MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.05,-95.80 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 983 201 24.2 20.7 81 3.5 21.8 186 15 298.8 301.6 295.5 344.9 15.84 2 950 501 20.5 19.8 95 0.8 20.0 192 24 298.0 300.8 295.0 342.8 15.44 3 900 969 21.1 14.4 65 6.8 16.6 230 43 303.3 305.4 293.7 337.4 11.50 4 850 1463 19.5 9.8 53 9.8 13.4 238 32 306.6 308.3 292.7 333.7 8.97 5 800 1983 16.4 9.9 65 6.5 12.3 238 28 308.6 310.5 293.8 337.9 9.63 6 750 2529 12.3 5.0 61 7.3 8.0 231 32 309.9 311.3 292.4 332.4 7.30 7 700 3102 6.7 3.7 81 3.0 5.0 230 35 309.9 311.2 292.2 331.9 7.15 8 650 3705 1.6 0.5 92 1.2 1.0 233 40 310.8 312.0 291.6 329.7 6.09 9 600 4345 -2.4 -4.8 84 2.4 -3.6 235 44 313.3 314.2 291.0 327.4 4.46 10 550 5031 -7.3 -12.2 68 4.9 -9.2 235 49 315.4 316.0 290.0 324.3 2.72 11 500 5764 -13.1 -23.5 41 10.4 -15.8 233 52 317.1 317.3 289.0 321.1 1.15 12 450 6559 -17.9 -29.8 35 11.9 -20.4 238 56 320.7 320.9 289.8 323.3 0.72 13 400 7429 -23.4 -37.6 26 14.2 -25.5 239 62 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.0 0.38 14 350 8392 -30.0 -47.2 17 17.2 -31.6 237 70 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.15 15 300 9471 -38.2 -44.3 53 6.1 -38.7 241 82 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.5 0.25 16 250 10698 -47.7 -52.8 55 5.2 -47.9 243 92 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.11 17 200 12152 -51.5 -72.2 7 20.8 -51.8 248 87 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13989 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 253 73 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16476 -68.5 -86.7 6 18.2 -68.6 263 35 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.11 m Freezing level: 629.92 mb = 3962.01 m = 12998.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.89 mb = 3842.80 m = 12607.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.84 % Est. max temperature: 32.66 C = 90.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.13 mb = 637.40 m = 2091.18 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 16.89 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.15 mb = 2184.27 m = 7166.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.50 C = 94.09 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 39.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1508.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.39 mb = 1129.99 m = 3707.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.39 mb = 2886.27 m = 9469.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.39 mb = 11287.14 m = 37030.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1496.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.39 mb = 14482.79 m = 47515.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.9 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 261.9 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.9 neg: -35.8 tot: 258.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 18.73 Bulk Shear: 80.57 m/s