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: 37.28,-97.02 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -97.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 962 372 25.1 18.8 68 6.3 20.7 243 3 301.6 304.2 295.3 343.9 14.37 2 950 483 22.8 17.9 74 4.9 19.5 243 3 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.6 13.75 3 900 951 18.0 16.8 93 1.2 17.2 233 3 300.1 302.5 294.2 339.6 13.49 4 850 1440 17.1 12.5 75 4.6 14.1 207 4 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.3 10.80 5 800 1955 14.3 9.7 74 4.6 11.4 242 8 306.4 308.1 293.0 334.9 9.48 6 750 2497 10.2 0.4 50 9.9 5.0 254 18 307.7 308.7 289.9 323.9 5.24 7 700 3065 4.8 -1.8 62 6.6 1.5 254 24 307.8 308.7 289.6 322.7 4.79 8 650 3664 -0.1 -8.1 55 8.0 -3.5 253 30 308.9 309.5 288.4 319.0 3.19 9 600 4299 -4.0 -20.4 27 16.3 -9.1 248 42 311.4 311.7 287.3 315.6 1.26 10 550 4979 -8.6 -26.1 23 17.5 -13.0 245 51 313.9 314.0 287.6 316.7 0.82 11 500 5710 -13.3 -33.8 16 20.5 -17.3 244 59 316.8 316.9 288.2 318.4 0.44 12 450 6503 -18.6 -29.0 40 10.4 -20.8 238 71 319.8 320.0 289.5 322.5 0.77 13 400 7370 -24.8 -39.5 24 14.7 -26.8 235 78 322.8 322.8 289.9 323.9 0.31 14 350 8328 -31.8 -41.6 37 9.8 -32.9 227 90 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.0 0.28 15 300 9399 -39.7 -56.3 15 16.6 -40.5 227 94 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.06 16 250 10622 -46.9 -67.3 8 20.4 -47.4 236 79 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.02 17 200 12089 -49.9 -76.9 3 27.0 -50.4 256 55 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 13933 -58.0 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 261 48 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16435 -65.6 -86.3 4 20.7 -65.8 254 41 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.85 m Freezing level: 650.75 mb = 3654.59 m = 11989.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.69 mb = 3243.59 m = 10641.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.60 mb = 1166.20 m = 3826.08 ft T: 17.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 28.31 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1848.02 m = 6062.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Showalter Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.82 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1674.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.74 mb = 1233.34 m = 4046.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.74 mb = 2543.55 m = 8344.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.74 mb = 11007.97 m = 36114.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1658.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.74 mb = 14110.65 m = 46294.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.7 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 275.7 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 64.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 16.61 Bulk Shear: 100.80 m/s