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: 35.92,-94.04 Latitude: 35.92 Longitude: -94.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 953 487 21.6 19.3 87 2.3 20.0 193 11 298.8 301.5 294.8 342.3 14.94 2 950 516 21.1 19.3 89 1.8 19.8 193 11 298.6 301.3 294.8 342.2 14.97 3 900 983 18.1 17.9 99 0.1 18.0 204 31 300.1 302.8 295.0 342.6 14.51 4 850 1472 16.1 13.7 86 2.4 14.6 230 41 303.0 305.2 293.7 337.7 11.69 5 800 1984 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.2 232 40 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.4 10.29 6 750 2523 8.5 8.3 99 0.1 8.3 225 33 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.5 9.20 7 700 3090 4.7 4.0 95 0.7 4.3 218 26 307.6 309.0 291.7 329.9 7.29 8 650 3691 1.2 0.3 94 0.9 0.7 209 31 310.3 311.4 291.4 328.9 6.02 9 600 4331 -2.4 -5.2 81 2.8 -3.7 198 38 313.4 314.2 290.9 327.1 4.33 10 550 5016 -7.1 -8.2 92 1.1 -7.5 204 44 315.7 316.4 291.1 327.8 3.75 11 500 5753 -11.8 -13.7 86 1.8 -12.5 216 53 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.4 2.66 12 450 6555 -15.6 -21.4 61 5.8 -17.3 224 53 323.6 323.9 291.4 328.9 1.54 13 400 7432 -21.3 -33.6 32 12.3 -23.5 231 64 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.4 0.56 14 350 8401 -28.8 -37.4 43 8.6 -30.0 235 68 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.5 0.44 15 300 9484 -38.2 -43.1 60 4.9 -38.6 244 69 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.7 0.28 16 250 10709 -48.0 -55.0 44 7.0 -48.3 249 80 334.6 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.09 17 200 12161 -52.9 -74.5 6 21.6 -53.2 249 84 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13986 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.4 250 68 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16472 -69.3 -87.3 6 18.1 -69.4 257 43 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.71 m Freezing level: 633.56 mb = 3901.46 m = 12799.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.83 mb = 3792.12 m = 12441.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.55 % Est. max temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.97 mb = 774.45 m = 2540.82 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 15.51 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1300.47 m = 4266.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.74 C = 76.53 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.44 C Showalter Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 25.56 C K Index: 40.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1511.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.08 mb = 1096.68 m = 3597.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.08 mb = 1641.84 m = 5386.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.08 mb = 11450.56 m = 37567.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1501.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.08 mb = 14719.95 m = 48293.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.6 neg: -51.3 tot: 156.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.86 Bulk Rich Number: 32.77 Bulk Shear: 46.13 m/s