MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.37,-93.97 Latitude: 35.37 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 992 158 25.1 18.6 67 6.5 20.6 188 8 299.0 301.5 294.0 338.9 13.70 2 950 530 21.0 17.1 79 3.9 18.4 201 18 298.5 300.8 293.4 336.4 13.03 3 900 999 20.1 16.8 82 3.2 17.9 229 28 302.2 304.7 294.8 342.2 13.53 4 850 1490 16.2 14.0 87 2.2 14.8 236 27 303.1 305.3 293.9 338.5 11.92 5 800 2004 12.9 10.5 86 2.4 11.4 244 20 304.9 306.8 293.0 335.0 10.05 6 750 2543 10.2 3.1 61 7.1 6.3 235 19 307.7 308.9 290.9 327.3 6.40 7 700 3116 8.0 -0.2 56 8.2 3.7 208 22 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.2 5.39 8 650 3722 3.1 -2.3 67 5.5 0.4 212 25 312.5 313.5 291.2 328.1 4.96 9 600 4365 -1.7 -8.3 61 6.6 -4.6 218 28 314.2 314.8 290.3 325.1 3.40 10 550 5051 -6.7 -10.6 74 3.8 -8.2 228 34 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.2 3.11 11 500 5789 -10.3 -23.7 33 13.4 -14.0 238 38 320.5 320.7 290.1 324.4 1.13 12 450 6593 -15.0 -30.1 26 15.1 -18.3 244 40 324.4 324.5 290.8 326.9 0.70 13 400 7474 -20.5 -43.6 11 23.0 -23.7 243 48 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.20 14 350 8445 -28.2 -51.1 9 22.8 -30.3 241 55 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 15 300 9532 -36.8 -49.9 24 13.1 -37.7 244 63 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.13 16 250 10765 -47.2 -53.0 52 5.8 -47.5 248 70 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 17 200 12218 -52.6 -71.4 9 18.8 -52.9 253 87 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14039 -61.1 -80.3 6 19.2 -61.3 254 70 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16499 -70.2 -87.3 6 17.1 -70.2 255 34 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.50 m Freezing level: 617.49 mb = 4139.95 m = 13582.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.23 mb = 3769.04 m = 12365.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.58 mb = 983.74 m = 3227.47 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 14.88 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.45 mb = 1595.73 m = 5235.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.61 C = 85.30 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 32.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 695.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.50 mb = 1148.15 m = 3766.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.50 mb = 3358.95 m = 11020.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.50 mb = 11044.60 m = 36235.14 ft B at Equ Level: 692.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.50 mb = 13264.85 m = 43519.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.9 neg: -11.4 tot: 103.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 24.18 Bulk Shear: 28.77 m/s