MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.6,-98.7 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 1 950 493 SFC 949 506 22.1 15.4 66 6.7 17.7 168 9 299.8 301.9 292.7 333.9 11.67 3 900 968 24.2 14.0 53 10.2 17.4 190 32 306.4 308.5 294.4 340.2 11.21 4 850 1466 20.3 12.5 61 7.8 15.2 207 29 307.4 309.5 294.3 340.1 10.80 5 800 1986 15.8 11.6 76 4.2 13.0 223 28 308.0 310.0 294.4 340.6 10.76 6 750 2530 11.8 7.6 76 4.2 9.2 239 25 309.4 311.0 293.3 336.1 8.76 7 700 3104 7.5 1.7 66 5.8 4.4 244 29 310.8 312.0 291.7 330.1 6.19 8 650 3709 3.7 -14.7 25 18.4 -3.3 253 38 313.2 313.6 288.5 319.4 1.88 9 600 4355 1.0 -43.2 2 44.3 -7.9 253 42 317.3 317.3 288.1 317.8 0.14 10 550 5047 -4.3 -26.4 16 22.0 -10.4 249 43 318.9 319.1 289.3 321.8 0.81 11 500 5788 -10.2 -32.7 14 22.5 -15.1 243 40 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.49 12 450 6590 -15.6 -39.5 11 23.8 -19.6 241 42 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.28 13 400 7469 -20.7 -42.0 13 21.3 -23.8 247 44 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.24 14 350 8440 -28.7 -44.7 20 16.0 -30.4 254 49 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.20 15 300 9523 -37.9 -49.3 29 11.4 -38.7 257 60 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.14 16 250 10752 -47.3 -55.9 37 8.6 -47.7 262 73 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.08 17 200 12202 -53.9 -69.9 12 16.0 -54.2 254 80 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14025 -60.5 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.7 242 69 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16486 -70.6 -87.0 7 16.3 -70.7 252 37 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.55 m Freezing level: 590.51 mb = 4486.69 m = 14719.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.63 mb = 3441.85 m = 11292.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.27 C = 86.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.05 mb = 1373.50 m = 4506.19 ft T: 21.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 22.77 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.72 mb = 2633.83 m = 8641.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.84 C = 89.32 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 37.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 652.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.93 mb = 2103.27 m = 6900.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.93 mb = 3413.94 m = 11200.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 603.93 mb = 4302.82 m = 14116.69 ft B at Equ Level: 38.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.93 mb = 13462.75 m = 44168.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.5 neg: -1.0 tot: 297.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.07 Bulk Rich Number: 6.55 Bulk Shear: 99.68 m/s