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: 33.93,-93.07 Latitude: 33.93 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 66 22.7 21.3 92 1.5 21.7 175 8 295.8 298.7 294.8 342.2 16.11 1 1000 71 22.8 21.3 91 1.5 21.7 175 6 295.9 298.8 294.8 342.3 16.10 2 950 517 20.3 19.6 95 0.8 19.8 184 21 297.8 300.6 294.8 342.1 15.27 3 900 984 18.2 16.7 91 1.6 17.2 198 21 300.3 302.8 294.2 339.5 13.38 4 850 1473 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 219 22 302.6 304.7 293.6 337.1 11.68 5 800 1986 12.9 11.0 88 1.9 11.7 232 22 304.9 306.8 293.3 335.9 10.37 6 750 2526 10.0 8.1 88 1.9 8.8 231 27 307.4 309.1 293.0 334.8 9.05 7 700 3097 6.8 4.9 87 2.0 5.7 230 35 310.1 311.5 292.8 333.9 7.77 8 650 3703 3.2 0.0 80 3.1 1.5 231 41 312.6 313.7 292.0 331.1 5.91 9 600 4348 -0.2 -5.6 67 5.3 -2.7 236 48 315.9 316.7 291.5 329.4 4.21 10 550 5038 -4.9 -11.0 62 6.1 -7.4 233 53 318.2 318.8 291.2 328.1 3.00 11 500 5782 -8.7 -19.3 42 10.7 -12.1 231 53 322.5 322.8 291.2 328.1 1.65 12 450 6591 -13.5 -28.8 26 15.3 -17.2 233 57 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.1 0.79 13 400 7475 -19.8 -40.7 14 20.9 -23.0 236 65 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.27 14 350 8450 -27.7 -43.5 21 15.8 -29.6 236 70 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.23 15 300 9538 -36.6 -51.2 21 14.6 -37.6 237 75 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.11 16 250 10774 -45.3 -60.4 17 15.0 -45.9 244 77 338.6 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.04 17 200 12242 -51.0 -78.9 2 27.9 -51.4 260 67 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.00 18 150 14061 -62.6 -79.5 8 17.0 -62.7 265 58 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16517 -71.5 -86.8 8 15.3 -71.6 260 36 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.70 m Freezing level: 603.39 mb = 4304.17 m = 14121.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.40 mb = 3924.15 m = 12874.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.92 mb = 247.38 m = 811.59 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 14.22 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 898.02 m = 2946.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.37 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 841.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.22 mb = 661.63 m = 2170.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.22 mb = 1580.53 m = 5185.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.22 mb = 11064.12 m = 36299.16 ft B at Equ Level: 836.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.22 mb = 13683.76 m = 44893.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.9 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 257.9 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.3 neg: -1.8 tot: 164.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 8.54 Bulk Shear: 98.63 m/s