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: 35.92,-94.40 Latitude: 35.92 Longitude: -94.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 963 396 19.6 19.0 96 0.6 19.2 209 11 296.0 298.6 293.8 337.8 14.53 2 950 510 19.3 18.8 97 0.4 19.0 208 17 296.8 299.4 294.0 338.8 14.56 3 900 974 16.8 13.7 82 3.1 14.8 221 34 298.8 300.8 292.0 331.0 11.04 4 850 1462 16.5 7.0 53 9.5 10.9 252 43 303.5 304.8 290.5 325.7 7.43 5 800 1975 13.5 1.1 43 12.4 6.9 262 37 305.6 306.5 289.2 321.4 5.18 6 750 2515 9.6 -5.6 34 15.2 2.5 265 34 307.0 307.7 287.9 317.5 3.36 7 700 3082 4.4 -1.9 64 6.3 1.3 264 32 307.4 308.3 289.4 322.1 4.76 8 650 3680 0.3 -20.0 20 20.3 -6.1 270 39 309.4 309.6 286.5 313.3 1.21 9 600 4317 -3.3 -25.8 16 22.5 -9.4 272 45 312.3 312.4 287.1 314.9 0.78 10 550 4998 -8.1 -29.9 15 21.8 -13.1 269 47 314.5 314.6 287.6 316.6 0.58 11 500 5731 -12.6 -35.7 13 23.2 -16.9 266 46 317.7 317.8 288.4 319.0 0.36 12 450 6527 -17.8 -39.6 13 21.8 -21.2 259 47 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.8 0.27 13 400 7396 -23.6 -50.0 7 26.5 -26.2 248 51 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.10 14 350 8359 -29.7 -54.2 7 24.5 -31.6 239 56 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.07 15 300 9444 -36.5 -61.9 6 25.4 -37.7 253 49 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.03 16 250 10684 -44.2 -66.1 7 21.9 -44.9 263 53 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 12157 -50.3 -77.2 3 26.9 -50.8 269 63 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 13987 -60.5 -79.0 7 18.5 -60.7 272 59 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16470 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 258 41 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.42 m Freezing level: 645.28 mb = 3739.82 m = 12269.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.21 mb = 3183.63 m = 10444.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.12 mb = 473.10 m = 1552.15 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 21.24 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.55 mb = 2085.18 m = 6841.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.61 C K Index: 29.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 460.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.64 mb = 1218.34 m = 3997.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.64 mb = 2854.18 m = 9363.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 329.64 mb = 8781.01 m = 28808.73 ft B at Equ Level: 457.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.64 mb = 11538.75 m = 37856.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 400.1 neg: -15.4 tot: 384.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 4.04 Bulk Shear: 114.12 m/s