MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.91,-94.96 Latitude: 34.91 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 981 238 26.7 21.3 73 5.3 22.8 191 13 301.4 304.5 296.7 350.0 16.50 2 950 520 22.9 20.1 84 2.8 20.9 194 21 300.5 303.3 295.9 346.8 15.79 3 900 990 21.5 13.7 61 7.8 16.4 220 35 303.6 305.7 293.4 336.4 11.01 4 850 1484 19.6 10.6 56 9.0 13.8 235 30 306.7 308.4 293.1 335.2 9.47 5 800 2004 17.2 0.6 32 16.6 8.2 263 31 309.5 310.4 290.3 325.0 4.98 6 750 2550 12.3 0.2 43 12.1 5.8 264 32 310.0 310.9 290.6 326.1 5.18 7 700 3123 6.8 3.3 79 3.5 4.8 249 31 310.0 311.3 292.1 331.4 6.95 8 650 3726 2.0 0.1 87 2.0 1.0 243 37 311.3 312.4 291.6 329.7 5.93 9 600 4368 -2.1 -3.9 87 1.8 -3.0 247 41 313.7 314.6 291.4 328.8 4.78 10 550 5054 -6.8 -8.0 91 1.2 -7.3 248 45 316.1 316.8 291.3 328.4 3.82 11 500 5791 -11.5 -13.8 83 2.3 -12.3 250 49 319.0 319.6 291.1 327.8 2.64 12 450 6591 -16.6 -28.5 35 12.0 -19.3 252 54 322.4 322.6 290.3 325.3 0.81 13 400 7465 -22.2 -43.4 13 21.1 -25.0 252 62 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.21 14 350 8432 -29.4 -46.7 17 17.2 -31.2 251 68 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.16 15 300 9513 -37.6 -44.7 47 7.1 -38.2 255 83 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.24 16 250 10745 -47.4 -51.4 63 4.0 -47.6 253 92 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.13 17 200 12192 -53.4 -71.9 9 18.5 -53.7 256 93 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14012 -60.5 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.7 256 76 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16480 -69.8 -87.0 6 17.2 -69.9 249 35 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.23 m Freezing level: 625.24 mb = 4043.86 m = 13267.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.25 mb = 3884.85 m = 12745.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.66 % Est. max temperature: 32.88 C = 91.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.07 mb = 912.35 m = 2993.23 ft T: 21.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 25.06 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.54 mb = 2288.46 m = 7507.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.90 C = 94.82 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -5.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 38.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1568.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.27 mb = 1370.36 m = 4495.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.27 mb = 2816.64 m = 9240.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.27 mb = 11684.79 m = 38335.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1554.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.27 mb = 15060.25 m = 49409.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.2 neg: -13.3 tot: 238.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.44 Bulk Rich Number: 15.51 Bulk Shear: 101.14 m/s