MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.61,-97.31 Latitude: 35.61 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 970 335 19.5 16.7 83 2.9 17.7 264 7 295.2 297.5 291.9 330.8 12.38 2 950 518 20.6 16.1 75 4.5 17.5 261 18 298.1 300.3 292.6 333.4 12.17 3 900 983 17.7 13.4 76 4.3 14.9 273 27 299.7 301.7 292.1 331.3 10.78 4 850 1471 15.6 9.5 67 6.0 11.9 289 32 302.5 304.1 291.3 328.7 8.82 5 800 1982 11.3 8.5 83 2.8 9.6 293 28 303.2 304.8 291.5 329.3 8.76 6 750 2518 7.4 5.8 90 1.5 6.5 291 24 304.6 306.0 291.1 327.9 7.75 7 700 3083 3.5 0.3 80 3.1 1.8 285 23 306.3 307.4 289.8 323.5 5.61 8 650 3680 -0.1 -5.8 65 5.7 -2.7 288 24 308.8 309.5 289.0 320.7 3.81 9 600 4317 -3.6 -9.1 66 5.5 -5.9 297 26 312.0 312.6 289.4 322.2 3.21 10 550 4999 -7.9 -10.2 83 2.4 -8.8 305 33 314.8 315.4 290.3 325.1 3.19 11 500 5733 -12.7 -15.8 78 3.0 -13.7 305 38 317.5 317.9 290.2 324.9 2.23 12 450 6528 -18.5 -29.3 38 10.8 -20.7 298 39 320.0 320.2 289.6 322.7 0.75 13 400 7395 -24.4 -48.9 9 24.4 -26.9 287 40 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.7 0.11 14 350 8355 -30.3 -55.6 7 25.3 -32.1 278 39 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.06 15 300 9440 -35.6 -60.2 6 24.7 -36.9 285 45 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.04 16 250 10690 -43.1 -68.2 5 25.1 -43.9 290 45 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12164 -50.2 -75.0 4 24.9 -50.6 276 49 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13999 -59.8 -81.4 4 21.6 -60.0 271 57 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16479 -66.1 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.2 270 37 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.51 m Freezing level: 651.98 mb = 3656.40 m = 11995.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.65 mb = 3320.58 m = 10894.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.90 mb = 702.15 m = 2303.60 ft T: 19.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 8.58 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.09 mb = 1845.40 m = 6054.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.07 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 440.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.69 mb = 1354.62 m = 4444.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.69 mb = 2335.41 m = 7662.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.69 mb = 8627.67 m = 28305.65 ft B at Equ Level: 435.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.69 mb = 11051.04 m = 36256.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.5 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 323.5 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.9 neg: -24.3 tot: 132.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 14.43 Bulk Shear: 30.50 m/s