MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.26,-94.92 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 990 170 19.6 18.7 95 0.8 19.0 304 2 293.6 296.1 292.6 333.1 13.87 2 950 523 18.0 17.5 96 0.6 17.7 191 11 295.5 297.9 292.7 333.7 13.32 3 900 988 19.0 11.4 61 7.6 14.2 245 31 301.1 302.8 291.4 329.0 9.44 4 850 1477 15.8 8.8 63 7.0 11.5 260 44 302.7 304.2 291.0 327.6 8.38 5 800 1988 12.4 3.0 53 9.3 7.2 280 38 304.3 305.4 289.5 322.4 5.95 6 750 2526 8.9 -2.8 44 11.7 3.2 273 35 306.3 307.0 288.5 319.1 4.16 7 700 3092 4.8 -5.9 46 10.7 -0.1 272 33 307.8 308.4 288.3 318.7 3.51 8 650 3690 -0.2 -14.9 32 14.7 -5.5 272 35 308.8 309.1 287.0 314.8 1.85 9 600 4325 -3.9 -27.1 15 23.1 -9.9 269 39 311.6 311.7 286.7 314.0 0.69 10 550 5005 -9.2 -31.9 14 22.7 -14.1 268 42 313.1 313.2 287.0 314.8 0.48 11 500 5733 -14.1 -38.4 11 24.3 -18.1 268 41 315.9 315.9 287.7 316.9 0.28 12 450 6526 -18.2 -43.0 9 24.7 -21.7 265 41 320.3 320.3 289.0 321.0 0.19 13 400 7396 -23.2 -46.3 10 23.1 -25.9 258 47 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.4 0.15 14 350 8362 -28.7 -55.7 6 27.0 -30.7 253 60 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.06 15 300 9452 -35.2 -61.3 5 26.1 -36.6 260 62 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.03 16 250 10700 -42.4 -64.9 7 22.5 -43.3 265 59 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.02 17 200 12182 -50.3 -75.0 4 24.8 -50.7 249 65 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14013 -59.9 -80.3 5 20.4 -60.1 267 49 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16481 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.4 265 45 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.85 m Freezing level: 651.71 mb = 3669.88 m = 12040.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.48 mb = 3074.94 m = 10088.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.89 mb = 273.98 m = 898.89 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 19.79 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.99 mb = 1810.72 m = 5940.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.82 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 27.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 448.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.36 mb = 1003.82 m = 3293.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.36 mb = 3053.04 m = 10016.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.36 mb = 8090.75 m = 26544.13 ft B at Equ Level: 445.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.36 mb = 10878.80 m = 35691.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 426.6 neg: -26.4 tot: 400.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 3.21 Bulk Shear: 139.65 m/s