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: 36.54,-97.84 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 964 356 26.1 18.7 64 7.5 20.9 209 6 302.4 305.0 295.4 344.4 14.19 2 950 485 23.5 17.8 70 5.7 19.5 210 7 301.0 303.5 294.6 341.0 13.59 3 900 954 18.7 16.7 88 2.0 17.4 218 7 300.8 303.3 294.4 340.2 13.43 4 850 1444 17.3 15.4 89 1.9 16.1 250 11 304.3 306.7 295.1 343.3 13.09 5 800 1960 15.1 0.3 36 14.8 7.2 253 18 307.3 308.2 289.5 322.4 4.90 6 750 2502 10.4 -1.9 42 12.2 4.2 257 22 307.8 308.7 289.2 321.7 4.45 7 700 3070 5.1 -2.5 58 7.6 1.4 257 24 308.2 309.0 289.5 322.2 4.54 8 650 3670 0.9 -16.0 27 16.9 -5.1 257 36 310.0 310.3 287.2 315.5 1.69 9 600 4307 -3.8 -14.9 42 11.1 -7.7 249 47 311.7 312.1 288.2 318.3 2.01 10 550 4987 -8.2 -27.6 19 19.4 -13.0 246 51 314.3 314.5 287.7 316.8 0.72 11 500 5720 -13.0 -25.1 36 12.1 -16.0 242 56 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.7 1.00 12 450 6515 -17.9 -20.8 78 2.9 -18.7 232 64 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.2 1.62 13 400 7385 -24.0 -29.4 61 5.5 -25.0 224 74 323.9 324.0 290.8 326.8 0.84 14 350 8344 -31.7 -43.6 30 11.8 -32.9 218 82 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.23 15 300 9416 -39.6 -58.7 11 19.1 -40.5 221 81 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 16 250 10641 -46.1 -69.8 5 23.6 -46.7 232 68 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.01 17 200 12112 -49.6 -77.2 2 27.7 -50.1 261 51 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 13955 -58.6 -83.7 3 25.1 -58.8 267 47 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16450 -66.5 -86.3 5 19.9 -66.6 256 42 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.14 m Freezing level: 640.31 mb = 3793.24 m = 12444.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.39 mb = 3193.78 m = 10478.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.05 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.73 mb = 1296.62 m = 4253.96 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 21.61 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.95 mb = 1981.88 m = 6502.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -6.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.93 C Showalter Index: -7.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.27 C Cross Totals Index: 28.42 C K Index: 38.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1758.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.04 mb = 1273.80 m = 4179.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.04 mb = 2478.97 m = 8133.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.04 mb = 11132.35 m = 36523.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1737.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.04 mb = 14740.10 m = 48359.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.6 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 276.6 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: -1.0 tot: 50.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 17.35 Bulk Shear: 101.38 m/s