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: 35.78,-94.07 Latitude: 35.78 Longitude: -94.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 955 467 20.6 19.9 96 0.6 20.1 200 12 297.6 300.4 295.0 342.6 15.53 2 950 513 20.4 19.9 96 0.6 20.1 200 11 297.9 300.8 295.0 343.0 15.53 3 900 980 18.6 18.4 99 0.2 18.5 216 42 300.7 303.5 295.4 344.7 14.97 4 850 1470 16.6 16.5 99 0.1 16.5 232 51 303.5 306.1 295.6 345.1 14.00 5 800 1985 13.0 12.2 95 0.7 12.5 244 52 305.0 307.0 294.0 338.7 11.27 6 750 2525 8.9 5.9 81 3.0 7.1 255 46 306.2 307.7 291.6 329.8 7.77 7 700 3092 4.7 -0.1 71 4.8 2.2 252 47 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.3 5.42 8 650 3692 1.6 -9.0 45 10.6 -2.9 260 52 310.8 311.4 288.8 320.3 2.98 9 600 4333 -1.6 -22.5 18 20.9 -7.9 265 56 314.3 314.5 288.1 317.8 1.04 10 550 5018 -6.7 -26.2 20 19.5 -11.9 266 56 316.1 316.3 288.4 319.0 0.82 11 500 5754 -12.3 -36.4 11 24.1 -16.8 263 57 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.3 0.34 12 450 6550 -18.3 -43.5 9 25.1 -21.8 260 57 320.2 320.2 289.0 320.9 0.18 13 400 7415 -25.2 -49.1 9 24.0 -27.5 253 62 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.7 0.11 14 350 8370 -31.8 -52.4 11 20.6 -33.3 248 61 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.1 0.09 15 300 9444 -38.1 -57.6 11 19.5 -39.1 254 57 331.6 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.05 16 250 10685 -44.2 -65.1 8 20.9 -44.9 260 58 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 12154 -50.6 -78.5 2 27.8 -51.1 257 55 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.00 18 150 13984 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 263 54 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16462 -66.4 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 265 45 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.64 m Freezing level: 624.64 mb = 4016.78 m = 13178.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.54 mb = 3343.78 m = 10970.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.76 mb = 542.56 m = 1780.02 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 27.30 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1092.54 m = 3584.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.28 C = 75.70 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -7.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.31 C Showalter Index: -7.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.66 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 28.76 C K Index: 40.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 618.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2106.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.92 mb = 980.91 m = 3218.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.92 mb = 1622.52 m = 5323.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.92 mb = 11094.37 m = 36398.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2103.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.92 mb = 15612.45 m = 51221.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.1 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 284.1 at 37.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 625.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 623.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 207.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.79 Bulk Rich Number: 12.32 Bulk Shear: 170.95 m/s