MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 37.4,-101.8 Latitude: 37.40 Longitude: -101.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 546 2 900 1016 SFC 898 1036 19.5 8.6 49 10.9 12.9 166 12 301.8 303.2 290.3 325.1 7.84 4 850 1510 22.2 6.2 36 16.0 12.6 200 36 309.4 310.7 292.0 331.0 7.03 5 800 2033 17.9 7.8 52 10.1 11.7 217 28 310.3 311.8 293.3 335.9 8.35 6 750 2581 12.9 7.5 70 5.4 9.6 226 26 310.6 312.3 293.7 337.5 8.74 7 700 3156 8.3 6.0 85 2.3 6.9 247 21 311.7 313.3 293.7 337.6 8.39 8 650 3764 3.7 2.4 91 1.3 2.9 269 16 313.2 314.5 293.1 335.1 7.02 9 600 4409 -0.6 -7.6 59 7.1 -3.7 296 13 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.0 3.59 10 550 5098 -5.1 -9.1 74 4.0 -6.8 297 13 318.0 318.7 291.5 329.4 3.49 11 500 5843 -8.8 -23.8 29 15.0 -13.1 262 16 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.1 1.12 12 450 6648 -14.9 -35.8 15 20.8 -18.9 248 19 324.5 324.5 290.6 325.9 0.40 13 400 7526 -21.6 -39.8 18 18.2 -24.3 251 21 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.30 14 350 8491 -30.7 -39.7 41 9.0 -31.7 254 25 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.7 0.35 15 300 9571 -37.2 -50.5 24 13.3 -38.1 264 34 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.5 0.12 16 250 10812 -43.0 -64.3 8 21.3 -43.7 278 53 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12295 -49.7 -71.9 6 22.2 -50.2 296 56 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14135 -57.8 -84.0 2 26.2 -58.1 265 44 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16618 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 251 15 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.60 m Freezing level: 606.62 mb = 4323.78 m = 14185.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.92 mb = 4042.63 m = 13263.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.90 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.75 mb = 2426.48 m = 7960.80 ft T: 14.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 646.09 mb = 3812.69 m = 12508.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.42 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.05 C Cross Totals Index: 15.09 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 407.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.35 mb = 3199.15 m = 10495.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 361.35 mb = 8260.73 m = 27101.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 341.35 mb = 8666.60 m = 28433.38 ft B at Equ Level: 36.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.35 mb = 9539.54 m = 31297.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 273.7 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 261.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 50.69 m/s