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: 35.86,-94.09 Latitude: 35.86 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 953 484 20.7 19.9 95 0.7 20.2 202 13 297.9 300.8 295.1 343.2 15.58 2 950 509 20.6 20.0 97 0.5 20.2 202 12 298.1 300.9 295.2 343.7 15.71 3 900 976 18.7 18.4 98 0.3 18.5 217 43 300.8 303.6 295.4 344.8 14.99 4 850 1467 16.4 16.3 99 0.1 16.4 232 52 303.4 305.9 295.4 344.5 13.85 5 800 1981 12.8 12.4 97 0.5 12.6 243 53 304.8 306.9 294.0 338.8 11.37 6 750 2520 8.9 6.6 86 2.3 7.5 253 47 306.2 307.7 291.9 330.9 8.16 7 700 3088 4.8 0.5 74 4.3 2.5 251 48 307.8 308.9 290.3 325.3 5.69 8 650 3688 2.0 -6.3 54 8.3 -1.8 259 52 311.2 311.9 289.6 322.8 3.67 9 600 4330 -1.5 -21.2 21 19.7 -7.7 264 56 314.4 314.6 288.2 318.4 1.18 10 550 5016 -6.7 -26.5 19 19.8 -11.9 267 55 316.2 316.3 288.4 319.0 0.80 11 500 5751 -12.2 -37.2 10 25.0 -16.8 265 56 318.2 318.2 288.5 319.3 0.31 12 450 6548 -18.2 -43.7 9 25.5 -21.7 263 56 320.3 320.4 289.0 321.0 0.18 13 400 7413 -25.1 -47.5 11 22.4 -27.4 255 61 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.9 0.13 14 350 8369 -31.8 -52.5 11 20.7 -33.3 250 61 325.9 326.0 290.6 326.3 0.08 15 300 9443 -38.1 -57.2 12 19.1 -39.1 255 58 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.06 16 250 10684 -44.3 -65.1 8 20.8 -45.0 260 59 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 17 200 12151 -50.7 -77.1 3 26.5 -51.1 256 56 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 13981 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 263 55 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16460 -66.4 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 265 45 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.91 m Freezing level: 621.60 mb = 4052.73 m = 13296.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.72 mb = 3434.05 m = 11266.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.65 mb = 576.23 m = 1890.51 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 26.44 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.91 mb = 1101.93 m = 3615.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.17 C = 75.50 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -7.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.25 C Showalter Index: -7.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 28.51 C K Index: 40.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 612.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2114.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.56 mb = 999.59 m = 3279.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.56 mb = 1541.22 m = 5056.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.56 mb = 11159.49 m = 36612.04 ft B at Equ Level: 2109.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.56 mb = 15736.89 m = 51629.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.9 at 50.5 knts Storm direction: 283.9 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 623.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 623.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 207.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.80 Bulk Rich Number: 13.22 Bulk Shear: 159.91 m/s