MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.19,-93.19 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 993 139 24.7 18.8 70 5.9 20.6 205 8 298.4 301.0 294.0 338.7 13.85 2 950 526 22.7 18.0 75 4.7 19.4 208 27 300.2 302.7 294.4 340.5 13.77 3 900 995 19.3 17.4 89 1.9 18.1 220 38 301.4 304.0 295.0 342.9 14.06 4 850 1486 16.9 12.2 73 4.8 13.8 233 36 303.9 305.8 293.2 335.3 10.53 5 800 2001 14.3 7.5 64 6.8 10.2 254 39 306.4 307.9 292.0 331.1 8.15 6 750 2543 10.3 3.7 64 6.6 6.6 265 41 307.7 309.0 291.2 328.1 6.66 7 700 3112 5.0 3.0 86 2.1 3.9 261 42 308.1 309.3 291.4 328.8 6.79 8 650 3713 1.0 -2.4 78 3.4 -0.7 262 45 310.1 311.0 290.4 325.5 4.94 9 600 4352 -2.4 -9.9 56 7.5 -5.5 256 51 313.3 313.9 289.7 323.0 3.00 10 550 5037 -7.0 -13.5 60 6.5 -9.4 252 54 315.8 316.2 289.9 323.8 2.45 11 500 5773 -11.5 -16.3 68 4.7 -13.1 251 54 319.0 319.4 290.6 326.2 2.15 12 450 6573 -17.3 -22.9 62 5.6 -18.8 247 57 321.5 321.8 290.6 326.2 1.35 13 400 7443 -23.7 -30.3 55 6.6 -24.9 241 61 324.2 324.4 290.9 327.0 0.77 14 350 8404 -30.9 -43.3 28 12.5 -32.1 240 68 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.24 15 300 9478 -38.8 -54.7 17 15.9 -39.7 245 82 330.6 330.7 292.0 330.9 0.08 16 250 10711 -45.1 -65.9 8 20.8 -45.7 250 81 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.02 17 200 12180 -51.2 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.7 259 65 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14005 -60.9 -81.2 5 20.2 -61.1 258 57 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16473 -66.8 -86.2 5 19.5 -66.9 260 44 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.19 m Freezing level: 635.11 mb = 3902.96 m = 12804.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.48 mb = 3619.92 m = 11876.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.70 mb = 892.64 m = 2928.57 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 14.74 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.45 mb = 1673.61 m = 5490.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.04 C = 87.88 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.89 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 38.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1482.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.54 mb = 1114.92 m = 3657.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.54 mb = 2514.31 m = 8248.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.54 mb = 10910.41 m = 35794.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1476.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.54 mb = 14758.40 m = 48419.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 388.9 neg: -3.1 tot: 385.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.43 Bulk Rich Number: 11.33 Bulk Shear: 130.87 m/s