MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.21,-95.49 Latitude: 36.21 Longitude: -95.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 984 192 21.5 21.1 98 0.3 21.2 199 13 295.9 298.9 295.0 342.7 16.26 2 950 498 19.5 19.4 99 0.1 19.5 206 28 297.0 299.7 294.4 340.6 15.09 3 900 963 16.9 16.7 99 0.1 16.8 226 35 298.9 301.3 293.9 338.1 13.44 4 850 1450 14.4 14.0 98 0.3 14.1 237 35 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.4 11.94 5 800 1961 11.6 11.1 97 0.5 11.3 247 32 303.5 305.5 293.0 334.7 10.45 6 750 2499 8.5 7.9 96 0.6 8.1 236 29 305.8 307.4 292.4 332.7 8.94 7 700 3067 5.3 4.7 96 0.6 5.0 223 29 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.8 7.69 8 650 3668 0.9 0.4 96 0.5 0.7 214 29 310.0 311.2 291.4 328.8 6.08 9 600 4309 -2.0 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.2 214 27 313.8 314.9 291.9 330.7 5.35 10 550 4997 -5.2 -6.0 94 0.8 -5.5 211 28 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.3 4.46 11 500 5741 -9.2 -10.4 91 1.2 -9.6 205 32 321.9 322.6 292.6 333.4 3.47 12 450 6549 -14.1 -15.7 87 1.7 -14.7 203 36 325.5 326.0 292.8 334.0 2.49 13 400 7432 -20.3 -22.4 83 2.2 -20.8 202 39 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.2 1.58 14 350 8406 -28.0 -30.8 77 2.8 -28.5 200 42 331.0 331.2 292.8 334.1 0.84 15 300 9493 -37.1 -40.1 73 3.0 -37.4 208 49 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.6 0.39 16 250 10721 -49.0 -52.5 67 3.4 -49.2 214 49 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12155 -55.2 -68.9 17 13.7 -55.5 250 78 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13977 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -58.9 259 64 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16473 -67.4 -86.1 5 18.7 -67.5 254 41 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.19 m Freezing level: 633.93 mb = 3873.97 m = 12709.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.43 mb = 3811.85 m = 12505.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.42 C = 81.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.20 mb = 227.84 m = 747.50 ft T: 21.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 13.90 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.86 mb = 673.40 m = 2209.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.22 C = 73.80 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1021.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.75 mb = 665.22 m = 2182.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.75 mb = 711.46 m = 2334.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.75 mb = 11638.71 m = 38184.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1009.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.75 mb = 14112.30 m = 46299.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.7 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 250.7 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.6 neg: -32.5 tot: 136.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 104.77 Bulk Shear: 9.75 m/s