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: 35.66,-93.31 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 962 406 21.9 20.5 92 1.4 20.9 234 7 298.3 301.2 295.4 344.8 15.97 2 950 513 21.2 20.1 94 1.1 20.4 234 9 298.7 301.5 295.4 344.5 15.75 3 900 980 18.1 17.6 97 0.5 17.8 232 19 300.1 302.7 294.7 341.7 14.19 4 850 1469 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.0 228 20 302.0 304.4 294.2 339.5 12.69 5 800 1981 12.3 12.1 99 0.2 12.1 228 23 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.5 11.15 6 750 2520 9.1 8.9 98 0.2 9.0 233 28 306.5 308.3 293.2 335.3 9.57 7 700 3090 5.8 5.5 98 0.3 5.6 235 32 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.8 8.14 8 650 3693 2.3 1.8 97 0.5 2.1 226 29 311.6 312.9 292.4 332.5 6.75 9 600 4336 -1.6 -2.3 95 0.6 -2.0 217 34 314.2 315.3 292.0 331.3 5.40 10 550 5024 -5.9 -6.5 96 0.5 -6.2 216 46 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.9 4.29 11 500 5764 -10.3 -10.6 98 0.3 -10.5 220 53 320.5 321.1 292.2 331.7 3.40 12 450 6572 -14.0 -15.6 87 1.6 -14.6 229 51 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.2 2.51 13 400 7453 -21.8 -29.9 48 8.2 -23.4 237 56 326.7 326.8 291.6 329.6 0.80 14 350 8419 -29.5 -45.6 19 16.1 -31.1 238 63 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.18 15 300 9499 -38.3 -43.7 57 5.4 -38.7 237 70 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.27 16 250 10726 -47.7 -52.9 55 5.1 -48.0 237 81 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 17 200 12180 -53.0 -73.3 7 20.4 -53.3 247 81 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14005 -59.3 -82.2 4 22.9 -59.5 252 68 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16484 -69.2 -86.4 6 17.2 -69.3 258 37 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.44 m Freezing level: 620.63 mb = 4070.88 m = 13355.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.39 mb = 4016.04 m = 13175.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.02 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.79 mb = 578.62 m = 1898.33 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 13.87 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.07 mb = 1007.91 m = 3306.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.77 C = 74.78 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.61 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.29 C K Index: 40.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1511.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.17 mb = 959.26 m = 3147.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.17 mb = 1102.79 m = 3618.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.17 mb = 11643.44 m = 38199.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1495.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.17 mb = 15014.74 m = 49260.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.3 neg: -8.2 tot: 58.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 25.82 Bulk Shear: 58.54 m/s