MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.00,-95.08 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 248 17.5 17.0 97 0.6 17.2 276 7 292.4 294.6 291.1 327.8 12.50 2 950 514 15.7 14.8 95 0.9 15.1 272 20 293.1 295.1 290.3 325.0 11.20 3 900 972 14.2 10.8 80 3.5 12.1 271 33 296.2 297.8 289.5 322.4 9.05 4 850 1454 12.2 8.4 78 3.8 10.0 273 36 298.9 300.4 289.6 322.9 8.17 5 800 1960 9.5 6.4 81 3.1 7.8 271 37 301.3 302.7 289.9 323.7 7.55 6 750 2493 6.5 4.2 85 2.3 5.2 265 39 303.6 304.9 290.1 324.4 6.92 7 700 3057 3.6 1.8 88 1.8 2.7 251 36 306.5 307.7 290.5 325.6 6.25 8 650 3655 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.3 -0.3 233 38 308.8 309.9 290.7 326.4 5.71 9 600 4294 -2.5 -3.1 96 0.6 -2.8 224 45 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.3 5.10 10 550 4981 -6.0 -6.9 93 1.0 -6.4 221 50 317.0 317.8 291.8 330.3 4.13 11 500 5721 -10.0 -11.3 90 1.3 -10.5 219 53 320.9 321.5 292.1 331.5 3.22 12 450 6526 -15.3 -17.1 86 1.8 -15.9 219 58 324.0 324.5 292.2 331.6 2.23 13 400 7405 -21.4 -23.7 81 2.4 -22.0 218 62 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.2 1.41 14 350 8376 -28.3 -31.2 76 2.9 -28.8 217 60 330.6 330.7 292.7 333.5 0.81 15 300 9462 -37.2 -40.3 73 3.1 -37.5 215 62 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.38 16 250 10691 -45.6 -54.9 34 9.3 -46.0 230 67 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.09 17 200 12168 -49.8 -76.8 3 27.0 -50.3 257 63 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 13996 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 269 53 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16474 -67.3 -86.5 5 19.2 -67.4 254 47 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.48 m Freezing level: 651.86 mb = 3632.72 m = 11918.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.66 mb = 3597.29 m = 11801.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.00 % Est. max temperature: 24.98 C = 76.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.22 mb = 316.16 m = 1037.26 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 5.42 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.80 mb = 1534.63 m = 5034.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.43 C = 75.98 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: 4.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.17 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 28.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7614.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.54 mb = 948.23 m = 3110.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -44.4 tot: -43.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: -3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 95.25 m/s