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: 35.92,-93.94 Latitude: 35.92 Longitude: -93.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 950 504 24.2 19.6 75 4.6 20.9 190 13 301.7 304.5 295.8 346.6 15.24 2 950 507 24.1 19.6 76 4.6 20.9 191 12 301.7 304.5 295.8 346.6 15.24 3 900 978 19.8 17.5 87 2.3 18.2 196 27 301.9 304.5 295.1 343.5 14.10 4 850 1468 16.1 13.5 85 2.6 14.4 216 34 303.0 305.2 293.6 337.2 11.53 5 800 1982 13.4 10.1 80 3.3 11.4 240 31 305.5 307.3 293.0 334.8 9.77 6 750 2522 10.1 6.5 78 3.6 8.0 251 30 307.5 309.1 292.3 332.2 8.13 7 700 3093 6.3 3.0 79 3.3 4.4 249 30 309.4 310.7 291.8 330.3 6.79 8 650 3696 2.0 -0.4 84 2.4 0.7 239 31 311.2 312.3 291.4 329.0 5.72 9 600 4338 -2.2 -4.0 87 1.8 -3.0 237 36 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.6 4.74 10 550 5024 -6.5 -7.6 92 1.1 -7.0 240 41 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.0 3.93 11 500 5762 -11.3 -12.7 89 1.4 -11.8 244 47 319.3 319.8 291.4 328.8 2.89 12 450 6564 -16.2 -18.9 80 2.7 -17.0 248 51 322.9 323.2 291.5 329.4 1.91 13 400 7439 -22.3 -26.2 71 3.9 -23.2 248 56 326.0 326.2 291.7 330.0 1.13 14 350 8404 -29.8 -35.3 59 5.5 -30.6 245 67 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.6 0.54 15 300 9483 -38.5 -42.4 66 4.0 -38.8 246 80 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.30 16 250 10709 -48.7 -52.1 67 3.4 -48.8 246 94 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12151 -53.6 -71.6 9 18.0 -53.9 251 87 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 13975 -59.3 -80.8 5 21.5 -59.5 253 70 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16461 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.9 250 43 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.64 m Freezing level: 626.27 mb = 4000.57 m = 13125.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.36 mb = 3815.78 m = 12518.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.33 mb = 1089.44 m = 3574.22 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 17.97 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1455.91 m = 4776.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.47 C = 77.84 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.41 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 37.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1715.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.34 mb = 1344.12 m = 4409.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.34 mb = 1799.83 m = 5904.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.34 mb = 11613.90 m = 38102.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1711.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.34 mb = 14979.21 m = 49143.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.6 neg: -4.7 tot: 228.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.50 Bulk Rich Number: 21.07 Bulk Shear: 81.42 m/s