MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 43 SFC 965 356 25.0 17.9 65 7.1 20.1 303 3 301.2 303.7 294.6 341.0 13.52 2 950 490 24.0 17.0 65 7.0 19.2 303 5 301.6 303.9 294.2 339.6 12.92 3 900 960 19.3 16.1 82 3.2 17.1 303 6 301.4 303.8 294.1 339.4 12.90 4 850 1449 15.3 15.0 98 0.4 15.1 303 8 302.2 304.6 294.3 339.7 12.70 5 800 1962 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.2 325 12 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.7 11.21 6 750 2500 8.0 7.7 98 0.3 7.8 305 12 305.3 306.9 292.2 331.8 8.83 7 700 3065 3.7 -0.1 77 3.7 1.8 269 21 306.5 307.6 289.8 323.2 5.45 8 650 3662 -0.8 -9.4 52 8.6 -4.3 269 24 308.0 308.6 287.8 317.1 2.88 9 600 4296 -4.3 -20.8 26 16.5 -9.3 269 35 311.1 311.3 287.1 315.1 1.21 10 550 4977 -7.8 -36.2 8 28.4 -13.5 270 39 314.8 314.9 287.4 315.9 0.31 11 500 5710 -12.4 -38.5 9 26.1 -17.0 260 41 317.9 317.9 288.3 318.9 0.27 12 450 6507 -17.7 -37.6 16 19.9 -21.0 246 42 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.2 0.34 13 400 7376 -24.1 -43.4 15 19.3 -26.5 235 43 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.4 0.21 14 350 8333 -32.0 -47.2 21 15.2 -33.3 223 46 325.6 325.7 290.6 326.2 0.15 15 300 9407 -37.8 -60.1 8 22.4 -38.8 244 35 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.04 16 250 10650 -43.2 -64.5 8 21.3 -44.0 273 48 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 17 200 12126 -51.0 -74.2 5 23.2 -51.4 280 56 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13967 -58.9 -80.7 4 21.8 -59.1 270 56 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16451 -66.5 -86.7 4 20.2 -66.6 267 41 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.35 m Freezing level: 659.13 mb = 3553.11 m = 11657.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.41 mb = 3234.96 m = 10613.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.81 mb = 1251.94 m = 4107.38 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 24.61 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1468.57 m = 4818.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.91 C Showalter Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 27.42 C K Index: 39.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1496.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.23 mb = 1376.68 m = 4516.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.23 mb = 1627.87 m = 5340.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.23 mb = 10324.41 m = 33872.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1489.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.23 mb = 14292.88 m = 46892.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -13.2 tot: 7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 27.60 Bulk Shear: 54.24 m/s