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: 37.45,-99.43 Latitude: 37.45 Longitude: -99.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 187 1 950 614 SFC 942 679 6.0 2.1 76 4.0 4.2 285 5 284.0 284.8 280.1 297.2 4.71 3 900 1061 8.6 -4.8 38 13.4 2.8 7 18 290.3 290.9 280.9 299.0 2.96 4 850 1530 4.8 -9.1 36 14.0 -0.5 2 24 291.2 291.6 280.4 297.9 2.25 5 800 2022 3.7 -24.6 10 28.3 -4.0 355 37 295.1 295.2 280.1 297.2 0.65 6 750 2545 3.4 -8.9 40 12.3 -1.6 332 52 300.2 300.7 284.7 308.2 2.59 7 700 3103 2.1 -7.9 47 10.0 -2.1 309 54 304.8 305.3 286.8 314.1 3.00 8 650 3696 -2.2 -16.0 34 13.8 -6.9 305 55 306.5 306.8 286.0 311.9 1.68 9 600 4328 -4.0 -30.0 11 26.0 -10.2 315 51 311.5 311.6 286.5 313.4 0.53 10 550 5011 -6.6 -29.7 14 23.1 -12.2 325 54 316.3 316.4 288.2 318.3 0.59 11 500 5748 -11.2 -27.9 24 16.6 -15.3 314 62 319.4 319.5 289.4 322.1 0.77 12 450 6549 -16.7 -34.9 19 18.2 -20.1 314 69 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.8 0.44 13 400 7418 -24.2 -44.5 13 20.3 -26.5 313 68 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.3 0.18 14 350 8377 -31.8 -47.0 21 15.3 -33.1 313 76 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.16 15 300 9449 -39.3 -59.5 10 20.3 -40.2 310 80 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.04 16 250 10674 -47.4 -60.4 21 13.0 -47.9 312 81 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.7 0.04 17 200 12126 -52.9 -73.1 7 20.2 -53.2 303 80 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13958 -59.3 -80.4 5 21.1 -59.5 291 59 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16440 -66.7 -78.6 17 11.9 -66.8 309 38 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5560.85 m Freezing level: 675.95 mb = 3388.11 m = 11115.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 857.60 mb = 1456.77 m = 4779.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.18 % Est. max temperature: 17.73 C = 63.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.50 mb = 1185.03 m = 3887.85 ft T: 7.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 1.85 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 491.02 mb = 5885.62 m = 19309.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.33 C = 106.39 F Cap Strength: 17.70 C Lifted Index: 18.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.46 C Showalter Index: 19.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 18.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.07 C Cross Totals Index: 2.08 C K Index: -3.07 Risk: None Sweat Index: 109.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15224.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.28 mb = 2563.22 m = 8409.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.1 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 351.1 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 8.2 tot: 11.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -230.9 tot: -214.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -71.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.3 stream: -7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 191.04 m/s