MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 35.12,-98.23 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 969 398 12.2 1.0 46 11.2 6.8 178 11 288.0 288.7 281.4 300.1 4.24 2 950 566 16.7 -1.1 30 17.8 8.0 186 33 294.2 294.8 283.4 305.1 3.71 3 900 1026 16.1 -0.9 31 17.0 7.6 212 38 298.1 298.8 285.3 310.0 3.98 4 850 1510 15.6 -0.5 33 16.1 7.3 241 44 302.5 303.3 287.3 315.7 4.35 5 800 2025 15.9 -3.2 27 19.0 6.3 258 34 308.1 308.8 288.7 319.9 3.78 6 750 2569 12.9 -9.5 20 22.4 2.9 256 31 310.6 311.0 288.2 318.5 2.47 7 700 3144 10.1 -12.5 19 22.6 0.7 258 27 313.7 314.1 288.9 320.6 2.09 8 650 3756 7.1 -20.4 12 27.5 -2.6 267 24 317.1 317.3 289.0 321.0 1.16 9 600 4408 2.9 -29.7 7 32.5 -6.2 270 30 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.4 0.55 10 550 5105 -2.1 -36.8 5 34.7 -9.9 269 36 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.30 11 500 5852 -8.0 -38.4 7 30.4 -14.0 265 38 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.28 12 450 6660 -14.3 -41.4 8 27.1 -18.8 264 41 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.23 13 400 7540 -20.8 -43.3 11 22.5 -23.9 280 44 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.21 14 350 8511 -28.7 -36.4 47 7.7 -29.8 295 55 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.9 0.48 15 300 9594 -37.6 -44.1 51 6.5 -38.2 298 65 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.25 16 250 10825 -47.4 -54.1 46 6.6 -47.7 300 73 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12268 -55.7 -67.0 23 11.3 -55.9 295 69 344.5 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 14065 -63.8 -81.4 7 17.7 -63.9 290 61 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.00 19 100 16495 -71.8 -85.8 11 13.9 -71.9 278 37 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.28 m Freezing level: 571.05 mb = 4811.16 m = 15784.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.69 mb = 3266.42 m = 10716.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.16 mb = 1844.45 m = 6051.26 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 1.35 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 491.50 mb = 5983.28 m = 19629.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.60 C = 117.69 F Cap Strength: 16.08 C Lifted Index: 15.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.21 C Showalter Index: 10.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 7.48 C K Index: 0.51 Risk: None Sweat Index: 201.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12957.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.46 mb = 2985.20 m = 9793.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 535.2 neg: -25.7 tot: 509.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 137.68 m/s