MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.22,-97.30 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -97.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 968 347 19.3 16.9 86 2.4 17.7 231 5 295.2 297.5 292.1 331.4 12.62 2 950 507 21.2 16.3 74 4.9 17.9 234 15 298.7 300.9 293.0 334.6 12.34 3 900 973 19.6 11.6 60 8.0 14.6 256 27 301.7 303.4 291.7 330.0 9.58 4 850 1464 17.5 7.7 53 9.7 11.6 277 33 304.4 305.9 291.1 327.9 7.80 5 800 1978 13.2 3.2 51 10.0 7.7 288 34 305.2 306.3 289.9 323.6 6.04 6 750 2516 8.5 -0.9 52 9.4 3.7 288 33 305.8 306.7 288.9 320.4 4.77 7 700 3081 4.3 -8.8 38 13.0 -1.3 291 31 307.2 307.7 287.5 316.1 2.82 8 650 3679 -0.2 -10.0 47 9.8 -4.2 293 29 308.7 309.2 287.9 317.4 2.74 9 600 4314 -4.0 -20.3 27 16.3 -9.0 297 33 311.5 311.7 287.3 315.7 1.27 10 550 4995 -8.3 -27.5 20 19.2 -13.0 297 34 314.2 314.4 287.7 316.8 0.73 11 500 5726 -12.8 -26.5 31 13.8 -16.1 284 35 317.5 317.6 288.9 320.5 0.87 12 450 6519 -19.7 -33.1 29 13.4 -22.1 273 39 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.4 0.52 13 400 7382 -25.3 -51.7 7 26.5 -27.6 263 45 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.5 0.08 14 350 8343 -28.6 -55.7 6 27.1 -30.7 259 50 330.1 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.06 15 300 9437 -33.5 -62.9 4 29.4 -35.1 266 64 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 16 250 10699 -41.1 -65.8 5 24.7 -42.1 280 53 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 17 200 12181 -49.4 -75.6 3 26.3 -49.9 262 53 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14015 -60.2 -81.0 5 20.8 -60.4 264 51 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16476 -67.8 -86.5 5 18.7 -67.9 260 42 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.55 m Freezing level: 652.27 mb = 3651.54 m = 11979.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.74 mb = 2933.31 m = 9623.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.20 mb = 651.35 m = 2136.96 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 18.54 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.83 mb = 2255.13 m = 7398.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.51 C K Index: 24.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 460.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.86 mb = 1646.87 m = 5403.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.86 mb = 2886.09 m = 9468.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.86 mb = 8203.57 m = 26914.26 ft B at Equ Level: 454.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 256.86 mb = 10511.49 m = 34486.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.3 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 315.3 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.4 neg: -4.1 tot: 252.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 6.93 Bulk Shear: 66.51 m/s