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: 35.84,-94.09 Latitude: 35.84 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 953 487 21.3 19.4 89 1.9 20.0 190 10 298.6 301.3 294.8 342.3 15.04 2 950 517 20.9 19.4 91 1.5 19.8 190 9 298.4 301.1 294.8 342.1 15.04 3 900 984 18.1 17.9 99 0.1 18.0 202 30 300.1 302.8 295.0 342.6 14.51 4 850 1473 16.3 13.5 84 2.8 14.5 230 41 303.2 305.3 293.7 337.4 11.52 5 800 1986 11.9 11.1 95 0.8 11.4 232 41 303.8 305.8 293.0 334.9 10.42 6 750 2524 8.2 8.1 99 0.1 8.1 225 33 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.7 9.06 7 700 3091 4.6 3.8 94 0.9 4.1 218 27 307.6 309.0 291.6 329.5 7.18 8 650 3692 1.2 0.4 94 0.9 0.8 209 32 310.4 311.5 291.5 329.1 6.06 9 600 4333 -2.3 -5.8 77 3.4 -3.9 198 39 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.6 4.14 10 550 5017 -7.2 -8.6 90 1.4 -7.8 205 45 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.3 3.64 11 500 5754 -11.8 -14.3 82 2.4 -12.7 216 53 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.0 2.53 12 450 6556 -15.5 -24.1 48 8.5 -17.8 226 54 323.7 324.0 291.2 328.0 1.22 13 400 7434 -21.4 -36.5 24 15.1 -23.9 233 65 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.7 0.42 14 350 8403 -28.7 -38.4 39 9.7 -30.0 237 69 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.5 0.39 15 300 9486 -38.3 -44.0 55 5.7 -38.8 244 71 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.26 16 250 10711 -47.9 -56.2 38 8.3 -48.3 248 82 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.08 17 200 12164 -52.7 -74.4 6 21.7 -53.1 250 84 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13989 -59.3 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 250 69 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16473 -69.4 -87.5 6 18.0 -69.5 257 42 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.62 m Freezing level: 632.76 mb = 3912.75 m = 12836.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3795.17 m = 12451.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.25 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.77 mb = 730.88 m = 2397.88 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 16.01 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1379.21 m = 4524.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.46 C Showalter Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 40.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1500.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.22 mb = 1096.59 m = 3597.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.22 mb = 1743.95 m = 5721.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.22 mb = 11449.05 m = 37562.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1488.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.22 mb = 14716.06 m = 48280.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.8 neg: -51.1 tot: 167.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.9 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: 1.96 Bulk Rich Number: 25.43 Bulk Shear: 58.99 m/s