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: 35.40,-94.27 Latitude: 35.40 Longitude: -94.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 160 26.8 20.7 70 6.0 22.5 204 8 300.8 303.7 296.0 347.1 15.75 2 950 517 23.1 19.0 78 4.1 20.3 205 16 300.7 303.4 295.3 343.9 14.75 3 900 986 19.9 16.0 78 3.9 17.2 218 28 302.0 304.3 294.3 339.7 12.77 4 850 1477 16.7 12.7 77 4.0 14.1 232 30 303.7 305.7 293.3 336.1 10.92 5 800 1991 12.4 11.4 94 1.0 11.7 234 22 304.4 306.3 293.3 336.1 10.64 6 750 2530 9.1 8.0 93 1.0 8.4 232 19 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.6 9.02 7 700 3099 5.7 3.7 87 1.9 4.6 228 22 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.7 7.16 8 650 3702 2.2 -0.1 85 2.3 1.0 216 28 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.7 5.85 9 600 4344 -1.7 -3.6 87 1.9 -2.6 211 37 314.1 315.1 291.6 329.7 4.90 10 550 5032 -6.2 -8.2 85 2.0 -7.1 219 45 316.7 317.4 291.4 328.8 3.74 11 500 5771 -10.6 -13.6 78 3.1 -11.7 226 44 320.1 320.7 291.5 329.0 2.67 12 450 6575 -15.5 -18.1 80 2.6 -16.3 233 42 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.8 2.05 13 400 7453 -21.4 -26.3 65 4.9 -22.5 236 49 327.2 327.4 292.0 331.2 1.12 14 350 8422 -28.9 -42.8 25 13.9 -30.4 237 63 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.25 15 300 9506 -37.3 -47.9 32 10.6 -38.1 237 73 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.17 16 250 10738 -47.1 -53.8 46 6.7 -47.4 239 82 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 17 200 12192 -52.4 -71.5 8 19.0 -52.8 244 90 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14018 -60.3 -82.1 4 21.8 -60.4 249 73 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16485 -70.2 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.3 254 34 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.29 m Freezing level: 621.64 mb = 4066.59 m = 13341.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.02 mb = 3876.79 m = 12718.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.46 mb = 924.27 m = 3032.34 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 18.26 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.80 mb = 1479.32 m = 4853.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.59 C = 85.27 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1536.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.58 mb = 1173.83 m = 3851.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.58 mb = 1724.43 m = 5657.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.58 mb = 11407.69 m = 37426.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1536.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.58 mb = 15099.25 m = 49537.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.0 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 252.0 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.5 neg: -19.0 tot: 98.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 37.27 Bulk Shear: 41.23 m/s