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,-94.21 Latitude: 35.92 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 958 447 21.7 19.6 88 2.1 20.2 200 11 298.5 301.3 295.0 342.6 15.17 2 950 517 21.1 19.3 89 1.8 19.9 199 13 298.6 301.3 294.8 342.3 15.01 3 900 983 17.9 17.8 99 0.1 17.8 208 31 300.0 302.6 294.8 342.0 14.36 4 850 1472 15.8 13.0 83 2.8 14.0 233 44 302.7 304.8 293.2 335.7 11.14 5 800 1984 11.7 10.5 92 1.2 10.9 234 42 303.6 305.5 292.6 333.4 10.00 6 750 2521 8.0 7.9 99 0.1 7.9 226 35 305.3 306.9 292.3 332.1 8.92 7 700 3088 4.6 4.3 98 0.3 4.5 216 26 307.6 309.0 291.8 330.4 7.47 8 650 3689 1.0 0.3 95 0.7 0.7 210 31 310.1 311.3 291.4 328.9 6.04 9 600 4329 -2.7 -4.8 85 2.1 -3.7 199 38 313.0 313.9 290.9 327.1 4.46 10 550 5013 -7.2 -7.9 94 0.8 -7.5 202 45 315.6 316.3 291.1 327.9 3.82 11 500 5750 -11.8 -12.8 93 1.0 -12.2 214 54 318.7 319.2 291.2 328.1 2.87 12 450 6552 -15.8 -19.7 72 4.0 -17.0 223 54 323.4 323.8 291.6 329.5 1.78 13 400 7430 -21.5 -28.0 56 6.5 -22.9 230 61 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.5 0.96 14 350 8398 -28.9 -33.8 62 4.9 -29.6 235 63 329.8 330.0 292.3 332.1 0.63 15 300 9482 -37.9 -41.9 66 4.0 -38.2 246 62 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.32 16 250 10708 -48.4 -53.8 54 5.4 -48.6 252 75 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.10 17 200 12159 -52.7 -74.4 6 21.7 -53.1 250 83 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13985 -59.1 -83.1 3 24.0 -59.3 250 68 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16472 -69.2 -87.3 6 18.1 -69.3 257 43 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.02 m Freezing level: 636.05 mb = 3867.46 m = 12688.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.34 mb = 3783.71 m = 12413.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.86 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.35 mb = 706.23 m = 2317.00 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 15.50 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1212.61 m = 3978.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.90 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -5.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.35 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 40.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1467.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.88 mb = 1060.71 m = 3479.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.88 mb = 1603.38 m = 5260.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.88 mb = 11339.03 m = 37201.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1464.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.88 mb = 14546.83 m = 47725.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 3.1 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.6 neg: -59.3 tot: 145.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.80 Bulk Rich Number: 28.77 Bulk Shear: 51.02 m/s