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: 36.54,-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 40 SFC 964 355 18.0 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 136 5 294.2 296.5 292.1 331.4 13.03 2 950 482 20.8 16.6 77 4.2 17.9 170 14 298.3 300.6 293.0 334.9 12.61 3 900 951 20.1 14.5 70 5.6 16.4 226 20 302.2 304.4 293.5 336.6 11.63 4 850 1444 19.0 13.8 72 5.2 15.5 239 12 306.1 308.3 294.7 341.4 11.75 5 800 1962 15.7 9.8 68 5.9 12.0 231 20 307.9 309.7 293.6 336.9 9.56 6 750 2506 11.7 4.6 62 7.1 7.6 230 29 309.2 310.6 292.0 331.0 7.08 7 700 3079 6.7 2.5 75 4.1 4.4 230 38 309.9 311.1 291.7 330.2 6.58 8 650 3681 1.3 -2.3 77 3.6 -0.5 229 42 310.4 311.4 290.6 326.0 4.98 9 600 4321 -2.9 -13.0 46 10.1 -6.8 229 47 312.7 313.2 288.8 320.3 2.33 10 550 5004 -7.2 -27.3 18 20.1 -12.3 233 47 315.6 315.7 288.1 318.2 0.74 11 500 5739 -12.1 -33.3 15 21.1 -16.4 236 51 318.2 318.3 288.7 319.9 0.46 12 450 6536 -17.2 -36.2 18 19.0 -20.5 236 56 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.1 0.39 13 400 7408 -23.2 -40.2 19 17.0 -25.6 237 63 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.9 0.29 14 350 8370 -30.3 -47.7 17 17.4 -31.9 238 71 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.15 15 300 9449 -38.2 -45.4 47 7.2 -38.8 241 85 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.22 16 250 10677 -47.4 -53.0 52 5.6 -47.6 243 93 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.11 17 200 12131 -52.2 -71.9 8 19.7 -52.5 248 88 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13966 -58.8 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 253 70 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16455 -67.7 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.8 262 43 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.53 m Freezing level: 634.68 mb = 3877.27 m = 12720.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.22 mb = 3616.44 m = 11864.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.51 mb = 432.30 m = 1418.30 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 23.22 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.57 mb = 2399.46 m = 7872.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.71 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.17 C Cross Totals Index: 25.94 C K Index: 40.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 818.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 208.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.77 mb = 1435.68 m = 4710.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.77 mb = 3127.89 m = 10261.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.77 mb = 10787.76 m = 35392.48 ft B at Equ Level: 809.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.77 mb = 13328.25 m = 43727.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.6 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.0 neg: -31.3 tot: 204.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 8.71 Bulk Shear: 93.90 m/s