MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.67,-96.07 Latitude: 36.67 Longitude: -96.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 978 245 20.2 16.9 81 3.3 18.0 152 4 295.2 297.5 292.0 331.1 12.50 2 950 493 21.3 16.2 72 5.1 17.9 196 22 298.8 301.1 293.0 334.6 12.28 3 900 963 21.4 14.8 66 6.5 17.0 227 34 303.5 305.7 294.0 338.7 11.85 4 850 1456 18.4 14.1 76 4.3 15.5 245 31 305.5 307.7 294.7 341.4 12.01 5 800 1973 14.0 12.8 93 1.1 13.3 246 29 306.0 308.2 294.6 341.3 11.73 6 750 2515 10.5 10.3 98 0.2 10.4 238 28 308.0 310.0 294.3 339.9 10.53 7 700 3087 6.5 6.1 97 0.4 6.2 221 27 309.6 311.2 293.2 335.5 8.45 8 650 3691 2.3 -0.5 82 2.8 0.8 225 38 311.6 312.7 291.5 329.4 5.69 9 600 4334 -1.3 -7.7 62 6.4 -4.1 233 44 314.6 315.3 290.6 326.1 3.57 10 550 5021 -6.5 -14.1 55 7.6 -9.3 237 48 316.4 316.9 290.0 324.1 2.34 11 500 5757 -12.4 -25.0 34 12.6 -15.6 235 50 317.9 318.1 289.2 321.4 1.01 12 450 6553 -17.2 -36.9 16 19.7 -20.6 241 51 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.9 0.36 13 400 7427 -22.5 -39.8 19 17.4 -24.9 239 57 325.8 325.9 290.8 326.9 0.30 14 350 8392 -29.8 -45.5 20 15.7 -31.3 237 62 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.19 15 300 9472 -37.8 -50.1 27 12.2 -38.7 243 74 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.13 16 250 10700 -48.0 -52.5 59 4.6 -48.2 244 84 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.12 17 200 12147 -53.3 -69.9 11 16.7 -53.6 250 92 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13973 -59.6 -82.7 3 23.1 -59.7 253 79 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16456 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 260 41 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.40 m Freezing level: 617.77 mb = 4105.34 m = 13468.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.57 mb = 3796.04 m = 12454.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.66 mb = 662.24 m = 2172.69 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 20.02 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.72 mb = 2113.71 m = 6934.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.83 C Cross Totals Index: 26.53 C K Index: 44.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 685.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.65 mb = 1409.02 m = 4622.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.65 mb = 3091.42 m = 10142.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.65 mb = 10974.33 m = 36004.59 ft B at Equ Level: 672.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.65 mb = 13191.50 m = 43278.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.6 neg: -20.4 tot: 269.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 9.74 Bulk Shear: 70.43 m/s