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: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 959 398 24.6 18.4 69 6.2 20.3 340 6 301.3 303.8 294.9 342.5 14.02 2 950 484 22.4 17.7 75 4.7 19.2 340 6 299.9 302.4 294.2 339.5 13.52 3 900 951 18.0 15.5 86 2.4 16.4 351 8 300.0 302.3 293.4 336.4 12.43 4 850 1439 16.5 6.0 50 10.5 10.4 328 6 303.5 304.7 290.0 324.3 6.92 5 800 1953 13.2 2.9 49 10.4 7.5 280 6 305.3 306.3 289.7 323.1 5.88 6 750 2492 9.5 1.9 59 7.6 5.4 247 13 306.9 308.0 290.2 324.8 5.86 7 700 3059 4.6 -2.0 62 6.6 1.4 243 21 307.6 308.5 289.5 322.3 4.73 8 650 3657 -0.8 -5.8 69 5.0 -3.0 250 28 308.1 308.8 288.8 320.0 3.82 9 600 4292 -4.3 -20.2 28 15.9 -9.2 244 42 311.2 311.4 287.2 315.4 1.28 10 550 4971 -8.5 -27.0 21 18.6 -13.1 242 52 314.0 314.2 287.6 316.6 0.76 11 500 5703 -13.5 -33.0 18 19.4 -17.4 242 55 316.5 316.6 288.2 318.2 0.48 12 450 6495 -19.1 -36.5 20 17.5 -21.9 238 65 319.3 319.3 288.9 320.6 0.37 13 400 7360 -25.2 -45.0 14 19.8 -27.4 235 71 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.17 14 350 8314 -32.6 -47.8 20 15.2 -33.8 230 81 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.3 0.14 15 300 9383 -40.1 -58.9 12 18.8 -40.9 231 75 328.8 328.8 291.4 329.0 0.05 16 250 10607 -46.1 -70.3 5 24.2 -46.7 238 63 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.01 17 200 12079 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -49.9 259 53 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.00 18 150 13923 -58.1 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.3 264 46 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16427 -65.0 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.2 253 40 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.41 m Freezing level: 657.36 mb = 3568.93 m = 11708.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.44 mb = 3240.37 m = 10630.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.85 mb = 1173.82 m = 3851.06 ft T: 17.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 19.37 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.51 mb = 1999.59 m = 6560.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.06 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 29.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1144.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.44 mb = 1425.05 m = 4675.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.44 mb = 2641.65 m = 8666.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.44 mb = 10179.52 m = 33396.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1143.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.44 mb = 13256.87 m = 43493.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.1 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 276.1 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.3 neg: -10.6 tot: 80.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 8.83 Bulk Shear: 129.70 m/s