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: 34.38,-94.77 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 975 296 24.1 20.6 81 3.5 21.6 232 7 299.4 302.3 295.7 345.7 15.87 2 950 524 22.3 19.2 83 3.1 20.1 231 14 299.8 302.5 295.1 343.4 14.89 3 900 992 18.0 17.2 95 0.9 17.4 233 17 300.1 302.6 294.4 340.5 13.81 4 850 1480 14.8 13.6 93 1.2 14.0 243 26 301.6 303.8 293.3 335.9 11.60 5 800 1991 11.7 11.2 97 0.5 11.4 247 26 303.6 305.6 293.0 334.8 10.48 6 750 2529 8.7 8.5 98 0.2 8.6 235 25 306.0 307.8 292.8 334.1 9.33 7 700 3098 5.7 4.0 88 1.8 4.7 220 24 308.8 310.2 292.0 331.1 7.28 8 650 3702 3.5 -5.1 53 8.6 -0.6 214 33 312.9 313.6 290.5 325.6 4.02 9 600 4347 -0.8 -7.2 62 6.4 -3.7 219 42 315.1 315.9 290.9 327.1 3.71 10 550 5035 -6.5 -7.5 92 1.0 -7.0 223 50 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.1 3.96 11 500 5772 -11.2 -22.6 38 11.4 -14.4 225 50 319.4 319.6 289.9 323.7 1.24 12 450 6574 -15.4 -36.0 15 20.6 -19.2 230 53 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.4 0.39 13 400 7452 -21.2 -44.4 11 23.2 -24.3 233 62 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.18 14 350 8422 -28.6 -42.8 24 14.2 -30.2 234 66 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.25 15 300 9506 -37.6 -44.2 50 6.6 -38.2 236 72 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.25 16 250 10737 -46.0 -56.7 29 10.7 -46.4 237 80 337.6 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.07 17 200 12204 -51.2 -77.9 3 26.7 -51.7 253 77 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.00 18 150 14031 -60.7 -82.1 4 21.4 -60.9 256 67 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.00 19 100 16500 -70.5 -86.9 7 16.3 -70.6 252 34 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.29 m Freezing level: 609.80 mb = 4220.37 m = 13846.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.86 mb = 3628.94 m = 11905.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.74 mb = 738.62 m = 2423.25 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 20.11 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.55 mb = 1053.33 m = 3455.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.97 C = 76.95 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1314.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.37 mb = 1016.93 m = 3336.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.37 mb = 1160.81 m = 3808.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.37 mb = 11217.39 m = 36802.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1305.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.37 mb = 14348.33 m = 47074.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: -11.4 tot: 44.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 22.99 Bulk Shear: 57.16 m/s