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: 34.94,-95.35 Latitude: 34.94 Longitude: -95.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 980 253 22.7 20.7 89 1.9 21.3 213 9 297.5 300.4 295.2 343.6 15.90 2 950 524 20.1 19.9 99 0.2 19.9 215 17 297.5 300.3 294.9 342.5 15.53 3 900 990 18.8 16.7 88 2.1 17.4 237 35 300.9 303.4 294.4 340.4 13.44 4 850 1480 15.7 12.2 80 3.4 13.4 252 37 302.5 304.5 292.7 333.9 10.58 5 800 1991 11.2 9.0 86 2.2 9.9 248 35 303.1 304.8 291.7 330.1 9.07 6 750 2528 8.8 8.6 99 0.2 8.7 232 30 306.1 307.9 292.9 334.4 9.39 7 700 3097 5.2 0.8 73 4.4 2.9 214 28 308.3 309.4 290.6 326.2 5.81 8 650 3699 2.1 -2.0 74 4.1 0.0 206 33 311.3 312.3 290.9 327.2 5.07 9 600 4340 -2.0 -5.1 80 3.0 -3.4 205 42 313.8 314.6 291.0 327.7 4.38 10 550 5027 -6.6 -8.5 86 1.9 -7.4 213 48 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.1 3.66 11 500 5764 -11.8 -14.3 82 2.4 -12.7 219 53 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.0 2.54 12 450 6566 -15.5 -27.4 35 11.9 -18.4 230 55 323.7 323.9 290.8 326.9 0.90 13 400 7443 -22.0 -31.0 44 9.0 -23.8 235 60 326.4 326.5 291.4 329.0 0.72 14 350 8409 -29.7 -34.2 65 4.5 -30.4 238 59 328.6 328.8 291.9 330.9 0.60 15 300 9490 -38.5 -41.8 71 3.3 -38.8 240 65 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.33 16 250 10715 -46.5 -56.6 31 10.1 -46.9 243 82 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.07 17 200 12186 -51.1 -75.9 4 24.8 -51.5 255 81 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14014 -59.7 -82.7 3 23.1 -59.9 258 65 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16491 -70.2 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.3 258 36 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.38 m Freezing level: 624.42 mb = 4027.04 m = 13211.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.71 mb = 3702.15 m = 12146.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.02 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.13 mb = 495.33 m = 1625.06 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 13.46 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1185.63 m = 3889.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.86 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1477.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.30 mb = 882.44 m = 2895.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.30 mb = 1516.48 m = 4975.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.30 mb = 11086.68 m = 36373.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1477.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.30 mb = 14599.17 m = 47896.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.9 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 251.9 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.9 neg: -42.2 tot: 79.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 26.86 Bulk Shear: 55.03 m/s