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: 39.30,-97.98 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -97.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 956 439 22.3 6.6 36 15.7 13.1 333 13 299.2 300.4 288.1 318.1 6.38 2 950 495 22.5 5.2 32 17.3 12.7 333 17 300.1 301.1 287.9 317.5 5.84 3 900 962 18.3 4.0 39 14.3 10.3 335 22 300.4 301.4 287.8 317.2 5.66 4 850 1447 13.7 3.1 49 10.7 7.9 335 20 300.5 301.5 287.8 317.3 5.61 5 800 1953 9.4 0.7 55 8.7 4.9 325 13 301.2 302.1 287.5 316.4 5.04 6 750 2484 5.5 -3.7 52 9.2 1.2 298 7 302.5 303.2 286.9 314.3 3.88 7 700 3043 0.8 -6.5 58 7.3 -2.3 276 7 303.4 304.0 286.6 313.8 3.36 8 650 3634 -3.1 -9.5 61 6.4 -5.6 245 13 305.5 306.0 286.9 314.5 2.86 9 600 4262 -7.8 -9.2 90 1.4 -8.3 245 19 307.1 307.7 287.8 317.1 3.18 10 550 4933 -12.5 -12.8 97 0.4 -12.6 249 23 309.3 309.8 287.9 317.6 2.59 11 500 5653 -17.9 -19.7 86 1.8 -18.4 261 23 311.2 311.5 287.6 316.5 1.61 12 450 6432 -23.5 -26.3 78 2.8 -24.1 272 25 313.7 313.9 287.8 317.0 0.99 13 400 7283 -28.6 -31.3 78 2.6 -29.0 253 28 317.8 317.9 288.8 320.2 0.70 14 350 8229 -33.4 -44.3 33 10.8 -34.4 206 62 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.21 15 300 9295 -39.7 -52.7 24 12.9 -40.4 197 69 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.10 16 250 10524 -45.2 -66.6 7 21.4 -45.9 231 49 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.02 17 200 12001 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.1 245 58 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 18 150 13863 -56.1 -80.9 3 24.9 -56.4 256 50 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16389 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 263 32 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.87 m Freezing level: 689.26 mb = 3169.67 m = 10399.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.05 mb = 2669.00 m = 8756.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.12 C = 75.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.28 mb = 2404.44 m = 7888.48 ft T: 6.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 3.51 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.70 mb = 3091.80 m = 10143.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 27.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8445.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.87 mb = 2715.31 m = 8908.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.2 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 308.2 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.3 neg: -12.0 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 38.84 m/s