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: 35.94,-94.15 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -94.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 956 459 22.8 19.2 80 3.6 20.2 192 10 299.8 302.5 295.0 343.0 14.78 2 950 512 22.0 18.7 81 3.4 19.7 192 12 299.6 302.2 294.7 341.6 14.41 3 900 979 18.3 17.3 94 1.0 17.6 208 31 300.4 302.9 294.6 341.2 13.92 4 850 1469 16.3 13.6 84 2.7 14.6 223 31 303.2 305.4 293.7 337.7 11.60 5 800 1984 13.6 10.5 81 3.1 11.6 229 22 305.6 307.5 293.2 335.6 9.98 6 750 2525 10.1 6.9 80 3.3 8.2 239 29 307.6 309.2 292.5 333.0 8.35 7 700 3094 5.8 2.1 77 3.7 3.8 229 29 308.9 310.1 291.3 328.4 6.36 8 650 3696 1.2 -0.1 91 1.3 0.5 217 31 310.3 311.4 291.3 328.4 5.83 9 600 4337 -2.2 -2.7 96 0.6 -2.4 219 35 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.1 5.22 10 550 5024 -6.1 -6.6 97 0.5 -6.3 226 40 316.8 317.7 291.9 330.5 4.26 11 500 5764 -10.3 -10.8 96 0.5 -10.5 229 41 320.5 321.2 292.2 331.6 3.36 12 450 6568 -16.2 -17.0 93 0.9 -16.4 229 39 322.9 323.3 291.8 330.4 2.23 13 400 7444 -21.6 -26.8 62 5.3 -22.8 230 47 327.0 327.2 291.9 330.8 1.06 14 350 8411 -29.3 -42.0 28 12.7 -30.7 233 63 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.27 15 300 9494 -37.5 -45.3 44 7.9 -38.1 235 73 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.22 16 250 10723 -47.6 -52.7 56 5.1 -47.9 237 82 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.12 17 200 12175 -52.8 -71.6 8 18.8 -53.1 244 89 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13999 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 248 74 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16476 -69.1 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 259 35 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.62 m Freezing level: 632.38 mb = 3922.31 m = 12868.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3799.75 m = 12466.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.57 mb = 916.62 m = 3007.24 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 14.60 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.80 mb = 1551.49 m = 5090.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 36.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1221.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.03 mb = 1191.18 m = 3908.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.03 mb = 2271.17 m = 7451.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.03 mb = 11465.97 m = 37617.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1202.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.03 mb = 14289.59 m = 46881.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.1 neg: -34.0 tot: 130.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.24 Bulk Rich Number: 37.11 Bulk Shear: 32.92 m/s