MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.27,-95.17 Latitude: 35.27 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 987 187 20.9 17.6 82 3.3 18.7 177 8 295.1 297.4 292.3 332.2 12.93 2 950 520 20.9 18.2 85 2.7 19.1 200 29 298.4 300.9 294.1 339.0 13.97 3 900 989 20.8 16.8 78 4.0 18.1 221 32 302.9 305.4 295.0 342.9 13.49 4 850 1481 16.9 14.0 83 2.9 15.0 239 30 303.9 306.1 294.2 339.4 11.94 5 800 1996 15.1 3.2 45 11.8 8.4 249 22 307.2 308.4 290.5 325.7 6.04 6 750 2540 13.0 -1.0 38 14.0 5.6 225 19 310.7 311.6 290.4 325.5 4.75 7 700 3116 8.5 0.2 56 8.3 4.0 216 18 311.9 312.9 291.5 329.2 5.55 8 650 3722 2.7 0.7 87 2.0 1.6 225 20 312.0 313.2 292.1 331.3 6.21 9 600 4364 -2.0 -3.7 88 1.8 -2.8 228 26 313.8 314.8 291.5 329.2 4.85 10 550 5051 -6.8 -12.0 66 5.2 -8.8 230 33 316.0 316.6 290.3 325.1 2.77 11 500 5786 -11.9 -24.9 33 13.0 -15.3 234 36 318.5 318.7 289.4 322.1 1.02 12 450 6586 -15.9 -38.5 12 22.6 -19.8 242 40 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.3 0.30 13 400 7464 -20.9 -42.8 12 22.0 -23.9 244 48 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.22 14 350 8435 -28.3 -49.7 11 21.4 -30.3 242 54 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.12 15 300 9521 -37.0 -50.2 24 13.2 -37.9 248 62 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.13 16 250 10755 -47.2 -53.4 49 6.2 -47.4 250 70 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.11 17 200 12203 -53.4 -70.1 11 16.6 -53.7 251 81 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14025 -60.6 -81.9 4 21.3 -60.8 252 68 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16488 -71.4 -87.0 8 15.6 -71.4 255 36 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.41 m Freezing level: 621.20 mb = 4091.72 m = 13424.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.78 mb = 3950.06 m = 12959.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.46 C = 86.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.02 mb = 602.62 m = 1977.08 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 17.35 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.22 mb = 2004.48 m = 6576.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.00 C = 91.39 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.84 C Cross Totals Index: 25.93 C K Index: 34.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 877.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.23 mb = 1063.61 m = 3489.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.23 mb = 3386.15 m = 11109.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.23 mb = 11094.85 m = 36400.00 ft B at Equ Level: 874.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.23 mb = 13726.67 m = 45034.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.0 neg: -19.0 tot: 201.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 41.42 Bulk Shear: 21.19 m/s