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: 35.53,-93.43 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 980 268 23.7 17.3 67 6.4 19.4 192 7 298.6 300.9 293.3 335.9 12.82 2 950 535 20.6 15.8 74 4.8 17.4 202 12 298.1 300.3 292.5 332.9 11.99 3 900 1002 18.9 17.1 89 1.9 17.7 231 29 301.0 303.5 294.7 341.4 13.72 4 850 1492 15.8 14.0 89 1.9 14.6 236 25 302.7 304.9 293.8 337.9 11.89 5 800 2004 12.2 10.8 91 1.4 11.3 241 23 304.2 306.1 293.0 334.7 10.23 6 750 2543 10.0 4.3 68 5.7 6.8 224 21 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.6 6.94 7 700 3116 8.2 -0.5 54 8.7 3.6 206 23 311.6 312.6 291.2 328.1 5.27 8 650 3722 3.3 -3.2 63 6.4 0.1 219 24 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.3 4.65 9 600 4365 -1.5 -8.0 61 6.6 -4.3 221 27 314.4 315.1 290.5 325.6 3.48 10 550 5053 -6.3 -11.5 67 5.2 -8.4 229 31 316.6 317.2 290.6 326.1 2.89 11 500 5791 -10.3 -32.5 14 22.1 -15.2 238 34 320.4 320.5 289.4 322.2 0.50 12 450 6595 -14.9 -37.9 12 23.0 -19.0 245 38 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.32 13 400 7475 -20.7 -42.2 13 21.5 -23.8 244 46 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.0 0.23 14 350 8447 -28.3 -50.3 10 22.0 -30.3 242 53 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9533 -36.9 -49.6 26 12.7 -37.8 246 62 333.4 333.4 292.8 333.9 0.14 16 250 10766 -47.4 -52.7 54 5.3 -47.6 250 69 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.12 17 200 12217 -52.8 -70.8 10 18.0 -53.1 254 87 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14037 -61.0 -80.2 6 19.2 -61.2 255 70 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16498 -69.8 -87.0 6 17.2 -69.9 254 34 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.17 m Freezing level: 615.45 mb = 4166.74 m = 13670.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.11 mb = 3733.26 m = 12248.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.30 mb = 1075.40 m = 3528.19 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 15.75 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.72 mb = 1624.72 m = 5330.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.19 C = 82.75 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 31.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.23 mb = 1192.12 m = 3911.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.23 mb = 3656.68 m = 11996.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.23 mb = 10891.21 m = 35731.88 ft B at Equ Level: 432.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.23 mb = 12702.22 m = 41673.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.9 neg: -22.7 tot: 80.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 14.80 Bulk Shear: 29.47 m/s