MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.87,-94.18 Latitude: 33.87 Longitude: -94.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 996 106 22.6 22.1 97 0.4 22.3 269 7 296.0 299.1 295.6 345.3 17.10 2 950 519 20.3 19.9 98 0.4 20.0 271 21 297.8 300.6 295.0 342.9 15.57 3 900 985 17.6 17.2 97 0.4 17.3 274 27 299.6 302.2 294.3 340.0 13.81 4 850 1473 15.0 14.4 96 0.6 14.6 273 29 301.8 304.1 293.8 337.8 12.19 5 800 1985 12.3 11.7 96 0.7 11.9 270 30 304.3 306.3 293.5 336.7 10.86 6 750 2525 9.5 9.0 96 0.6 9.2 266 30 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.0 9.63 7 700 3096 7.0 6.5 96 0.6 6.7 260 29 310.3 311.9 293.6 336.9 8.69 8 650 3704 4.4 3.9 96 0.5 4.1 252 28 314.0 315.4 293.9 338.3 7.81 9 600 4352 0.7 0.3 97 0.5 0.5 242 28 317.0 318.2 293.7 337.7 6.53 10 550 5048 -3.2 -4.0 94 0.8 -3.6 234 30 320.3 321.3 293.6 337.0 5.16 11 500 5795 -8.2 -10.2 86 2.0 -9.1 229 32 323.0 323.7 293.0 334.7 3.52 12 450 6605 -13.6 -17.3 73 3.7 -14.9 228 35 326.1 326.6 292.7 333.6 2.18 13 400 7489 -20.1 -24.8 66 4.7 -21.2 230 40 328.9 329.2 292.6 333.5 1.28 14 350 8464 -27.1 -31.4 67 4.3 -27.9 234 40 332.2 332.3 293.1 335.1 0.79 15 300 9555 -35.8 -40.1 65 4.3 -36.3 237 39 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.3 0.39 16 250 10797 -45.0 -50.9 51 5.9 -45.3 245 42 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.8 0.14 17 200 12261 -51.6 -61.6 29 10.0 -51.9 262 56 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.3 0.05 18 150 14076 -63.4 -77.7 13 14.3 -63.5 262 58 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16526 -71.2 -86.6 8 15.4 -71.3 260 37 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.29 m Freezing level: 590.56 mb = 4483.66 m = 14709.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.04 mb = 4432.07 m = 14540.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.56 mb = 155.32 m = 509.58 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.26 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 661.70 m = 2170.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 877.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.30 mb = 607.21 m = 1992.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.30 mb = 745.83 m = 2446.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.30 mb = 11194.87 m = 36728.12 ft B at Equ Level: 871.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.30 mb = 14268.44 m = 46811.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.5 neg: -16.6 tot: 8.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 34.03 Bulk Shear: 25.78 m/s