MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.37,-97.29 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 976 373 8.3 2.8 68 5.5 5.6 329 7 283.4 284.2 279.9 296.8 4.78 2 950 596 10.3 -0.3 48 10.6 5.3 348 24 287.6 288.3 280.8 298.9 3.93 3 900 1044 7.6 -6.6 36 14.2 1.8 360 35 289.3 289.8 280.0 297.0 2.59 4 850 1511 3.9 -12.6 29 16.5 -1.9 355 44 290.2 290.5 279.3 295.3 1.71 5 800 2001 2.2 -29.1 8 31.3 -5.2 347 41 293.5 293.6 279.0 294.9 0.43 6 750 2520 1.5 -43.1 2 44.6 -6.5 329 43 298.2 298.2 280.7 298.6 0.11 7 700 3072 -0.5 -40.4 3 39.9 -8.0 317 58 301.9 302.0 282.4 302.5 0.16 8 650 3661 -2.7 -38.0 5 35.3 -9.6 310 62 305.9 306.0 284.1 306.7 0.22 9 600 4292 -5.3 -41.3 4 36.0 -11.8 320 61 310.0 310.0 285.5 310.6 0.17 10 550 4974 -6.1 -33.1 10 27.0 -12.1 326 76 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.4 0.43 11 500 5712 -10.5 -34.9 12 24.4 -15.5 313 78 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.6 0.39 12 450 6512 -17.2 -37.9 15 20.7 -20.7 310 79 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.8 0.32 13 400 7380 -25.3 -44.6 15 19.4 -27.5 318 79 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.8 0.18 14 350 8333 -32.9 -50.3 16 17.4 -34.1 312 84 324.4 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.11 15 300 9399 -40.6 -59.9 11 19.3 -41.4 311 86 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.04 16 250 10617 -48.0 -64.3 14 16.2 -48.4 309 88 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 17 200 12080 -51.2 -77.8 3 26.6 -51.6 312 92 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.00 18 150 13925 -58.7 -81.2 4 22.5 -58.9 286 74 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16429 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.3 -67.0 288 34 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5542.01 m Freezing level: 712.51 mb = 2934.05 m = 9626.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 875.13 mb = 1272.78 m = 4175.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.22 % Est. max temperature: 16.59 C = 61.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.17 mb = 1069.66 m = 3509.34 ft T: 7.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.81 C/km ThetaE index: 3.97 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 495.36 mb = 5782.81 m = 18972.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.94 C = 112.89 F Cap Strength: 18.76 C Lifted Index: 20.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.36 C Showalter Index: 21.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 12.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.40 C Cross Totals Index: -2.05 C K Index: -38.11 Risk: None Sweat Index: 165.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15876.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.06 mb = 2255.46 m = 7399.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.3 at 56.4 knts Storm direction: 354.3 at 42.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 7.0 tot: 13.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.0 neg: -37.6 tot: 24.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 185.30 m/s