MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.92,-94.53 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 250 21.4 19.5 89 1.9 20.1 190 7 296.3 299.0 294.0 338.8 14.75 2 950 515 20.4 18.4 88 2.1 19.0 193 21 297.9 300.5 294.1 339.0 14.13 3 900 982 20.3 10.2 52 10.0 14.0 229 35 302.4 304.0 291.2 328.3 8.73 4 850 1474 18.5 8.5 52 9.9 12.4 249 42 305.5 307.0 291.8 330.3 8.24 5 800 1991 14.9 4.3 49 10.6 8.8 264 39 307.1 308.3 290.8 326.9 6.51 6 750 2533 10.6 -2.6 40 13.1 4.0 270 33 308.0 308.8 289.1 321.2 4.22 7 700 3102 5.3 0.8 73 4.4 2.9 267 40 308.3 309.4 290.6 326.2 5.82 8 650 3701 0.5 -6.3 60 6.8 -2.6 266 45 309.5 310.2 289.0 321.1 3.66 9 600 4339 -3.5 -19.4 28 16.0 -8.5 267 46 312.1 312.4 287.6 316.7 1.37 10 550 5021 -6.9 -34.8 9 27.9 -12.8 264 51 315.9 315.9 287.8 317.2 0.36 11 500 5758 -11.2 -29.9 20 18.7 -15.5 257 57 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.6 0.64 12 450 6557 -16.9 -30.7 29 13.8 -19.8 249 59 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.3 0.66 13 400 7429 -23.3 -34.1 37 10.7 -25.2 242 57 324.6 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.54 14 350 8392 -29.9 -38.7 42 8.8 -31.0 237 54 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.9 0.38 15 300 9476 -36.2 -56.3 11 20.1 -37.4 262 51 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.06 16 250 10719 -43.5 -66.3 6 22.8 -44.2 265 54 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 17 200 12198 -50.0 -77.0 3 27.0 -50.5 269 49 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14021 -60.8 -80.4 6 19.6 -61.0 270 48 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16488 -68.7 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.8 264 39 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.65 m Freezing level: 643.61 mb = 3782.91 m = 12410.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.22 mb = 3417.35 m = 11211.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.04 mb = 487.39 m = 1599.04 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 10.61 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.16 mb = 2331.68 m = 7649.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.72 C = 90.89 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 33.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 464.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 211.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.75 mb = 1396.17 m = 4580.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.75 mb = 3069.35 m = 10069.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.75 mb = 8961.93 m = 29402.29 ft B at Equ Level: 464.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.75 mb = 11483.60 m = 37675.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.4 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 288.4 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 475.6 neg: -8.4 tot: 467.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 155.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.33 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 179.06 m/s