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: 35.71,-94.15 Latitude: 35.71 Longitude: -94.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 962 408 22.4 19.9 86 2.5 20.6 191 9 298.8 301.6 295.2 343.6 15.37 2 950 519 21.3 19.5 90 1.8 20.1 191 11 298.8 301.6 295.1 343.1 15.23 3 900 986 18.1 17.9 99 0.1 17.9 201 27 300.1 302.8 294.9 342.6 14.50 4 850 1475 16.5 13.5 82 3.1 14.6 232 39 303.5 305.6 293.7 337.7 11.51 5 800 1988 12.0 11.0 94 0.9 11.4 233 39 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.9 10.39 6 750 2526 8.2 7.9 98 0.3 8.0 227 33 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.4 8.94 7 700 3093 4.7 3.4 92 1.2 3.9 219 28 307.6 309.0 291.5 329.0 7.01 8 650 3694 1.4 0.6 95 0.7 1.0 209 33 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.6 6.17 9 600 4335 -2.1 -6.7 71 4.6 -4.1 200 40 313.7 314.4 290.6 326.0 3.86 10 550 5020 -7.1 -9.0 86 1.9 -7.9 207 46 315.6 316.3 290.8 326.9 3.51 11 500 5757 -12.0 -15.7 74 3.7 -13.3 218 53 318.3 318.8 290.5 325.8 2.25 12 450 6558 -15.2 -32.3 22 17.0 -18.8 228 56 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.1 0.57 13 400 7437 -21.3 -41.7 14 20.4 -24.2 235 67 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.25 14 350 8407 -28.6 -39.2 35 10.6 -30.0 238 70 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.5 0.36 15 300 9489 -38.3 -44.7 51 6.4 -38.9 245 74 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.24 16 250 10715 -47.7 -56.2 37 8.5 -48.1 246 84 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 17 200 12169 -52.7 -74.3 6 21.7 -53.0 251 85 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13994 -59.5 -82.6 3 23.1 -59.7 251 69 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16475 -69.6 -87.5 6 18.0 -69.6 256 41 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.88 m Freezing level: 630.42 mb = 3945.14 m = 12943.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.61 mb = 3810.69 m = 12502.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.12 mb = 719.89 m = 2361.81 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 14.54 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1242.23 m = 4075.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.68 C Showalter Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.54 C K Index: 40.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1599.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.82 mb = 1025.47 m = 3364.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.82 mb = 1668.36 m = 5473.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.82 mb = 11523.39 m = 37805.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1586.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.82 mb = 14831.01 m = 48657.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.0 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 246.0 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.8 neg: -40.2 tot: 162.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.96 Bulk Rich Number: 21.85 Bulk Shear: 73.18 m/s