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: 35.06,-95.56 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 983 214 28.3 21.3 66 7.0 23.2 201 12 302.9 305.9 297.0 351.5 16.41 2 950 516 24.5 20.3 77 4.2 21.5 204 21 302.0 304.9 296.4 349.0 15.93 3 900 987 19.9 18.8 93 1.2 19.1 211 27 302.1 304.9 296.0 347.2 15.31 4 850 1480 19.4 9.7 54 9.6 13.3 237 31 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.5 8.95 5 800 2000 17.2 -3.2 24 20.5 6.9 266 36 309.5 310.2 289.2 321.4 3.76 6 750 2545 12.3 3.5 55 8.8 7.3 258 38 309.9 311.1 291.7 330.2 6.57 7 700 3119 6.9 3.1 77 3.8 4.8 246 38 310.1 311.4 292.0 331.2 6.86 8 650 3722 1.9 0.1 88 1.8 1.0 242 43 311.1 312.3 291.6 329.6 5.95 9 600 4363 -2.3 -4.1 87 1.8 -3.1 249 46 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.4 4.70 10 550 5049 -7.0 -10.4 77 3.4 -8.4 248 48 315.8 316.4 290.6 326.0 3.14 11 500 5785 -11.6 -30.7 19 19.1 -15.8 249 52 319.0 319.1 289.0 321.1 0.59 12 450 6584 -16.8 -38.7 13 21.9 -20.4 253 56 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.2 0.30 13 400 7457 -22.9 -42.4 15 19.5 -25.5 253 63 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.23 14 350 8421 -29.9 -48.3 15 18.4 -31.6 251 70 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.14 15 300 9501 -37.8 -45.7 43 7.9 -38.4 255 87 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.21 16 250 10732 -47.5 -52.1 59 4.7 -47.7 252 96 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 17 200 12181 -53.2 -71.9 9 18.7 -53.5 257 94 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14003 -60.2 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 257 74 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16475 -69.6 -86.9 6 17.3 -69.7 250 35 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.62 m Freezing level: 627.07 mb = 4015.95 m = 13175.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.33 mb = 3867.07 m = 12687.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.82 C = 91.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.45 mb = 1098.79 m = 3604.90 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 30.14 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.34 mb = 2017.23 m = 6618.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.89 C = 94.80 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -7.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.23 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 36.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2558.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.72 mb = 1135.13 m = 3724.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.72 mb = 2548.43 m = 8360.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.72 mb = 12190.05 m = 39993.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2549.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.4 neg: -30.3 tot: 201.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.68 Bulk Rich Number: 24.34 Bulk Shear: 105.13 m/s