MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 35.61,-97.84 Latitude: 35.61 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 66 SFC 965 384 29.4 17.7 49 11.7 21.2 195 15 305.7 308.2 295.7 345.7 13.34 2 950 519 25.6 15.5 53 10.2 18.8 198 17 303.2 305.3 293.8 337.9 11.71 3 900 990 20.7 14.2 66 6.6 16.4 199 18 302.9 304.9 293.4 336.5 11.35 4 850 1482 17.3 9.4 60 7.9 12.4 213 22 304.3 305.9 291.8 330.4 8.73 5 800 1997 14.4 7.8 65 6.6 10.4 211 23 306.5 308.0 292.2 331.7 8.35 6 750 2541 12.9 5.8 62 7.2 8.7 227 16 310.6 312.1 292.9 334.4 7.72 7 700 3117 9.5 -3.0 41 12.4 3.2 245 20 313.0 313.8 290.8 326.9 4.39 8 650 3726 4.4 -10.6 33 15.0 -2.0 257 23 314.0 314.5 289.5 322.5 2.62 9 600 4371 -0.1 -25.1 13 25.0 -7.5 241 23 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.9 0.83 10 550 5061 -4.3 -28.4 13 24.1 -10.6 238 30 318.9 319.1 289.2 321.3 0.67 11 500 5803 -9.8 -28.8 20 19.0 -14.5 242 34 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.6 0.71 12 450 6606 -16.1 -36.0 16 19.8 -19.7 245 33 322.9 323.0 290.1 324.4 0.39 13 400 7481 -22.1 -43.2 13 21.0 -24.9 246 35 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.1 0.21 14 350 8449 -28.9 -48.3 14 19.5 -30.7 242 33 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.14 15 300 9534 -36.3 -55.6 12 19.2 -37.5 255 37 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.07 16 250 10775 -44.9 -62.2 13 17.3 -45.5 258 41 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 17 200 12236 -53.1 -70.7 10 17.6 -53.4 251 39 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 18 150 14056 -61.2 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.4 246 48 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16507 -70.8 -86.5 8 15.7 -70.9 249 25 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.36 m Freezing level: 601.16 mb = 4356.42 m = 14292.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.13 mb = 3487.89 m = 11443.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.66 mb = 1852.83 m = 6078.75 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 15.54 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.84 mb = 2942.09 m = 9652.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.91 C = 96.64 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.83 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 24.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 353.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 204.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.79 mb = 1893.37 m = 6211.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.79 mb = 4307.31 m = 14131.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.79 mb = 9888.01 m = 32440.58 ft B at Equ Level: 349.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.79 mb = 12081.09 m = 39635.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.2 neg: -13.7 tot: 50.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 13.36 Bulk Shear: 26.43 m/s