MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.28,-95.64 Latitude: 36.28 Longitude: -95.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 984 194 20.8 17.4 81 3.4 18.5 168 7 295.3 297.6 292.3 332.0 12.78 2 950 504 24.6 14.4 53 10.3 17.8 196 30 302.2 304.2 292.9 334.5 10.91 3 900 976 21.3 13.4 60 7.9 16.1 210 35 303.5 305.5 293.2 335.6 10.79 4 850 1468 17.9 12.2 70 5.6 14.2 225 29 304.9 306.8 293.4 336.5 10.58 5 800 1985 14.5 10.0 75 4.4 11.7 248 25 306.6 308.4 293.3 335.9 9.71 6 750 2529 12.6 3.4 53 9.2 7.4 244 27 310.3 311.5 291.9 330.5 6.54 7 700 3105 8.5 4.8 77 3.8 6.3 233 31 312.0 313.4 293.3 335.9 7.72 8 650 3712 3.3 1.5 88 1.7 2.3 240 34 312.6 313.9 292.6 333.2 6.59 9 600 4355 -1.9 -5.0 79 3.1 -3.4 249 38 313.9 314.7 291.1 327.8 4.38 10 550 5043 -5.3 -22.1 25 16.8 -10.4 251 40 317.8 318.0 289.3 321.8 1.18 11 500 5782 -11.1 -21.2 43 10.1 -14.0 246 39 319.6 319.8 290.1 324.4 1.41 12 450 6582 -16.2 -27.4 38 11.1 -18.8 244 40 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.0 0.90 13 400 7461 -20.4 -32.5 33 12.1 -22.7 250 40 328.5 328.7 291.9 330.8 0.63 14 350 8433 -28.8 -46.9 16 18.1 -30.6 253 41 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 15 300 9515 -38.2 -50.2 27 12.1 -38.9 254 53 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.13 16 250 10741 -47.7 -55.3 41 7.6 -48.0 262 66 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 17 200 12192 -52.3 -70.3 10 18.0 -52.7 257 75 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14018 -60.4 -83.3 3 23.0 -60.6 254 65 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.1 0.00 19 100 16481 -69.5 -87.4 6 17.9 -69.6 251 33 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.24 m Freezing level: 618.65 mb = 4115.25 m = 13501.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.72 mb = 3966.57 m = 13013.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.92 mb = 634.30 m = 2081.02 ft T: 23.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 5.98 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.90 mb = 2812.86 m = 9228.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.56 C = 97.80 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.61 C Showalter Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 37.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 239.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 283.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.23 mb = 1689.33 m = 5542.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.23 mb = 3921.90 m = 12866.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.23 mb = 7401.23 m = 24281.96 ft B at Equ Level: 189.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.23 mb = 11775.30 m = 38632.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 277.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 3.58 Bulk Shear: 66.92 m/s