MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 37.63,-97.42 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -97.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 970 406 13.1 3.8 53 9.3 8.3 183 7 288.7 289.6 282.8 303.5 5.17 2 950 585 14.7 0.7 38 14.0 7.8 193 18 292.1 292.8 283.2 304.4 4.23 3 900 1038 10.5 -0.9 45 11.4 5.1 203 20 292.3 293.0 283.0 303.9 3.97 4 850 1512 10.2 -20.8 9 31.0 0.3 234 19 296.8 297.0 281.1 299.5 0.86 5 800 2014 9.7 -1.1 47 10.8 4.3 265 19 301.4 302.3 287.0 314.8 4.41 6 750 2548 9.3 -20.1 11 29.4 -0.7 282 19 306.7 306.9 285.4 310.1 1.03 7 700 3117 7.1 -17.8 15 24.9 -1.9 293 24 310.4 310.6 287.0 314.8 1.35 8 650 3721 3.6 -19.2 17 22.8 -4.2 291 27 313.1 313.3 287.9 317.4 1.29 9 600 4365 -0.4 -21.5 19 21.1 -7.1 289 30 315.7 315.9 288.6 319.6 1.14 10 550 5054 -5.1 -22.7 24 17.6 -10.4 295 36 318.1 318.3 289.3 321.9 1.12 11 500 5796 -9.7 -26.0 25 16.2 -14.0 300 42 321.2 321.4 290.1 324.4 0.92 12 450 6600 -15.4 -30.5 26 15.2 -18.7 301 44 323.9 324.1 290.7 326.3 0.67 13 400 7477 -22.2 -35.0 30 12.8 -24.4 302 47 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.0 0.49 14 350 8442 -30.0 -42.6 28 12.7 -31.4 304 51 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.25 15 300 9521 -38.2 -50.3 27 12.2 -38.9 304 53 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.13 16 250 10751 -46.9 -56.8 32 9.9 -47.3 305 51 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.07 17 200 12200 -54.9 -66.7 22 11.8 -55.2 295 49 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 14004 -61.9 -78.2 10 16.3 -62.1 287 43 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16470 -68.1 -87.2 5 19.2 -68.2 287 31 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.50 m Freezing level: 604.54 mb = 4306.83 m = 14129.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.11 mb = 2470.07 m = 8103.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.14 % Est. max temperature: 23.79 C = 74.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.91 mb = 1581.37 m = 5188.15 ft T: 10.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 4.89 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 507.23 mb = 5684.11 m = 18648.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.82 C = 112.68 F Cap Strength: 15.83 C Lifted Index: 16.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.59 C Showalter Index: 19.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 8.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.88 C Cross Totals Index: -11.09 C K Index: -25.84 Risk: None Sweat Index: 218.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14851.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.10 mb = 2547.11 m = 8356.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.0 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 313.0 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 130.88 m/s