MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.45,-93.16 Latitude: 35.45 Longitude: -93.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 225 24.1 20.4 80 3.7 21.5 234 9 298.8 301.6 295.3 344.1 15.57 2 950 517 21.9 19.1 85 2.7 19.9 232 19 299.4 302.1 295.0 342.7 14.83 3 900 985 17.6 17.4 99 0.2 17.5 230 22 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.6 14.02 4 850 1472 14.2 13.7 97 0.5 13.9 241 28 301.1 303.2 293.2 335.5 11.71 5 800 1982 11.1 10.8 98 0.3 10.9 250 33 303.0 304.8 292.6 333.3 10.20 6 750 2519 8.2 7.9 98 0.3 8.0 243 34 305.4 307.1 292.4 332.4 8.96 7 700 3086 4.8 4.3 97 0.5 4.5 227 36 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.6 7.47 8 650 3688 1.8 0.1 89 1.7 0.9 214 41 311.0 312.1 291.6 329.5 5.95 9 600 4329 -2.0 -3.7 88 1.7 -2.8 214 47 313.8 314.8 291.5 329.2 4.85 10 550 5017 -5.7 -7.0 91 1.3 -6.3 216 54 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.5 4.11 11 500 5757 -10.4 -10.8 96 0.5 -10.5 219 58 320.4 321.1 292.1 331.4 3.35 12 450 6563 -14.7 -18.2 75 3.5 -15.9 227 58 324.7 325.1 292.2 331.6 2.02 13 400 7442 -21.8 -40.5 17 18.8 -24.5 234 58 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.28 14 350 8409 -29.6 -47.4 16 17.7 -31.3 238 58 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.4 0.15 15 300 9488 -38.6 -53.2 20 14.6 -39.4 240 65 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.09 16 250 10715 -46.7 -62.0 16 15.3 -47.2 244 71 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.04 17 200 12179 -51.1 -76.1 4 25.0 -51.5 259 68 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14003 -61.3 -81.5 5 20.2 -61.4 264 58 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16479 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.9 259 39 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.96 m Freezing level: 626.26 mb = 3992.07 m = 13097.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.92 mb = 3837.86 m = 12591.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.02 mb = 691.74 m = 2269.48 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 14.93 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.27 mb = 934.07 m = 3064.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.93 C = 76.87 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.42 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1489.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.77 mb = 910.31 m = 2986.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.77 mb = 958.03 m = 3143.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.77 mb = 11183.84 m = 36691.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1485.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.77 mb = 14748.30 m = 48386.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.7 neg: -16.3 tot: 44.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 20.18 Bulk Shear: 73.79 m/s