MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.46,-93.74 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 984 208 25.9 20.5 72 5.4 22.1 191 8 300.4 303.3 295.8 346.2 15.61 2 950 519 22.6 19.1 81 3.5 20.1 194 14 300.1 302.8 295.1 343.4 14.79 3 900 988 19.9 16.1 79 3.8 17.4 219 27 302.1 304.4 294.4 340.2 12.93 4 850 1478 16.1 14.0 88 2.0 14.7 232 29 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.4 11.93 5 800 1991 12.3 10.7 90 1.7 11.3 234 28 304.3 306.2 293.0 334.6 10.14 6 750 2530 9.2 3.8 69 5.4 6.2 218 23 306.6 307.8 290.9 327.0 6.70 7 700 3100 6.9 -1.1 57 8.0 2.8 225 28 310.1 311.1 290.5 325.9 5.06 8 650 3705 3.1 -2.3 68 5.4 0.4 215 29 312.5 313.4 291.2 328.1 4.96 9 600 4348 -1.3 -6.3 69 5.0 -3.6 217 34 314.6 315.4 290.9 327.3 3.98 10 550 5036 -6.0 -8.7 81 2.7 -7.1 225 44 317.0 317.7 291.3 328.7 3.61 11 500 5774 -11.4 -19.0 53 7.7 -13.7 234 50 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.9 1.70 12 450 6574 -17.3 -18.7 88 1.5 -17.7 243 50 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.1 1.93 13 400 7448 -21.7 -34.5 30 12.9 -23.9 242 60 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.7 0.51 14 350 8416 -28.9 -49.0 13 20.1 -30.7 239 66 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.13 15 300 9500 -37.4 -47.9 33 10.5 -38.1 241 73 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 16 250 10730 -48.1 -51.2 70 3.1 -48.3 243 84 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.14 17 200 12176 -52.7 -71.2 9 18.5 -53.0 248 88 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14007 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.6 254 71 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16475 -69.3 -86.6 6 17.2 -69.4 258 33 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.92 m Freezing level: 614.93 mb = 4155.90 m = 13634.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.34 mb = 3762.52 m = 12344.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.51 mb = 896.63 m = 2941.68 ft T: 20.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 20.28 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.18 mb = 1386.21 m = 4547.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.43 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 33.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1548.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.12 mb = 1160.05 m = 3805.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.12 mb = 1607.60 m = 5274.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.12 mb = 11643.93 m = 38201.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1533.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.12 mb = 15014.11 m = 49258.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.4 neg: -23.0 tot: 118.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 25.52 Bulk Shear: 60.68 m/s