MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 49 SFC 960 398 18.9 18.2 96 0.7 18.5 129 3 295.5 298.0 293.1 335.2 13.83 2 950 490 17.9 17.8 99 0.2 17.8 141 4 295.4 297.8 292.9 334.3 13.58 3 900 955 18.5 14.4 77 4.1 15.8 112 4 300.5 302.7 292.9 334.4 11.53 4 850 1445 17.4 6.6 49 10.8 11.0 226 4 304.4 305.7 290.6 326.1 7.22 5 800 1959 13.9 5.4 56 8.5 9.0 245 11 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.3 7.04 6 750 2500 9.6 6.2 79 3.4 7.6 248 17 307.0 308.5 292.0 331.1 7.95 7 700 3068 4.9 -0.9 66 5.9 2.0 247 23 307.9 308.9 289.9 323.7 5.11 8 650 3667 -0.3 -2.8 83 2.5 -1.5 237 30 308.7 309.6 289.8 323.5 4.79 9 600 4303 -4.0 -16.5 37 12.5 -8.2 235 40 311.5 311.9 287.8 317.3 1.76 10 550 4983 -8.6 -22.7 31 14.2 -12.5 234 46 313.9 314.1 288.0 317.7 1.12 11 500 5714 -13.5 -30.6 22 17.1 -17.1 235 52 316.5 316.7 288.3 318.6 0.60 12 450 6508 -18.7 -35.1 22 16.4 -21.5 235 58 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.3 0.43 13 400 7374 -24.8 -37.7 29 12.9 -26.6 238 65 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.1 0.37 14 350 8329 -32.2 -43.6 31 11.4 -33.3 236 75 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.23 15 300 9399 -39.9 -51.1 29 11.1 -40.6 235 88 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.12 16 250 10622 -46.9 -59.9 21 13.0 -47.3 239 92 336.3 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.05 17 200 12085 -50.8 -77.6 3 26.8 -51.2 248 65 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.00 18 150 13930 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 255 55 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16440 -64.9 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 260 33 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.28 m Freezing level: 652.64 mb = 3635.41 m = 11927.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.75 mb = 3401.10 m = 11158.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.22 mb = 487.83 m = 1600.48 ft T: 17.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 13.87 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.59 mb = 2175.79 m = 7138.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 31.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 776.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.14 mb = 1333.06 m = 4373.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.14 mb = 2996.20 m = 9829.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.14 mb = 9954.71 m = 32659.40 ft B at Equ Level: 773.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.14 mb = 12545.49 m = 41159.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.0 neg: -13.3 tot: 48.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 6.49 Bulk Shear: 119.74 m/s