MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.50,-93.51 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 1000 95 25.8 20.6 73 5.2 22.1 206 11 298.9 301.8 295.3 344.0 15.47 2 950 544 22.7 20.0 85 2.6 20.8 214 33 300.2 303.1 295.8 346.3 15.72 3 900 1014 20.1 16.9 82 3.2 17.9 226 37 302.2 304.8 294.9 342.5 13.62 4 850 1506 17.4 15.8 90 1.6 16.3 248 35 304.4 306.8 295.3 344.3 13.39 5 800 2021 13.8 11.7 87 2.1 12.4 270 35 305.9 307.9 293.9 338.5 10.85 6 750 2563 10.1 6.3 78 3.7 7.9 276 32 307.5 309.0 292.2 331.9 8.03 7 700 3132 5.9 -2.0 57 7.9 2.0 276 34 309.0 309.9 289.9 323.7 4.73 8 650 3736 4.1 -24.8 10 29.0 -4.7 276 41 313.7 313.8 287.5 316.4 0.79 9 600 4382 -0.1 -22.5 17 22.3 -7.1 275 45 316.0 316.2 288.6 319.5 1.05 10 550 5071 -5.1 -35.7 7 30.6 -11.8 281 46 318.0 318.0 288.5 319.2 0.33 11 500 5810 -11.1 -33.4 14 22.3 -15.8 281 47 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.1 0.46 12 450 6609 -17.5 -41.5 10 24.0 -21.0 276 48 321.3 321.3 289.4 322.1 0.22 13 400 7479 -24.0 -48.4 9 24.4 -26.6 268 50 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.3 0.12 14 350 8438 -31.0 -49.0 15 18.0 -32.5 246 62 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.13 15 300 9516 -38.2 -54.4 17 16.2 -39.1 244 75 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.08 16 250 10751 -44.8 -68.2 6 23.4 -45.4 250 74 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.02 17 200 12221 -51.5 -71.4 8 19.8 -51.9 261 59 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14045 -61.3 -80.5 6 19.2 -61.4 262 56 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16504 -69.0 -87.1 6 18.1 -69.1 262 36 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.54 m Freezing level: 601.55 mb = 4361.57 m = 14309.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.38 mb = 3304.29 m = 10840.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.50 mb = 752.24 m = 2467.95 ft T: 21.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 27.93 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1430.97 m = 4694.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.18 C Showalter Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.42 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.51 C Cross Totals Index: 26.91 C K Index: 36.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 525.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1864.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.40 mb = 980.88 m = 3218.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.40 mb = 1932.62 m = 6340.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.40 mb = 11346.07 m = 37224.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1861.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.40 mb = 15479.49 m = 50785.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 386.6 neg: -3.9 tot: 382.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.43 Bulk Rich Number: 14.41 Bulk Shear: 129.40 m/s