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: 36,-95.32 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 984 194 22.8 20.6 87 2.2 21.2 193 11 297.3 300.1 295.0 342.7 15.70 2 950 505 21.7 19.9 90 1.8 20.5 201 26 299.2 302.0 295.4 344.7 15.60 3 900 973 20.0 14.6 71 5.4 16.4 224 40 302.1 304.2 293.4 336.6 11.69 4 850 1464 17.4 10.1 62 7.3 12.9 244 42 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.9 9.19 5 800 1980 14.5 3.4 47 11.2 8.3 257 36 306.6 307.8 290.3 325.2 6.09 6 750 2521 9.8 -0.4 49 10.2 4.5 262 34 307.3 308.2 289.5 322.5 4.95 7 700 3089 5.2 0.1 69 5.1 2.5 261 44 308.3 309.3 290.3 325.3 5.51 8 650 3689 0.5 -6.9 57 7.4 -2.8 259 52 309.5 310.2 288.9 320.6 3.50 9 600 4326 -3.2 -27.7 13 24.6 -9.5 255 55 312.5 312.6 287.0 314.7 0.65 10 550 5008 -7.7 -34.0 10 26.4 -13.2 251 57 315.0 315.1 287.6 316.4 0.39 11 500 5742 -12.3 -35.9 12 23.6 -16.7 246 60 318.1 318.1 288.5 319.4 0.36 12 450 6538 -18.2 -36.2 19 18.0 -21.2 243 65 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.8 0.39 13 400 7404 -24.8 -42.9 17 18.1 -27.0 240 70 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.6 0.22 14 350 8361 -31.6 -49.2 16 17.6 -33.1 238 78 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.12 15 300 9434 -39.3 -57.5 13 18.1 -40.2 245 81 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.05 16 250 10665 -44.8 -70.3 4 25.5 -45.4 254 64 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.01 17 200 12138 -50.4 -78.2 2 27.7 -50.9 263 61 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.00 18 150 13974 -59.6 -81.2 4 21.7 -59.7 265 55 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16461 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.1 267 39 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.67 m Freezing level: 643.09 mb = 3776.91 m = 12391.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.19 mb = 3369.23 m = 11053.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.75 mb = 470.30 m = 1542.96 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 22.19 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.44 mb = 1734.43 m = 5690.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.04 C = 87.88 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -5.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1682.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.06 mb = 1068.80 m = 3506.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.06 mb = 2354.04 m = 7723.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.06 mb = 10796.61 m = 35421.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1676.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.06 mb = 14617.41 m = 47956.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 442.4 neg: -11.1 tot: 431.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.35 Bulk Rich Number: 10.30 Bulk Shear: 163.36 m/s