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: 35.89,-93.57 Latitude: 35.89 Longitude: -93.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 510 SFC 946 549 20.0 19.0 94 1.0 19.4 202 13 297.9 300.5 294.5 340.8 14.80 3 900 976 18.4 17.0 92 1.4 17.4 211 41 300.4 302.9 294.4 340.5 13.64 4 850 1466 16.4 16.0 97 0.4 16.1 228 51 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.5 13.56 5 800 1980 12.8 11.1 89 1.7 11.7 248 55 304.8 306.8 293.3 336.1 10.45 6 750 2520 9.2 2.6 63 6.6 5.6 254 49 306.6 307.7 290.4 325.3 6.15 7 700 3087 4.8 -1.5 64 6.3 1.6 253 52 307.8 308.7 289.6 322.9 4.89 8 650 3687 1.9 -16.9 23 18.8 -4.7 260 55 311.1 311.4 287.5 316.3 1.57 9 600 4329 -1.3 -26.0 13 24.7 -8.2 261 56 314.6 314.8 287.8 317.3 0.76 10 550 5014 -6.3 -30.2 13 23.9 -12.1 260 58 316.6 316.7 288.3 318.6 0.57 11 500 5752 -11.8 -33.2 15 21.4 -16.2 255 61 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.3 0.47 12 450 6548 -17.9 -35.8 19 17.8 -21.0 250 63 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.1 0.40 13 400 7416 -24.7 -41.7 19 17.0 -26.8 246 66 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.8 0.25 14 350 8373 -31.6 -51.0 13 19.4 -33.1 243 66 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.10 15 300 9447 -38.4 -58.8 10 20.4 -39.4 251 56 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.05 16 250 10684 -44.7 -66.2 7 21.5 -45.3 259 55 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.02 17 200 12150 -51.4 -78.1 3 26.6 -51.8 256 56 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.00 18 150 13976 -60.5 -81.5 5 21.0 -60.7 258 57 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16458 -65.8 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 264 46 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.74 m Freezing level: 620.10 mb = 4070.88 m = 13355.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.34 mb = 3234.78 m = 10612.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.41 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.54 mb = 669.92 m = 2197.87 ft T: 19.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 27.23 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1477.73 m = 4848.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.40 C = 77.72 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.31 C Showalter Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 27.77 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 574.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1612.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.45 mb = 1154.72 m = 3788.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.45 mb = 1807.65 m = 5930.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.45 mb = 10778.54 m = 35362.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1611.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.45 mb = 14555.99 m = 47755.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.0 at 53.2 knts Storm direction: 281.0 at 39.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 681.3 neg: -4.8 tot: 676.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 225.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.42 Bulk Rich Number: 8.99 Bulk Shear: 179.27 m/s