MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.54,-95.40 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 982 221 20.3 19.8 97 0.5 20.0 226 17 295.0 297.7 293.8 337.9 14.97 2 950 506 18.2 17.9 98 0.3 18.0 233 33 295.7 298.1 293.0 335.0 13.70 3 900 968 16.0 14.4 90 1.6 15.0 246 38 298.0 300.1 292.2 331.6 11.56 4 850 1453 14.3 12.1 86 2.2 12.9 237 36 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.9 10.46 5 800 1964 11.4 9.2 86 2.3 10.0 237 34 303.3 305.0 291.9 330.6 9.14 6 750 2501 8.2 6.4 88 1.9 7.1 238 32 305.5 307.0 291.6 329.8 8.04 7 700 3068 4.5 2.6 87 2.0 3.5 236 32 307.5 308.8 291.0 327.7 6.59 8 650 3667 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 230 33 309.0 310.1 290.8 326.9 5.80 9 600 4307 -1.9 -2.4 96 0.5 -2.1 223 35 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.8 5.35 10 550 4996 -5.3 -6.1 94 0.8 -5.7 218 38 317.8 318.6 292.3 332.0 4.40 11 500 5738 -9.4 -10.7 91 1.3 -9.9 216 40 321.6 322.2 292.4 332.8 3.40 12 450 6545 -14.4 -16.1 87 1.7 -15.0 213 42 325.2 325.7 292.6 333.4 2.43 13 400 7428 -20.5 -22.8 82 2.3 -21.1 213 42 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.7 1.53 14 350 8400 -28.2 -31.1 76 2.9 -28.7 214 40 330.7 330.8 292.7 333.7 0.81 15 300 9486 -37.5 -40.7 72 3.2 -37.8 219 39 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.9 0.36 16 250 10713 -49.0 -52.6 66 3.6 -49.2 222 50 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12146 -55.1 -71.6 11 16.4 -55.4 241 76 345.4 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 18 150 13968 -59.8 -81.4 4 21.6 -60.0 258 58 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16459 -66.6 -87.0 4 20.4 -66.7 251 42 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.06 m Freezing level: 648.43 mb = 3686.75 m = 12095.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.36 mb = 3649.71 m = 11973.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.96 mb = 282.05 m = 925.34 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 6.27 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.49 mb = 925.14 m = 3035.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.09 C = 73.56 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 33.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.16 mb = 787.61 m = 2584.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.16 mb = 2236.89 m = 7338.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 494.16 mb = 5828.06 m = 19120.71 ft B at Equ Level: 139.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.16 mb = 11706.75 m = 38407.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.7 neg: -32.8 tot: 55.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 23.37 Bulk Shear: 5.96 m/s