MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.75,-95.98 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -95.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 982 232 23.8 21.1 85 2.7 21.9 217 8 298.4 301.4 295.7 345.6 16.21 2 950 524 21.1 20.2 95 0.8 20.5 221 15 298.6 301.4 295.5 344.8 15.90 3 900 991 18.4 18.2 99 0.2 18.2 242 26 300.4 303.1 295.2 343.6 14.75 4 850 1480 14.7 13.3 91 1.4 13.8 263 31 301.5 303.6 293.0 335.0 11.34 5 800 1990 11.2 7.1 76 4.0 8.8 265 29 303.1 304.5 290.8 326.8 7.96 6 750 2526 8.1 7.7 97 0.4 7.9 239 28 305.4 307.1 292.3 332.0 8.83 7 700 3094 5.1 3.6 90 1.5 4.2 208 27 308.1 309.4 291.6 329.8 7.09 8 650 3695 1.9 -2.7 72 4.5 -0.4 202 34 311.1 312.0 290.6 326.3 4.84 9 600 4337 -1.7 -5.2 77 3.4 -3.3 206 44 314.1 315.0 291.1 328.0 4.34 10 550 5024 -6.6 -8.1 88 1.6 -7.2 214 52 316.3 317.0 291.3 328.4 3.76 11 500 5761 -11.8 -15.9 72 4.1 -13.2 221 56 318.6 319.1 290.6 326.0 2.22 12 450 6561 -16.4 -21.3 66 4.8 -17.8 231 58 322.6 322.9 291.1 327.9 1.55 13 400 7437 -21.7 -23.9 82 2.3 -22.2 236 60 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.7 1.38 14 350 8406 -28.5 -31.2 77 2.7 -29.0 243 57 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.3 0.80 15 300 9489 -38.7 -42.0 71 3.3 -39.0 245 60 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.32 16 250 10715 -45.8 -59.5 20 13.6 -46.3 245 79 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 17 200 12190 -50.5 -77.3 3 26.9 -51.0 260 78 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14021 -60.0 -81.6 4 21.6 -60.2 262 60 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16494 -70.1 -87.2 6 17.1 -70.1 258 36 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.16 m Freezing level: 623.81 mb = 4031.27 m = 13225.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.93 mb = 3646.27 m = 11962.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.67 mb = 572.40 m = 1877.92 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 18.78 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.91 mb = 877.44 m = 2878.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.30 C = 77.54 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.85 C Showalter Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1897.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.92 mb = 801.84 m = 2630.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.92 mb = 1039.44 m = 3410.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.92 mb = 11413.41 m = 37445.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1884.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.92 mb = 15136.55 m = 49660.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 4.9 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.2 neg: -21.1 tot: 38.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 27.87 Bulk Shear: 68.09 m/s