MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.42,-94.84 Latitude: 35.42 Longitude: -94.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 986 182 25.3 20.9 77 4.4 22.2 194 13 299.7 302.6 295.8 346.4 15.98 2 950 509 22.9 19.5 81 3.4 20.5 195 23 300.4 303.2 295.4 344.8 15.15 3 900 979 20.6 15.3 72 5.3 17.0 208 36 302.7 305.0 294.0 338.9 12.21 4 850 1471 17.9 11.9 68 5.9 14.1 222 32 304.9 306.8 293.3 336.0 10.39 5 800 1988 15.2 9.7 70 5.5 11.7 242 27 307.4 309.1 293.3 336.1 9.50 6 750 2531 10.4 7.5 82 2.9 8.6 256 29 307.9 309.5 292.9 334.3 8.70 7 700 3101 5.8 3.8 87 2.0 4.6 250 31 308.9 310.2 291.9 330.9 7.17 8 650 3704 1.6 0.2 90 1.4 0.9 241 34 310.8 311.9 291.6 329.4 6.00 9 600 4344 -2.4 -3.4 93 1.0 -2.9 239 38 313.4 314.3 291.5 329.1 4.98 10 550 5031 -6.5 -7.7 91 1.2 -7.0 240 41 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.0 3.91 11 500 5769 -11.2 -12.6 90 1.3 -11.8 241 45 319.3 319.9 291.4 328.9 2.91 12 450 6568 -16.7 -20.2 74 3.6 -17.7 246 46 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.1 1.70 13 400 7442 -23.0 -29.2 57 6.2 -24.3 246 50 325.1 325.2 291.2 328.1 0.85 14 350 8407 -29.7 -35.0 60 5.4 -30.4 243 59 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.8 0.56 15 300 9487 -38.4 -41.6 72 3.2 -38.7 243 71 331.3 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.33 16 250 10712 -48.9 -52.8 64 3.9 -49.1 245 91 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.11 17 200 12158 -51.8 -74.4 5 22.6 -52.2 254 84 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 13989 -59.2 -80.7 5 21.5 -59.5 255 67 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16470 -69.8 -87.0 6 17.2 -69.9 247 42 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.08 m Freezing level: 629.73 mb = 3963.37 m = 13003.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.02 mb = 3852.58 m = 12639.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.65 mb = 743.85 m = 2440.43 ft T: 21.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 10.41 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1861.97 m = 6108.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.37 C = 90.27 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 39.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1762.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.28 mb = 1189.00 m = 3900.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.28 mb = 2383.36 m = 7819.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.28 mb = 11444.56 m = 37547.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1762.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.28 mb = 15189.25 m = 49832.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.0 neg: -3.1 tot: 215.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.34 Bulk Rich Number: 25.12 Bulk Shear: 70.16 m/s