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: 35.81,-94.15 Latitude: 35.81 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 71 SFC 956 465 21.6 19.6 88 2.0 20.2 192 10 298.6 301.4 295.0 342.7 15.17 2 950 518 21.0 19.4 91 1.6 19.9 190 10 298.5 301.3 294.9 342.5 15.13 3 900 984 18.1 17.9 99 0.1 17.9 203 29 300.1 302.8 294.9 342.6 14.50 4 850 1474 16.4 13.2 81 3.2 14.3 232 42 303.3 305.4 293.5 336.8 11.27 5 800 1987 11.9 10.9 94 0.9 11.3 233 41 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.6 10.31 6 750 2524 8.1 7.9 99 0.2 8.0 226 34 305.4 307.1 292.4 332.4 8.98 7 700 3091 4.6 3.9 95 0.7 4.2 217 27 307.5 308.9 291.6 329.7 7.25 8 650 3692 1.2 0.5 95 0.7 0.8 209 32 310.3 311.4 291.5 329.2 6.09 9 600 4332 -2.4 -5.8 77 3.5 -4.0 199 39 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.5 4.13 10 550 5017 -7.2 -8.7 89 1.5 -7.8 204 46 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.2 3.61 11 500 5754 -11.9 -14.5 81 2.6 -12.8 216 53 318.6 319.0 290.8 326.8 2.49 12 450 6556 -15.5 -25.1 44 9.6 -18.0 226 55 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.7 1.11 13 400 7434 -21.4 -35.7 26 14.3 -23.9 233 65 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.8 0.46 14 350 8403 -28.7 -37.9 41 9.2 -30.0 237 69 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.42 15 300 9486 -38.3 -43.9 55 5.6 -38.7 245 70 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.26 16 250 10711 -47.9 -56.0 39 8.1 -48.2 248 82 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.08 17 200 12164 -52.6 -74.3 6 21.7 -53.0 250 84 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13990 -59.3 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 250 68 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16473 -69.5 -87.5 6 18.0 -69.5 256 42 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.78 m Freezing level: 633.49 mb = 3903.26 m = 12805.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.77 mb = 3793.73 m = 12446.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.99 % Est. max temperature: 26.70 C = 80.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.12 mb = 718.86 m = 2358.42 ft T: 19.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 16.08 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1383.69 m = 4539.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.68 C = 78.22 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.54 C Showalter Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 25.05 C K Index: 40.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1519.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.74 mb = 1082.52 m = 3551.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.74 mb = 1728.93 m = 5672.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.74 mb = 11404.87 m = 37417.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1511.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.74 mb = 14647.12 m = 48054.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.2 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 245.2 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 2.8 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.3 neg: -51.4 tot: 164.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.97 Bulk Rich Number: 23.67 Bulk Shear: 64.21 m/s