MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.18,-94.87 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -94.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 986 202 25.9 20.8 73 5.1 22.2 195 9 300.2 303.1 295.8 346.6 15.83 2 950 527 22.0 19.7 86 2.4 20.4 195 15 299.5 302.3 295.4 344.4 15.34 3 900 995 19.7 16.8 83 2.9 17.7 209 24 301.8 304.3 294.7 341.5 13.45 4 850 1486 16.2 13.2 82 3.1 14.3 224 24 303.2 305.2 293.5 336.6 11.28 5 800 1999 12.8 10.8 88 2.0 11.5 229 21 304.8 306.6 293.1 335.3 10.19 6 750 2539 9.8 2.3 60 7.5 5.7 222 23 307.2 308.3 290.5 325.7 6.04 7 700 3109 7.6 -1.1 54 8.7 3.1 219 26 310.9 311.8 290.7 326.7 5.05 8 650 3716 4.0 -1.7 66 5.7 1.1 220 30 313.5 314.5 291.7 329.9 5.19 9 600 4362 -0.4 -5.6 68 5.1 -2.9 222 35 315.6 316.4 291.5 329.1 4.21 10 550 5051 -5.9 -8.5 82 2.6 -7.0 226 40 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.0 3.67 11 500 5790 -11.0 -18.5 54 7.5 -13.4 230 43 319.6 320.0 290.5 325.6 1.78 12 450 6594 -14.7 -36.4 14 21.7 -18.7 235 44 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.38 13 400 7475 -20.5 -44.1 10 23.6 -23.7 235 52 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.19 14 350 8448 -27.7 -50.6 9 22.9 -29.8 236 61 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.11 15 300 9537 -36.4 -48.9 26 12.5 -37.4 238 69 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.15 16 250 10772 -46.1 -56.0 32 9.9 -46.5 243 77 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.08 17 200 12231 -52.5 -72.2 8 19.7 -52.9 247 86 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14051 -61.3 -80.5 6 19.2 -61.5 248 71 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16506 -71.5 -87.1 8 15.6 -71.5 255 33 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.80 m Freezing level: 604.75 mb = 4300.50 m = 14109.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.32 mb = 3887.86 m = 12755.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.08 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.40 mb = 848.45 m = 2783.60 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 20.89 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.58 mb = 1310.31 m = 4298.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 31.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1307.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.30 mb = 1049.87 m = 3444.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.30 mb = 1593.22 m = 5227.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.30 mb = 11628.74 m = 38151.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1293.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.30 mb = 14950.05 m = 49048.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: -5.8 tot: 94.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 29.57 Bulk Shear: 44.21 m/s