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: 35.50,-94.67 Latitude: 35.50 Longitude: -94.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 984 220 23.4 21.0 87 2.3 21.7 238 10 297.9 300.9 295.4 344.8 16.15 2 950 521 20.9 19.6 92 1.3 20.0 244 20 298.4 301.2 295.0 342.8 15.28 3 900 988 17.3 16.8 97 0.5 17.0 251 28 299.4 301.8 294.0 338.8 13.50 4 850 1474 13.6 11.3 85 2.4 12.1 260 33 300.4 302.3 291.6 329.6 9.92 5 800 1983 10.9 5.1 67 5.8 7.6 265 34 302.7 304.0 289.8 323.4 6.89 6 750 2518 7.7 2.7 70 5.0 5.0 261 36 305.0 306.1 289.9 323.8 6.20 7 700 3084 4.2 1.3 81 2.9 2.7 252 35 307.2 308.3 290.5 325.6 6.03 8 650 3684 1.0 0.1 94 0.9 0.5 235 35 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.4 5.92 9 600 4324 -2.4 -2.9 97 0.5 -2.6 233 41 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.6 5.16 10 550 5011 -6.1 -6.7 95 0.7 -6.4 230 49 316.9 317.7 291.8 330.4 4.20 11 500 5751 -10.5 -11.4 93 0.9 -10.8 232 56 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.8 3.20 12 450 6554 -15.7 -17.0 90 1.3 -16.1 233 58 323.5 324.0 292.0 331.1 2.25 13 400 7431 -22.0 -24.6 79 2.7 -22.6 232 55 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.30 14 350 8400 -29.2 -33.0 69 3.9 -29.8 231 52 329.4 329.6 292.2 331.9 0.68 15 300 9482 -38.0 -41.5 69 3.5 -38.3 227 51 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.33 16 250 10708 -48.3 -52.6 62 4.2 -48.5 231 55 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.12 17 200 12170 -50.0 -75.7 3 25.7 -50.5 283 50 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14000 -60.7 -81.7 5 21.0 -60.8 267 46 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16474 -68.7 -87.8 5 19.1 -68.8 260 39 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.26 m Freezing level: 635.66 mb = 3867.22 m = 12687.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.13 mb = 3780.96 m = 12404.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.80 mb = 514.04 m = 1686.46 ft T: 20.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 21.44 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.91 mb = 874.32 m = 2868.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.22 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.80 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 32.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1507.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.11 mb = 825.33 m = 2707.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.11 mb = 967.58 m = 3174.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.11 mb = 11194.57 m = 36727.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1505.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.11 mb = 14775.08 m = 48474.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.3 neg: -21.1 tot: 60.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 25.69 Bulk Shear: 58.65 m/s