MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512140600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512140600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 16 DEC 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 161 SFC 970 406 2.5 -1.6 74 4.1 0.8 189 5 278.0 278.6 275.5 287.7 3.49 2 950 581 6.5 -0.1 63 6.6 3.5 215 18 283.7 284.4 279.1 295.0 3.98 3 900 1022 3.4 -0.8 74 4.3 1.5 240 25 285.0 285.7 279.7 296.4 3.99 4 850 1498 15.6 -10.1 16 25.6 4.6 275 12 302.4 302.8 284.9 309.0 2.09 5 800 2010 14.2 -13.0 14 27.1 3.1 279 12 306.3 306.6 286.0 311.9 1.76 6 750 2550 10.4 -14.5 16 24.8 0.7 273 16 307.8 308.1 286.5 313.2 1.66 7 700 3119 6.9 -25.5 8 32.4 -2.9 279 17 310.1 310.3 286.2 312.5 0.68 8 650 3722 2.7 -27.6 9 30.2 -5.8 282 20 312.0 312.1 286.8 314.1 0.61 9 600 4362 -2.2 -32.4 8 30.3 -9.4 287 22 313.6 313.7 287.1 315.1 0.42 10 550 5045 -7.9 -34.3 10 26.3 -13.4 292 22 314.7 314.8 287.4 316.0 0.38 11 500 5776 -13.9 -37.2 12 23.3 -17.9 305 23 316.2 316.2 287.9 317.3 0.31 12 450 6568 -19.7 -29.1 43 9.4 -21.7 315 29 318.4 318.6 289.0 321.1 0.76 13 400 7428 -26.9 -37.7 35 10.8 -28.3 315 34 320.1 320.2 289.2 321.5 0.37 14 350 8375 -34.9 -44.9 35 10.1 -35.7 315 38 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.5 0.20 15 300 9429 -44.7 -53.2 38 8.6 -45.0 313 44 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.09 16 250 10621 -53.5 -61.7 36 8.2 -53.6 305 43 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.8 0.04 17 200 12040 -56.9 -73.7 10 16.8 -57.1 317 35 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.7 0.01 18 150 13867 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.7 305 39 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16390 -64.9 -88.8 2 23.9 -65.1 316 31 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.64 m Freezing level: 622.34 mb = 4075.95 m = 13372.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.05 mb = 2659.94 m = 8726.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.81 mb = 924.48 m = 3033.04 ft T: 4.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 0.74 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 546.78 mb = 5090.13 m = 16699.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.94 C = 102.09 F Cap Strength: 18.72 C Lifted Index: 17.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 18.61 C Showalter Index: 9.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.41 C Cross Totals Index: 3.78 C K Index: -13.11 Risk: None Sweat Index: 46.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16216.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.19 mb = 1738.10 m = 5702.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.5 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 311.5 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.1 neg: -12.0 tot: 154.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 44.97 m/s