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: 35.58,-93.64 Latitude: 35.58 Longitude: -93.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 971 319 22.3 21.0 92 1.4 21.4 240 8 298.0 300.9 295.6 345.2 16.29 2 950 513 21.2 20.2 94 1.0 20.5 237 14 298.7 301.6 295.4 344.8 15.84 3 900 980 17.9 17.6 98 0.3 17.7 231 24 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.5 14.21 4 850 1468 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.7 231 27 301.7 303.9 293.9 338.4 12.44 5 800 1980 11.4 11.3 99 0.1 11.3 243 35 303.3 305.3 293.0 334.8 10.57 6 750 2517 8.3 8.1 99 0.1 8.2 249 36 305.6 307.3 292.5 332.9 9.09 7 700 3085 5.2 4.9 99 0.2 5.1 244 35 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.0 7.81 8 650 3687 1.6 1.3 98 0.3 1.5 238 33 310.8 312.0 292.0 330.9 6.50 9 600 4328 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.4 228 30 313.5 314.5 291.7 330.2 5.29 10 550 5015 -6.2 -6.6 97 0.4 -6.4 216 39 316.7 317.5 291.8 330.3 4.24 11 500 5755 -10.4 -10.9 96 0.5 -10.6 217 50 320.3 321.0 292.0 331.3 3.32 12 450 6559 -15.3 -17.7 82 2.4 -16.1 227 51 324.0 324.4 292.0 331.2 2.11 13 400 7438 -21.3 -23.8 80 2.5 -21.9 239 53 327.4 327.6 292.3 332.3 1.40 14 350 8410 -27.9 -30.7 77 2.8 -28.4 249 57 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.2 0.85 15 300 9500 -36.4 -39.4 74 3.0 -36.8 255 62 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.42 16 250 10732 -48.2 -51.7 67 3.5 -48.3 256 67 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12172 -53.4 -72.8 8 19.4 -53.7 265 61 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 13996 -59.8 -81.4 4 21.6 -60.0 261 57 367.1 367.1 300.0 367.1 0.00 19 100 16479 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.9 262 39 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.71 m Freezing level: 629.14 mb = 3954.57 m = 12974.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.09 mb = 3923.48 m = 12872.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.97 C = 80.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.29 mb = 492.29 m = 1615.11 ft T: 21.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 898.23 m = 2946.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.08 C = 75.35 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.36 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 39.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1573.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.55 mb = 860.69 m = 2823.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.55 mb = 1003.59 m = 3292.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.55 mb = 11629.00 m = 38152.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1567.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.55 mb = 14988.89 m = 49175.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.7 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 260.7 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.9 neg: -15.4 tot: 89.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 31.51 Bulk Shear: 49.95 m/s