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: 35.58,-95.80 Latitude: 35.58 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 984 207 23.2 20.6 85 2.6 21.4 208 16 297.7 300.6 295.1 343.3 15.70 2 950 513 20.7 19.4 92 1.3 19.8 213 30 298.2 301.0 294.8 342.2 15.13 3 900 981 20.7 7.2 42 13.4 12.7 230 41 302.8 304.1 290.0 324.1 7.10 4 850 1471 16.5 4.5 45 12.0 9.7 234 34 303.4 304.6 289.4 322.2 6.21 5 800 1983 12.1 2.6 52 9.5 6.9 244 28 304.1 305.1 289.2 321.6 5.79 6 750 2519 8.1 1.3 62 6.8 4.5 262 27 305.4 306.4 289.5 322.5 5.62 7 700 3085 4.4 1.7 83 2.7 2.9 257 22 307.3 308.5 290.6 326.2 6.18 8 650 3684 0.2 -0.0 98 0.3 0.1 238 20 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.4 5.87 9 600 4324 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.5 223 23 313.5 314.5 291.7 330.0 5.25 10 550 5012 -5.8 -6.4 95 0.6 -6.1 216 31 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.1 4.30 11 500 5753 -10.1 -11.2 92 1.1 -10.6 213 36 320.7 321.3 292.1 331.4 3.24 12 450 6558 -14.9 -16.4 88 1.5 -15.4 214 41 324.5 325.0 292.4 332.5 2.36 13 400 7438 -21.6 -23.6 84 2.0 -22.1 216 44 327.0 327.2 292.3 332.0 1.42 14 350 8405 -29.7 -32.3 78 2.6 -30.1 219 56 328.7 328.9 292.1 331.4 0.73 15 300 9485 -38.7 -41.7 73 3.0 -38.9 229 67 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.33 16 250 10706 -48.6 -54.0 53 5.4 -48.8 238 87 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.10 17 200 12162 -51.1 -76.7 3 25.6 -51.5 245 84 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13999 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 249 68 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16485 -69.2 -86.2 7 17.1 -69.2 263 38 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.00 m Freezing level: 645.23 mb = 3745.00 m = 12286.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.48 mb = 3702.66 m = 12147.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.22 mb = 538.42 m = 1766.45 ft T: 20.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 21.69 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.30 mb = 1853.73 m = 6081.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 14.59 C K Index: 28.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 430.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.14 mb = 1389.25 m = 4557.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.14 mb = 2266.50 m = 7435.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.14 mb = 10887.55 m = 35719.88 ft B at Equ Level: 416.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.14 mb = 12384.56 m = 40631.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.1 neg: -10.8 tot: 162.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 51.05 Bulk Shear: 8.44 m/s