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: 36.12,-96.61 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -96.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 976 267 24.9 17.4 63 7.5 19.7 221 14 300.1 302.5 293.8 337.8 12.88 2 950 503 23.2 15.1 60 8.2 17.8 228 23 300.7 302.8 292.9 334.3 11.40 3 900 972 19.7 9.5 52 10.2 13.4 239 27 301.8 303.3 290.7 326.5 8.32 4 850 1461 15.6 6.2 54 9.3 10.2 256 27 302.4 303.7 289.8 323.4 7.02 5 800 1971 11.8 5.6 66 6.2 8.2 263 33 303.7 305.0 290.3 325.2 7.15 6 750 2509 8.6 4.4 75 4.2 6.2 253 38 305.9 307.2 290.9 327.2 7.01 7 700 3076 4.9 2.3 83 2.6 3.5 242 34 307.9 309.1 291.0 327.7 6.46 8 650 3676 0.4 -0.3 95 0.7 0.1 235 34 309.5 310.5 290.9 327.3 5.77 9 600 4315 -3.4 -4.4 92 1.0 -3.8 225 36 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.7 4.60 10 550 4999 -7.0 -8.3 90 1.3 -7.6 229 40 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.7 3.71 11 500 5736 -11.1 -12.9 86 1.8 -11.8 231 43 319.5 320.1 291.4 328.9 2.83 12 450 6538 -16.4 -18.6 83 2.2 -17.0 232 45 322.7 323.1 291.5 329.3 1.96 13 400 7412 -22.8 -25.4 79 2.6 -23.4 232 50 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.7 1.21 14 350 8377 -30.2 -33.1 76 2.9 -30.7 228 55 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.67 15 300 9455 -38.9 -42.1 72 3.2 -39.2 224 60 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.32 16 250 10675 -49.5 -53.9 60 4.4 -49.7 228 83 332.4 332.5 292.5 332.8 0.10 17 200 12127 -51.3 -75.2 4 23.9 -51.7 250 74 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13974 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.9 252 56 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16466 -67.9 -87.1 5 19.2 -68.0 258 46 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.70 m Freezing level: 644.22 mb = 3749.81 m = 12302.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.00 mb = 3688.29 m = 12100.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.20 mb = 1220.59 m = 4004.50 ft T: 17.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 14.39 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.14 mb = 2298.84 m = 7542.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 17.33 C K Index: 30.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.06 mb = 1845.28 m = 6053.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.06 mb = 3345.82 m = 10976.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 407.06 mb = 7282.49 m = 23892.39 ft B at Equ Level: 78.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 267.06 mb = 10233.57 m = 33574.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.9 neg: -45.3 tot: 32.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.21 Bulk Shear: 24.54 m/s