MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.58,-94.36 Latitude: 35.58 Longitude: -94.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 979 267 24.0 20.7 82 3.3 21.7 235 6 299.0 301.8 295.6 345.3 15.91 2 950 532 23.9 19.3 75 4.6 20.7 235 21 301.5 304.2 295.7 345.6 15.00 3 900 1004 21.6 17.0 75 4.6 18.4 248 38 303.7 306.3 295.3 344.3 13.63 4 850 1497 17.1 14.8 86 2.4 15.5 256 40 304.1 306.4 294.7 341.4 12.54 5 800 2012 12.6 12.2 97 0.4 12.3 259 40 304.6 306.7 293.9 338.1 11.23 6 750 2550 8.3 7.5 95 0.8 7.9 263 41 305.6 307.2 292.2 331.9 8.73 7 700 3117 4.4 2.9 90 1.6 3.5 262 40 307.4 308.6 291.1 327.9 6.73 8 650 3717 1.0 -4.5 66 5.5 -1.6 266 45 310.1 310.9 289.8 323.3 4.20 9 600 4357 -2.4 -21.7 21 19.4 -8.3 271 50 313.4 313.6 287.8 317.2 1.12 10 550 5041 -7.2 -23.2 27 16.0 -11.8 273 48 315.5 315.8 288.5 319.2 1.07 11 500 5775 -12.5 -37.6 10 25.2 -17.0 271 48 317.8 317.9 288.4 318.9 0.30 12 450 6570 -18.3 -42.8 10 24.5 -21.7 265 56 320.2 320.3 289.0 321.0 0.20 13 400 7438 -24.5 -47.5 10 23.0 -26.9 260 61 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.7 0.13 14 350 8394 -32.2 -48.2 19 16.0 -33.6 258 68 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.14 15 300 9465 -38.8 -60.3 9 21.5 -39.8 258 77 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.8 0.04 16 250 10698 -46.0 -68.9 6 22.9 -46.6 264 72 337.7 337.7 293.7 337.8 0.01 17 200 12161 -52.0 -73.8 6 21.8 -52.4 268 49 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 13992 -60.0 -81.6 4 21.6 -60.2 270 49 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16474 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 265 41 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.80 m Freezing level: 635.11 mb = 3907.50 m = 12819.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.72 mb = 3523.58 m = 11560.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.39 mb = 685.81 m = 2250.01 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 28.45 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1524.61 m = 5001.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.16 C = 84.49 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.74 C Showalter Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.61 C Cross Totals Index: 27.25 C K Index: 42.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 463.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2372.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.28 mb = 1283.91 m = 4212.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.28 mb = 1737.39 m = 5700.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.28 mb = 11647.77 m = 38214.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2357.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.28 mb = 16100.88 m = 52823.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.9 neg: -6.0 tot: 294.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.27 Bulk Rich Number: 25.01 Bulk Shear: 94.87 m/s