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: 36.10,-95.11 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -95.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 978 250 23.6 20.4 82 3.2 21.3 196 13 298.6 301.4 295.3 343.9 15.56 2 950 505 21.3 19.4 89 1.9 20.0 198 24 298.8 301.6 295.0 342.9 15.13 3 900 972 18.4 16.5 89 1.9 17.1 213 39 300.5 302.9 294.1 339.3 13.22 4 850 1462 17.2 7.6 53 9.5 11.4 226 41 304.1 305.6 291.0 327.4 7.74 5 800 1976 14.4 3.9 49 10.5 8.4 228 33 306.5 307.7 290.5 325.7 6.31 6 750 2518 10.9 0.3 48 10.6 5.2 235 30 308.4 309.4 290.1 324.5 5.20 7 700 3088 6.4 -5.0 44 11.4 1.0 251 34 309.6 310.3 289.2 321.4 3.76 8 650 3690 0.9 -2.3 79 3.2 -0.7 254 33 310.0 310.9 290.4 325.4 4.96 9 600 4328 -3.4 -4.0 96 0.6 -3.7 255 34 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.2 4.76 10 550 5012 -7.8 -9.4 88 1.6 -8.5 246 35 314.8 315.4 290.5 325.8 3.41 11 500 5746 -12.1 -13.7 88 1.6 -12.7 234 38 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.1 2.65 12 450 6547 -15.9 -17.4 88 1.6 -16.4 217 42 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.6 2.16 13 400 7425 -21.6 -23.5 84 1.9 -22.1 212 46 326.9 327.2 292.3 332.0 1.44 14 350 8392 -30.1 -33.4 73 3.3 -30.6 221 62 328.1 328.3 291.9 330.5 0.65 15 300 9470 -38.9 -42.2 71 3.3 -39.2 231 77 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10693 -47.8 -54.1 48 6.4 -48.0 236 89 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 17 200 12153 -51.6 -75.5 4 23.9 -52.0 244 81 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13987 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.2 -59.0 248 68 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16472 -69.1 -86.2 7 17.0 -69.2 257 43 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.73 m Freezing level: 639.62 mb = 3822.50 m = 12540.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.11 mb = 3442.63 m = 11294.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.21 mb = 658.61 m = 2160.77 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 22.47 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1666.95 m = 5468.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.01 C = 86.03 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.26 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 25.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1420.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.52 mb = 1014.43 m = 3328.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.52 mb = 2623.26 m = 8606.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.52 mb = 11224.05 m = 36823.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1413.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.52 mb = 14387.17 m = 47201.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.6 neg: -30.3 tot: 267.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.37 Bulk Rich Number: 25.07 Bulk Shear: 56.66 m/s