MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.23,-94.63 Latitude: 34.23 Longitude: -94.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 982 238 25.6 20.7 75 4.8 22.1 229 7 300.3 303.2 295.9 346.8 15.87 2 950 524 23.2 19.1 78 4.1 20.4 228 14 300.7 303.4 295.3 344.3 14.84 3 900 993 18.6 17.9 96 0.7 18.2 228 16 300.7 303.4 295.1 343.3 14.53 4 850 1482 14.8 14.3 97 0.5 14.5 238 22 301.7 303.9 293.7 337.5 12.14 5 800 1994 11.9 11.3 96 0.6 11.5 247 26 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.3 10.56 6 750 2532 8.8 8.4 97 0.4 8.6 237 24 306.2 307.9 292.8 334.1 9.27 7 700 3101 5.7 4.3 90 1.5 4.9 223 26 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.6 7.43 8 650 3706 3.8 -4.2 56 8.0 -0.1 217 33 313.2 314.1 290.8 326.9 4.30 9 600 4350 -0.9 -7.3 62 6.4 -3.7 220 40 315.1 315.8 290.9 327.0 3.70 10 550 5039 -6.1 -7.1 93 0.9 -6.6 222 47 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.0 4.09 11 500 5776 -11.5 -23.4 37 11.9 -14.7 225 49 319.0 319.2 289.7 323.0 1.16 12 450 6578 -15.2 -37.7 13 22.5 -19.2 231 52 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.33 13 400 7458 -20.9 -43.8 11 22.9 -24.0 233 62 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.20 14 350 8429 -28.4 -44.3 20 15.9 -30.2 235 67 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.21 15 300 9513 -37.5 -46.6 38 9.1 -38.2 237 76 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.19 16 250 10745 -46.0 -59.3 21 13.2 -46.5 238 82 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 17 200 12211 -51.4 -76.6 3 25.2 -51.8 252 76 351.4 351.4 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 14036 -61.0 -81.1 5 20.1 -61.2 255 68 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16502 -70.7 -86.6 8 16.0 -70.8 254 35 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.93 m Freezing level: 609.43 mb = 4228.52 m = 13872.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.98 mb = 3693.35 m = 12117.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.96 mb = 850.44 m = 2790.13 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 19.91 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.77 mb = 1062.40 m = 3485.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.10 C = 78.97 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.19 C Showalter Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.33 C Cross Totals Index: 25.80 C K Index: 39.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1625.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.19 mb = 1039.33 m = 3409.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.19 mb = 1087.21 m = 3566.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.19 mb = 11579.53 m = 37990.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1607.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.19 mb = 15383.70 m = 50470.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.4 neg: -4.4 tot: 46.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 31.59 Bulk Shear: 51.45 m/s