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: 35.32,-94.21 Latitude: 35.32 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 991 154 22.4 21.9 97 0.5 22.1 256 9 296.3 299.3 295.5 344.9 16.88 2 950 523 19.9 19.6 98 0.3 19.7 249 25 297.4 300.1 294.7 341.7 15.30 3 900 988 16.9 16.4 97 0.5 16.5 244 30 298.9 301.3 293.6 337.2 13.12 4 850 1474 13.8 13.4 97 0.4 13.6 250 36 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.2 11.45 5 800 1983 10.6 9.9 95 0.8 10.2 262 35 302.5 304.3 292.0 330.9 9.59 6 750 2519 7.6 6.8 95 0.8 7.1 265 31 304.8 306.4 291.6 329.8 8.29 7 700 3085 4.6 3.8 95 0.8 4.2 251 31 307.6 309.0 291.6 329.6 7.21 8 650 3686 0.9 0.5 97 0.4 0.7 234 31 310.0 311.1 291.4 328.9 6.12 9 600 4326 -2.1 -2.6 97 0.4 -2.4 221 26 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.3 5.28 10 550 5014 -6.0 -6.8 94 0.8 -6.4 215 34 316.9 317.7 291.8 330.4 4.17 11 500 5754 -10.0 -11.3 90 1.3 -10.5 217 48 320.9 321.5 292.2 331.5 3.22 12 450 6560 -14.6 -16.3 87 1.7 -15.2 222 54 324.9 325.4 292.5 333.0 2.38 13 400 7442 -20.4 -22.6 83 2.2 -21.0 228 56 328.5 328.8 292.8 333.9 1.56 14 350 8416 -27.6 -30.2 78 2.6 -28.1 235 57 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.8 0.88 15 300 9506 -36.4 -39.4 74 3.0 -36.7 239 58 334.1 334.1 293.2 335.7 0.42 16 250 10740 -48.1 -51.4 68 3.4 -48.2 238 55 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 17 200 12183 -53.1 -72.5 8 19.4 -53.4 268 55 348.6 348.7 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14007 -60.1 -81.3 5 21.3 -60.2 267 53 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16486 -69.2 -87.2 6 18.1 -69.2 260 35 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.19 m Freezing level: 635.47 mb = 3871.97 m = 12703.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.10 mb = 3821.21 m = 12536.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.37 mb = 214.26 m = 702.93 ft T: 21.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 16.05 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.81 mb = 679.98 m = 2230.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.99 C = 75.19 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.30 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 36.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1197.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.81 mb = 652.35 m = 2140.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.81 mb = 791.33 m = 2596.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.81 mb = 11542.58 m = 37868.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1179.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.81 mb = 14393.18 m = 47221.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.0 neg: -16.3 tot: 65.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 41.48 Bulk Shear: 28.87 m/s