332.4 7.47 8 650 3698 2.3 0.6 88 1.7 1.4 232 38 311.6 312.8 291.9 330.7 6.15 9 600 4341 -1.5 -3.9 84 2.4 -2.7 233 42 314.4 315.3 291.6 329.6 4.78 10 550 5030 -5.3 -8.3 79 3.0 -6.6 235 43 317.8 318.5 291.7 329.8 3.72 11 500 5770 -10.9 -19.8 48 8.9 -13.6 237 43 319.7 320.1 290.3 325.1 1.58 12 450 6570 -16.4 -28.8 34 12.4 -19.2 247 45 322.6 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.79 13 400 7446 -21.8 -39.9 18 18.1 -24.4 246 52 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.30 14 350 8413 -29.3 -47.5 16 18.1 -31.1 243 58 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.15 15 300 9495 -37.7 -48.6 31 10.9 -38.5 248 69 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.8 0.15 16 250 10725 -47.7 -51.2 67 3.5 -47.9 252 80 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.14 17 200 12171 -53.7 -69.7 12 16.0 -54.0 254 89 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 13994 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 255 73 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16479 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.9 264 33 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.00 m Freezing level: 619.63 mb = 4088.49 m = 13413.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.09 mb = 3909.84 m = 12827.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.45 mb = 695.44 m = 2281.61 ft T: 21.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 9.17 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.38 mb = 1842.66 m = 6045.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.67 C K Index: 39.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 739.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.66 mb = 1311.09 m = 4301.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.66 mb = 2739.88 m = 8989.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.66 mb = 10972.05 m = 35997.09 ft B at Equ Level: 736.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.66 mb = 13559.19 m = 44485.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.0 neg: -13.2 tot: 282.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 15.27 Bulk Shear: 48.43 m/s