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: 35.84,-93.07 Latitude: 35.84 Longitude: -93.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 955 462 23.7 19.2 76 4.5 20.6 225 7 300.8 303.5 295.4 344.4 14.84 2 950 510 23.5 18.8 75 4.7 20.2 222 10 301.0 303.7 295.2 343.7 14.50 3 900 979 19.2 17.1 88 2.1 17.8 219 16 301.3 303.8 294.7 341.8 13.76 4 850 1469 15.1 14.9 99 0.1 15.0 217 17 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.3 12.65 5 800 1980 11.8 11.6 99 0.2 11.7 231 22 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.9 10.82 6 750 2519 8.8 8.5 98 0.2 8.6 244 31 306.1 307.8 292.9 334.3 9.35 7 700 3087 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.3 234 30 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.7 7.93 8 650 3690 1.9 1.5 97 0.4 1.7 227 28 311.1 312.4 292.2 331.5 6.59 9 600 4332 -2.0 -2.5 96 0.6 -2.3 219 36 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.5 5.29 10 550 5019 -5.9 -6.3 97 0.4 -6.1 216 49 317.1 317.9 292.0 331.1 4.34 11 500 5760 -9.6 -10.7 92 1.1 -10.1 224 56 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.5 3.38 12 450 6568 -14.6 -22.2 53 7.6 -16.8 232 55 324.8 325.1 291.7 329.8 1.43 13 400 7445 -22.0 -41.5 15 19.5 -24.7 237 59 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.3 0.25 14 350 8413 -29.0 -44.8 20 15.8 -30.7 239 63 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.20 15 300 9495 -38.1 -43.0 60 4.9 -38.5 239 71 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.8 0.29 16 250 10721 -47.8 -52.9 56 5.1 -48.0 238 79 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.11 17 200 12175 -53.1 -72.7 8 19.6 -53.5 247 82 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13999 -59.3 -81.7 4 22.4 -59.5 251 68 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16480 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 258 36 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.65 m Freezing level: 625.61 mb = 4003.08 m = 13133.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.43 mb = 3960.65 m = 12994.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.32 mb = 1033.67 m = 3391.26 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 13.84 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.58 mb = 1293.42 m = 4243.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.32 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.68 C Cross Totals Index: 24.54 C K Index: 39.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1427.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.41 mb = 1245.87 m = 4087.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.41 mb = 1394.28 m = 4574.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.41 mb = 11631.09 m = 38159.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1408.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.41 mb = 14535.35 m = 47687.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 255.3 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.9 neg: -15.1 tot: 63.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 22.86 Bulk Shear: 62.43 m/s