MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-94.29 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 997 123 23.5 21.1 86 2.4 21.8 223 1 296.9 299.8 295.0 343.0 15.97 2 950 548 22.5 19.8 85 2.7 20.6 219 18 300.1 302.9 295.6 345.4 15.49 3 900 1017 18.7 18.4 98 0.3 18.5 240 20 300.8 303.6 295.4 344.8 14.98 4 850 1507 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.1 262 24 303.1 305.7 295.2 343.6 13.65 5 800 2021 12.3 11.9 97 0.4 12.0 279 33 304.3 306.3 293.6 337.1 10.99 6 750 2558 8.4 3.9 73 4.5 5.8 293 34 305.6 306.9 290.6 326.1 6.74 7 700 3124 3.8 -1.8 67 5.5 1.0 287 32 306.7 307.6 289.2 321.4 4.80 8 650 3721 0.8 -19.8 20 20.6 -5.9 279 37 309.8 310.0 286.7 313.8 1.22 9 600 4361 -1.4 -35.2 6 33.8 -9.0 282 39 314.5 314.6 287.3 315.7 0.32 10 550 5048 -6.2 -29.3 14 23.1 -11.9 290 36 316.7 316.9 288.4 318.9 0.62 11 500 5784 -12.1 -32.6 16 20.5 -16.4 283 42 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.0 0.49 12 450 6580 -18.0 -47.4 6 29.4 -21.6 274 48 320.7 320.7 289.1 321.1 0.12 13 400 7450 -22.9 -51.9 5 29.0 -25.8 266 53 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.5 0.08 14 350 8417 -28.9 -56.8 5 27.8 -31.0 267 61 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.05 15 300 9505 -35.3 -57.8 8 22.5 -36.6 268 58 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 16 250 10752 -43.4 -65.4 7 22.0 -44.2 265 58 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.02 17 200 12225 -51.9 -70.2 9 18.3 -52.2 258 58 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14050 -61.0 -81.2 5 20.2 -61.2 256 51 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16510 -69.0 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 269 41 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.25 m Freezing level: 632.15 mb = 3949.87 m = 12958.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.65 mb = 3209.27 m = 10528.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.81 C = 85.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.98 mb = 429.00 m = 1407.46 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 31.59 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 986.74 m = 3237.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -7.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -5.33 C Showalter Index: -6.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.35 C Cross Totals Index: 28.21 C K Index: 38.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1827.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.52 mb = 830.67 m = 2725.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.52 mb = 1361.72 m = 4467.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.52 mb = 11173.99 m = 36659.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1823.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.52 mb = 15687.15 m = 51466.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.0 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 309.0 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 3.4 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.7 neg: -10.9 tot: 259.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.87 Bulk Rich Number: 17.63 Bulk Shear: 103.66 m/s