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: 35.89,-94.09 Latitude: 35.89 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 954 480 22.6 19.1 81 3.5 20.2 191 10 299.8 302.5 295.0 342.9 14.75 2 950 513 22.1 18.8 82 3.3 19.8 192 10 299.6 302.2 294.8 342.0 14.52 3 900 981 18.3 17.3 94 1.0 17.7 206 28 300.4 303.0 294.6 341.3 13.94 4 850 1470 16.2 13.8 86 2.4 14.7 223 33 303.1 305.3 293.9 338.1 11.78 5 800 1985 13.2 10.4 83 2.8 11.4 230 22 305.2 307.1 293.1 335.1 9.96 6 750 2525 10.0 7.0 82 3.0 8.2 238 28 307.4 309.0 292.5 332.9 8.41 7 700 3095 5.8 2.6 80 3.3 4.1 231 27 309.0 310.2 291.5 329.2 6.60 8 650 3697 1.5 -0.3 88 1.7 0.5 216 30 310.6 311.7 291.3 328.6 5.78 9 600 4338 -2.2 -3.2 93 1.0 -2.7 216 35 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.6 5.05 10 550 5025 -6.2 -6.7 96 0.6 -6.4 224 41 316.7 317.5 291.8 330.2 4.20 11 500 5765 -10.3 -10.9 95 0.7 -10.5 228 42 320.5 321.2 292.1 331.5 3.32 12 450 6569 -15.9 -16.8 92 1.0 -16.2 231 40 323.3 323.7 292.0 330.9 2.27 13 400 7446 -21.5 -24.4 77 3.0 -22.2 232 44 327.1 327.3 292.2 331.7 1.32 14 350 8414 -29.1 -38.9 38 9.8 -30.4 233 62 329.5 329.6 292.0 330.9 0.38 15 300 9497 -37.5 -46.2 40 8.6 -38.2 235 73 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.20 16 250 10726 -47.6 -52.6 56 5.1 -47.8 238 82 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.12 17 200 12178 -52.8 -71.2 9 18.4 -53.1 245 89 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14002 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 248 74 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16477 -69.1 -86.4 7 17.2 -69.2 258 35 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.27 m Freezing level: 629.76 mb = 3956.70 m = 12981.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.51 mb = 3802.51 m = 12475.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.83 mb = 924.96 m = 3034.62 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 14.35 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1509.52 m = 4952.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.90 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 37.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1224.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.23 mb = 1200.31 m = 3937.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.23 mb = 2066.41 m = 6779.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.23 mb = 11492.05 m = 37703.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1204.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.23 mb = 14326.25 m = 47001.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.9 neg: -32.8 tot: 134.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.27 Bulk Rich Number: 33.61 Bulk Shear: 36.43 m/s