MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.92,-97.31 Latitude: 37.92 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 956 427 19.3 17.6 90 1.7 18.1 265 6 296.2 298.6 292.9 334.5 13.31 2 950 484 18.8 17.1 90 1.6 17.7 264 8 296.2 298.6 292.7 333.8 13.03 3 900 946 15.1 14.7 98 0.3 14.8 281 11 297.0 299.2 292.0 331.1 11.79 4 850 1429 12.3 11.4 94 0.9 11.8 276 14 299.0 300.9 291.3 328.4 10.04 5 800 1935 9.5 8.8 95 0.7 9.1 271 9 301.3 303.0 291.1 327.7 8.93 6 750 2469 6.3 5.8 97 0.5 6.0 270 4 303.4 304.8 290.7 326.5 7.72 7 700 3032 2.7 2.0 95 0.7 2.3 312 4 305.5 306.6 290.2 324.6 6.31 8 650 3627 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.5 308 7 307.4 308.4 289.8 323.5 5.22 9 600 4261 -5.2 -5.6 97 0.4 -5.4 302 8 310.1 310.9 289.8 323.3 4.20 10 550 4939 -9.3 -10.2 93 0.9 -9.6 301 9 313.1 313.7 289.8 323.3 3.20 11 500 5670 -13.7 -15.1 89 1.4 -14.2 297 12 316.3 316.8 290.0 324.1 2.36 12 450 6463 -18.9 -20.8 85 1.9 -19.4 276 15 319.5 319.8 290.3 325.0 1.62 13 400 7329 -25.1 -28.0 76 2.9 -25.6 226 32 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.8 0.95 14 350 8285 -32.2 -34.9 77 2.7 -32.6 198 55 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.3 0.56 15 300 9353 -40.7 -44.3 68 3.6 -41.0 182 51 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.25 16 250 10581 -43.1 -66.4 6 23.2 -43.9 225 46 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12066 -48.1 -77.9 2 29.8 -48.7 248 52 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.00 18 150 13914 -58.3 -81.0 4 22.7 -58.5 261 56 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16425 -63.4 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 253 34 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.15 m Freezing level: 666.82 mb = 3426.70 m = 11242.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.74 mb = 3386.67 m = 11111.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.04 % Est. max temperature: 24.04 C = 75.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.60 mb = 641.76 m = 2105.48 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 11.26 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1012.17 m = 3320.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.36 C = 68.66 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 36.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 747.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.74 mb = 995.42 m = 3265.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.74 mb = 1138.18 m = 3734.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.74 mb = 9586.99 m = 31452.98 ft B at Equ Level: 743.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.74 mb = 11749.26 m = 38546.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.5 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 318.5 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -15.4 tot: -4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 891.01 Bulk Shear: 0.84 m/s