MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.66,-93.35 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 964 406 19.9 14.3 70 5.6 16.3 192 6 296.2 298.1 290.9 327.1 10.72 2 950 529 20.3 14.5 69 5.9 16.5 202 12 297.8 299.8 291.6 329.6 10.96 3 900 995 17.9 17.5 97 0.5 17.6 225 34 300.0 302.5 294.6 341.2 14.08 4 850 1485 16.0 15.9 99 0.1 15.9 232 29 302.9 305.4 295.0 342.8 13.45 5 800 1998 12.5 10.2 86 2.4 11.0 245 25 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.8 9.80 6 750 2538 11.4 3.3 57 8.1 6.8 214 15 308.9 310.1 291.3 328.8 6.46 7 700 3114 8.9 -2.4 45 11.3 3.1 226 16 312.3 313.2 290.7 326.7 4.57 8 650 3721 3.7 -5.5 51 9.2 -0.7 245 22 313.1 313.9 290.5 325.5 3.90 9 600 4365 -0.5 -12.8 39 12.3 -5.3 243 25 315.5 316.0 289.8 323.4 2.38 10 550 5054 -5.4 -16.5 41 11.1 -9.3 237 29 317.6 318.0 290.0 324.0 1.91 11 500 5792 -12.1 -17.2 65 5.2 -13.7 236 33 318.3 318.7 290.2 324.9 1.98 12 450 6594 -15.2 -44.1 6 28.9 -19.5 244 36 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.17 13 400 7474 -20.3 -47.4 7 27.1 -23.7 248 45 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.13 14 350 8445 -28.5 -47.8 14 19.3 -30.4 250 50 330.3 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.15 15 300 9530 -37.2 -51.4 22 14.2 -38.1 256 60 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 16 250 10762 -47.5 -52.8 55 5.2 -47.7 261 69 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.11 17 200 12210 -53.5 -70.1 11 16.6 -53.8 260 83 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 14029 -61.1 -80.3 6 19.2 -61.3 258 70 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.9 0.00 19 100 16493 -69.6 -86.8 6 17.2 -69.7 256 34 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.39 m Freezing level: 605.87 mb = 4289.22 m = 14072.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.65 mb = 3612.40 m = 11851.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.49 mb = 1115.08 m = 3658.34 ft T: 17.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 19.39 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1665.90 m = 5465.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 27.93 C K Index: 32.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 427.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.56 mb = 1172.55 m = 3846.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.56 mb = 3888.96 m = 12758.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.56 mb = 10851.71 m = 35602.31 ft B at Equ Level: 425.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.56 mb = 12650.22 m = 41502.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.5 neg: -42.8 tot: 123.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 27.37 Bulk Shear: 15.62 m/s