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: 36.2,-95 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 975 278 24.0 20.4 80 3.6 21.5 195 13 299.4 302.2 295.6 345.1 15.68 2 950 504 21.7 19.5 87 2.2 20.2 198 23 299.2 301.9 295.1 343.4 15.16 3 900 971 18.0 17.2 95 0.8 17.5 211 38 300.1 302.6 294.5 340.6 13.85 4 850 1460 16.9 8.4 57 8.5 11.8 225 41 303.9 305.4 291.3 328.4 8.19 5 800 1975 14.5 4.4 50 10.2 8.7 224 33 306.6 307.8 290.7 326.6 6.54 6 750 2517 11.1 2.3 55 8.8 6.2 232 31 308.6 309.8 290.9 327.2 6.03 7 700 3088 6.6 -3.5 48 10.1 1.6 246 35 309.8 310.5 289.6 322.9 4.20 8 650 3690 1.1 -2.0 80 3.1 -0.4 251 36 310.2 311.1 290.6 326.0 5.09 9 600 4329 -3.4 -4.3 94 0.8 -3.8 254 37 312.1 313.0 290.8 326.8 4.65 10 550 5011 -8.0 -10.5 82 2.5 -9.0 246 38 314.5 315.1 290.2 324.6 3.12 11 500 5745 -12.4 -15.0 81 2.6 -13.3 235 40 317.9 318.3 290.5 325.8 2.38 12 450 6545 -16.1 -17.8 86 1.8 -16.6 219 42 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.2 2.09 13 400 7423 -21.4 -23.3 85 1.9 -22.0 212 46 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.2 1.46 14 350 8390 -30.1 -33.4 73 3.3 -30.6 222 63 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.6 0.65 15 300 9468 -38.9 -42.3 70 3.4 -39.2 231 78 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.31 16 250 10692 -47.7 -54.0 48 6.3 -48.0 236 89 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 17 200 12151 -51.8 -74.9 5 23.1 -52.2 243 80 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 13984 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 248 69 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16469 -69.0 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 257 44 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.31 m Freezing level: 638.08 mb = 3842.33 m = 12605.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.95 mb = 3554.47 m = 11661.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.13 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.85 mb = 735.43 m = 2412.80 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 18.57 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.45 mb = 1566.13 m = 5138.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -6.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 27.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1532.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.11 mb = 1007.81 m = 3306.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.11 mb = 2728.28 m = 8950.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.11 mb = 11205.56 m = 36763.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1532.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.11 mb = 14809.01 m = 48585.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.1 neg: -40.3 tot: 259.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.52 Bulk Rich Number: 25.29 Bulk Shear: 60.62 m/s