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: 35.73,-95.56 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 987 187 22.9 21.2 90 1.7 21.7 205 10 297.1 300.1 295.3 344.2 16.26 2 950 518 19.8 19.3 97 0.5 19.5 217 20 297.3 300.0 294.5 340.8 15.04 3 900 983 17.4 16.6 95 0.8 16.8 248 30 299.4 301.8 293.9 338.2 13.30 4 850 1470 14.8 7.6 62 7.2 10.6 266 31 301.7 303.1 290.2 324.7 7.73 5 800 1979 10.2 5.7 73 4.6 7.6 266 30 302.1 303.4 289.8 323.5 7.18 6 750 2513 6.5 4.5 87 2.1 5.4 253 26 303.7 305.0 290.2 324.8 7.05 7 700 3078 4.6 4.2 97 0.4 4.4 221 30 307.5 308.9 291.7 330.1 7.40 8 650 3679 1.5 1.0 97 0.4 1.2 204 36 310.6 311.8 291.8 330.3 6.35 9 600 4320 -2.5 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.7 195 43 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.5 5.13 10 550 5006 -6.6 -7.2 96 0.5 -6.9 201 50 316.2 317.0 291.5 329.3 4.06 11 500 5744 -11.6 -12.6 92 1.0 -12.0 219 57 318.9 319.5 291.3 328.5 2.90 12 450 6543 -16.6 -19.2 80 2.6 -17.4 227 55 322.4 322.8 291.3 328.7 1.87 13 400 7420 -21.6 -27.3 60 5.7 -22.9 232 48 326.9 327.1 291.9 330.6 1.02 14 350 8387 -29.8 -39.1 40 9.2 -31.0 238 55 328.5 328.6 291.7 329.9 0.37 15 300 9463 -39.6 -46.3 49 6.6 -40.1 242 64 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.20 16 250 10684 -47.3 -56.6 34 9.2 -47.7 247 77 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12151 -50.3 -77.5 3 27.2 -50.8 259 67 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.00 18 150 13987 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.5 261 56 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16472 -68.3 -87.4 5 19.1 -68.4 258 43 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.44 m Freezing level: 631.39 mb = 3917.74 m = 12853.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.71 mb = 3869.80 m = 12696.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.51 mb = 395.66 m = 1298.07 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 20.69 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 827.90 m = 2716.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.44 C = 75.99 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.18 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.43 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1469.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.31 mb = 753.99 m = 2473.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.31 mb = 989.99 m = 3247.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.31 mb = 11251.94 m = 36915.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1446.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.31 mb = 14440.56 m = 47376.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 4.3 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.1 neg: -1.3 tot: 79.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 28.97 Bulk Shear: 50.72 m/s