MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 OCT 25 Station: 38.9,-99.9 Latitude: 38.90 Longitude: -99.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 1 950 595 SFC 936 723 27.3 17.0 53 10.3 20.2 134 5 306.2 308.7 295.7 345.7 13.14 3 900 1069 21.7 16.6 73 5.1 18.2 142 5 303.9 306.4 295.2 343.6 13.34 4 850 1564 20.0 14.0 68 6.1 16.0 185 10 307.1 309.4 295.0 343.0 11.89 5 800 2085 18.3 6.0 44 12.3 10.9 166 5 310.6 312.0 292.6 333.3 7.34 6 750 2634 13.9 -0.9 36 14.7 6.1 108 6 311.6 312.5 290.7 326.7 4.79 7 700 3209 8.7 -4.8 38 13.5 2.2 88 10 312.1 312.9 290.0 324.3 3.82 8 650 3816 3.6 -8.6 40 12.2 -1.8 117 8 313.0 313.6 289.6 322.8 3.06 9 600 4459 -0.8 -13.9 36 13.0 -5.8 218 5 315.1 315.6 289.5 322.3 2.18 10 550 5149 -3.6 -27.4 14 23.8 -10.1 312 8 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.4 0.73 11 500 5897 -7.4 -28.3 17 20.9 -12.9 341 18 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.7 0.74 12 450 6708 -13.1 -33.6 16 20.4 -17.4 342 20 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.6 0.50 13 400 7592 -20.1 -42.1 12 22.0 -23.4 332 24 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.23 14 350 8565 -28.1 -47.9 13 19.9 -30.0 321 29 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.14 15 300 9656 -35.0 -54.4 12 19.4 -36.3 325 30 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 16 250 10900 -44.6 -59.8 17 15.2 -45.2 319 29 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12360 -54.3 -65.2 25 10.9 -54.5 306 39 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14157 -64.0 -76.6 16 12.6 -64.1 305 26 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16600 -69.3 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.4 281 17 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.07 m Freezing level: 609.55 mb = 4336.65 m = 14227.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.55 mb = 3537.05 m = 11604.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.96 C = 89.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.40 mb = 2027.47 m = 6651.72 ft T: 18.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 23.35 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.87 mb = 2758.57 m = 9050.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.78 C = 91.01 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 27.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 916.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.40 mb = 2038.09 m = 6686.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.40 mb = 3216.38 m = 10552.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.40 mb = 11754.10 m = 38562.85 ft B at Equ Level: 907.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.40 mb = 15047.04 m = 49366.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.3 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 36.3 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -26.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -22.5 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 37.38 Bulk Shear: 24.51 m/s