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: 36.15,-95.89 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -95.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 983 208 24.0 20.8 82 3.2 21.7 207 15 298.6 301.5 295.5 344.9 15.91 2 950 503 21.4 19.8 91 1.6 20.3 210 26 298.9 301.7 295.3 343.9 15.47 3 900 970 18.0 17.7 98 0.3 17.8 219 35 300.1 302.7 294.8 342.0 14.33 4 850 1460 16.8 9.0 60 7.8 12.0 240 37 303.7 305.3 291.5 329.1 8.50 5 800 1974 14.3 0.6 39 13.7 7.0 247 35 306.4 307.3 289.3 321.7 5.00 6 750 2514 10.2 -4.9 34 15.1 3.1 244 30 307.7 308.4 288.3 318.8 3.55 7 700 3083 5.3 -5.0 47 10.3 0.5 267 33 308.4 309.1 288.8 320.1 3.76 8 650 3683 0.6 -0.8 90 1.5 -0.1 258 29 309.7 310.7 290.8 326.9 5.55 9 600 4321 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.3 245 28 312.5 313.5 291.2 328.2 4.97 10 550 5005 -7.5 -8.0 96 0.6 -7.7 235 32 315.2 316.0 291.0 327.4 3.80 11 500 5740 -12.3 -13.8 89 1.5 -12.9 235 45 318.0 318.5 290.7 326.7 2.63 12 450 6539 -16.7 -18.8 84 2.1 -17.4 230 55 322.2 322.6 291.3 328.7 1.92 13 400 7414 -22.2 -24.6 81 2.4 -22.8 226 57 326.1 326.4 291.9 330.7 1.30 14 350 8381 -29.7 -32.6 76 2.8 -30.2 223 60 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.2 0.71 15 300 9460 -38.9 -42.1 72 3.1 -39.2 224 67 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.32 16 250 10679 -49.6 -53.2 66 3.6 -49.7 234 86 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.11 17 200 12134 -50.7 -76.6 3 25.9 -51.2 247 75 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 18 150 13978 -58.1 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 248 64 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16468 -68.3 -86.5 6 18.2 -68.4 259 43 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.64 m Freezing level: 641.33 mb = 3793.44 m = 12445.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.31 mb = 3579.78 m = 11744.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.76 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.03 mb = 612.63 m = 2009.92 ft T: 20.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 26.12 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 921.73 m = 3024.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.33 C = 77.59 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.23 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.33 C K Index: 27.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1921.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.84 mb = 857.39 m = 2812.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.84 mb = 2220.13 m = 7283.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.84 mb = 11606.91 m = 38079.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1897.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.84 mb = 15008.18 m = 49238.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.4 neg: -18.3 tot: 224.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 47.30 Bulk Shear: 40.62 m/s