MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.22,-94.30 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -94.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 989 171 22.3 21.8 97 0.6 21.9 254 10 296.4 299.4 295.5 344.8 16.80 2 950 525 19.8 19.5 98 0.3 19.6 249 25 297.3 300.1 294.6 341.2 15.18 3 900 990 16.8 16.2 96 0.6 16.4 244 31 298.8 301.2 293.4 336.5 12.95 4 850 1476 13.8 13.2 96 0.6 13.4 252 36 300.6 302.7 292.7 333.8 11.29 5 800 1985 10.6 9.6 93 1.1 10.0 264 34 302.5 304.2 291.8 330.4 9.39 6 750 2520 7.7 6.7 94 1.0 7.1 263 31 304.9 306.4 291.6 329.7 8.24 7 700 3087 4.8 3.8 94 0.9 4.2 247 31 307.8 309.1 291.6 329.8 7.22 8 650 3687 0.8 0.4 97 0.4 0.5 231 31 309.8 311.0 291.3 328.6 6.06 9 600 4328 -2.1 -2.6 96 0.5 -2.4 217 27 313.7 314.7 291.7 330.2 5.25 10 550 5015 -6.1 -7.0 94 0.9 -6.5 214 37 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.1 4.12 11 500 5755 -10.0 -11.4 90 1.3 -10.6 220 50 320.8 321.4 292.1 331.4 3.20 12 450 6561 -14.6 -16.3 87 1.7 -15.2 226 56 324.9 325.4 292.5 333.0 2.39 13 400 7443 -20.4 -22.6 83 2.2 -21.0 231 58 328.5 328.8 292.8 334.0 1.56 14 350 8417 -27.7 -30.3 78 2.7 -28.2 236 58 331.5 331.6 293.0 334.7 0.88 15 300 9506 -36.6 -39.6 73 3.0 -37.0 240 57 333.8 333.8 293.2 335.3 0.41 16 250 10739 -48.0 -51.4 68 3.4 -48.1 238 53 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12184 -52.8 -73.0 7 20.2 -53.1 270 54 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14009 -59.9 -81.3 5 21.4 -60.2 267 53 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16488 -69.3 -87.0 6 17.6 -69.4 259 34 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.42 m Freezing level: 636.64 mb = 3858.58 m = 12659.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.66 mb = 3803.23 m = 12477.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.59 mb = 240.72 m = 789.75 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 15.14 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.69 mb = 710.57 m = 2331.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.86 C = 74.95 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1109.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.91 mb = 680.86 m = 2233.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 917.91 mb = 820.23 m = 2691.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.91 mb = 11338.54 m = 37199.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1100.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.91 mb = 14095.46 m = 46244.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 4.4 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.7 neg: -18.2 tot: 59.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 38.79 Bulk Shear: 28.59 m/s