MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.97,-95.23 Latitude: 35.97 Longitude: -95.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 210 22.7 20.7 89 2.0 21.3 193 11 297.4 300.2 295.1 343.3 15.87 2 950 506 21.3 20.2 94 1.1 20.5 199 25 298.8 301.7 295.6 345.1 15.89 3 900 974 19.9 14.9 73 5.0 16.5 222 40 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.1 11.91 4 850 1465 17.4 8.9 57 8.5 12.1 243 42 304.4 305.9 291.6 329.7 8.43 5 800 1980 14.7 2.1 43 12.5 7.8 255 36 306.8 307.8 289.9 323.9 5.58 6 750 2521 10.1 -1.0 46 11.1 4.4 262 35 307.6 308.5 289.4 322.2 4.73 7 700 3090 5.4 0.2 69 5.2 2.7 261 44 308.4 309.5 290.4 325.5 5.55 8 650 3690 0.5 -5.1 66 5.6 -2.0 260 52 309.6 310.3 289.4 322.2 4.04 9 600 4327 -3.2 -23.8 19 20.6 -9.1 255 55 312.4 312.6 287.3 315.5 0.93 10 550 5010 -7.6 -33.3 11 25.7 -13.2 250 57 315.0 315.1 287.6 316.5 0.42 11 500 5743 -12.2 -39.9 8 27.7 -16.9 246 60 318.2 318.2 288.4 319.1 0.24 12 450 6539 -18.1 -34.7 22 16.6 -21.0 243 65 320.5 320.6 289.4 322.1 0.45 13 400 7407 -24.8 -42.1 18 17.3 -26.9 240 70 322.8 322.8 289.9 323.7 0.24 14 350 8364 -31.5 -50.5 14 19.0 -33.0 238 78 326.2 326.3 290.7 326.7 0.11 15 300 9436 -39.4 -56.8 14 17.5 -40.2 244 82 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.06 16 250 10667 -44.9 -71.0 4 26.1 -45.5 253 66 339.4 339.4 294.1 339.4 0.01 17 200 12139 -50.5 -78.1 2 27.5 -51.0 263 62 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.00 18 150 13975 -59.7 -81.3 4 21.6 -59.9 265 55 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16462 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.1 266 40 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.70 m Freezing level: 643.03 mb = 3778.96 m = 12398.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.66 mb = 3424.80 m = 11236.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.53 C = 86.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.93 mb = 460.63 m = 1511.23 ft T: 21.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 22.90 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1714.75 m = 5625.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.89 C = 87.60 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.68 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 33.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1701.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.47 mb = 1036.60 m = 3400.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.47 mb = 2427.13 m = 7962.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.47 mb = 10978.49 m = 36018.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1686.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.47 mb = 14465.29 m = 47457.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 442.5 neg: -9.2 tot: 433.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.40 Bulk Rich Number: 10.16 Bulk Shear: 167.55 m/s