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: 35.24,-94.12 Latitude: 35.24 Longitude: -94.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 169 23.5 19.8 80 3.7 20.9 207 9 297.5 300.2 294.4 340.5 14.84 2 950 525 22.5 19.0 80 3.5 20.1 215 31 300.0 302.7 295.0 343.0 14.67 3 900 995 19.9 18.5 91 1.5 18.9 231 44 302.1 304.8 295.8 346.4 15.03 4 850 1487 16.9 16.2 95 0.8 16.4 246 45 303.9 306.4 295.4 344.7 13.73 5 800 2003 14.4 5.7 56 8.7 9.3 261 43 306.5 307.8 291.2 328.3 7.17 6 750 2543 9.7 3.5 65 6.2 6.2 264 41 307.1 308.3 290.9 327.1 6.57 7 700 3111 4.6 1.6 81 3.1 3.0 262 41 307.6 308.8 290.7 326.4 6.13 8 650 3710 0.6 -12.5 37 13.1 -4.5 265 47 309.6 310.0 287.7 316.8 2.24 9 600 4349 -2.0 -30.1 10 28.1 -9.1 263 51 313.8 313.9 287.3 315.7 0.52 10 550 5034 -6.5 -32.7 10 26.2 -12.4 261 55 316.4 316.4 288.1 317.9 0.44 11 500 5770 -11.9 -34.9 13 23.0 -16.4 258 58 318.5 318.6 288.7 319.9 0.39 12 450 6566 -18.3 -36.8 18 18.4 -21.4 253 61 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.6 0.36 13 400 7433 -24.9 -41.3 20 16.4 -27.0 250 63 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.6 0.26 14 350 8388 -31.9 -48.2 18 16.4 -33.3 247 67 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.14 15 300 9460 -38.7 -59.1 10 20.4 -39.7 249 66 330.8 330.8 292.0 330.9 0.04 16 250 10697 -43.9 -70.5 4 26.6 -44.6 254 69 340.8 340.8 294.5 340.9 0.01 17 200 12171 -50.8 -75.6 4 24.8 -51.2 258 61 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14003 -60.1 -80.3 5 20.2 -60.3 261 54 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16474 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 266 43 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.41 m Freezing level: 639.10 mb = 3849.05 m = 12627.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.95 mb = 3345.99 m = 10977.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.93 mb = 636.52 m = 2088.28 ft T: 21.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 30.77 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.35 mb = 1382.81 m = 4536.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.42 C = 84.96 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -6.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.19 C Showalter Index: -7.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.85 C Cross Totals Index: 28.09 C K Index: 41.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2013.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.82 mb = 987.29 m = 3239.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.82 mb = 2152.37 m = 7061.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.82 mb = 11082.78 m = 36360.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2005.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.82 mb = 15578.98 m = 51111.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.0 at 46.1 knts Storm direction: 286.0 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 478.9 neg: -4.1 tot: 474.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 158.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.54 Bulk Shear: 138.52 m/s