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: 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 67 SFC 990 158 28.4 20.6 63 7.8 22.8 201 10 302.5 305.3 296.3 348.6 15.60 2 950 518 23.9 18.9 73 5.0 20.4 204 16 301.5 304.1 295.4 344.5 14.61 3 900 989 19.6 17.0 85 2.6 17.8 212 21 301.7 304.2 294.8 341.9 13.65 4 850 1479 16.4 13.7 84 2.7 14.6 230 27 303.3 305.5 293.8 337.9 11.66 5 800 1993 12.8 11.8 94 0.9 12.1 231 21 304.7 306.8 293.7 337.5 10.95 6 750 2532 9.1 7.0 86 2.1 7.8 226 18 306.4 308.0 292.2 331.8 8.38 7 700 3101 6.0 1.9 75 4.2 3.8 228 23 309.1 310.3 291.3 328.4 6.26 8 650 3705 2.7 -1.0 76 3.7 0.7 216 29 312.0 313.0 291.5 329.1 5.46 9 600 4348 -1.4 -3.8 84 2.4 -2.6 213 37 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.7 4.81 10 550 5036 -6.2 -8.8 82 2.6 -7.3 221 43 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.4 3.59 11 500 5774 -10.8 -14.9 72 4.1 -12.2 226 43 319.9 320.4 291.1 327.9 2.41 12 450 6578 -15.4 -21.6 59 6.2 -17.2 235 45 323.9 324.1 291.5 329.1 1.51 13 400 7457 -21.0 -34.4 29 13.3 -23.4 239 55 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.6 0.52 14 350 8427 -28.6 -47.2 15 18.6 -30.4 238 63 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.9 0.16 15 300 9512 -37.1 -48.6 29 11.6 -37.9 237 71 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.15 16 250 10744 -47.0 -54.0 45 7.0 -47.3 240 80 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.10 17 200 12198 -52.6 -71.4 9 18.8 -52.9 245 89 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14022 -60.5 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.7 249 73 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16485 -70.2 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.3 252 35 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.08 m Freezing level: 617.34 mb = 4124.95 m = 13533.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.98 mb = 3842.39 m = 12606.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.42 mb = 1148.11 m = 3766.72 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 20.15 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1357.62 m = 4454.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.96 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.98 C Showalter Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.48 C K Index: 36.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1697.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.65 mb = 1214.12 m = 3983.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.65 mb = 1562.66 m = 5126.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.65 mb = 11829.31 m = 38809.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1677.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.65 mb = 15294.66 m = 50178.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.6 neg: -16.8 tot: 69.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 47.50 Bulk Shear: 35.75 m/s