MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.48,-96.01 Latitude: 35.48 Longitude: -96.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 982 226 22.9 20.5 86 2.4 21.2 212 16 297.6 300.4 295.0 343.0 15.65 2 950 515 20.7 19.2 91 1.5 19.7 217 31 298.2 301.0 294.7 341.7 14.94 3 900 983 20.2 6.5 41 13.7 12.1 235 36 302.3 303.5 289.5 322.5 6.74 4 850 1472 15.4 5.2 51 10.2 9.6 239 33 302.3 303.5 289.3 321.9 6.55 5 800 1981 11.2 3.5 59 7.6 7.0 259 27 303.1 304.2 289.3 321.7 6.18 6 750 2518 8.2 3.7 74 4.4 5.7 268 25 305.5 306.7 290.5 325.7 6.69 7 700 3084 4.8 2.4 85 2.4 3.5 238 19 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.7 6.52 8 650 3684 0.4 -0.0 97 0.4 0.2 222 22 309.4 310.5 291.0 327.6 5.88 9 600 4325 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.1 211 28 313.9 314.9 292.0 331.0 5.43 10 550 5013 -5.6 -6.1 96 0.5 -5.9 210 36 317.4 318.3 292.2 331.6 4.40 11 500 5754 -10.1 -11.1 93 1.0 -10.5 212 39 320.7 321.3 292.1 331.5 3.28 12 450 6560 -14.9 -16.3 89 1.4 -15.4 216 42 324.5 325.0 292.4 332.5 2.37 13 400 7439 -21.6 -23.6 84 2.0 -22.1 218 43 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.9 1.43 14 350 8407 -29.3 -31.9 78 2.6 -29.7 221 52 329.3 329.4 292.3 332.0 0.76 15 300 9488 -38.6 -41.6 73 3.0 -38.9 230 62 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.33 16 250 10709 -48.7 -54.1 53 5.4 -49.0 240 84 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.10 17 200 12163 -51.4 -77.8 3 26.4 -51.8 245 84 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.00 18 150 14001 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -58.9 249 68 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16485 -69.1 -86.3 7 17.2 -69.2 264 37 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.49 m Freezing level: 641.38 mb = 3794.47 m = 12448.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.27 mb = 3730.05 m = 12237.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.70 mb = 526.82 m = 1728.39 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 21.27 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.04 mb = 1783.53 m = 5851.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 15.36 C K Index: 28.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.70 mb = 1434.50 m = 4706.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.70 mb = 2312.93 m = 7588.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.70 mb = 10225.80 m = 33548.81 ft B at Equ Level: 185.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.70 mb = 11580.71 m = 37993.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.5 neg: -1.8 tot: 140.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 55.59 Bulk Shear: 3.35 m/s