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: 35.6,-94.65 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -94.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 977 273 19.7 18.6 93 1.1 19.0 186 7 294.9 297.4 293.0 334.9 13.95 2 950 510 18.2 16.8 92 1.3 17.3 194 16 295.6 297.9 292.4 332.4 12.80 3 900 973 17.5 9.5 59 8.0 12.7 227 22 299.6 301.1 290.0 324.1 8.33 4 850 1460 15.3 7.7 60 7.7 10.8 242 29 302.2 303.6 290.4 325.3 7.76 5 800 1971 12.1 4.9 61 7.2 8.0 249 35 304.1 305.4 290.2 324.6 6.82 6 750 2508 9.0 1.1 57 8.0 4.8 256 35 306.4 307.4 289.8 323.2 5.51 7 700 3076 5.4 -6.0 44 11.4 0.1 270 31 308.4 309.1 288.5 319.4 3.49 8 650 3677 2.4 -22.8 14 25.2 -5.4 288 36 311.7 311.8 287.0 314.8 0.94 9 600 4316 -3.0 -23.9 18 21.0 -8.9 281 41 312.7 312.9 287.3 315.8 0.92 10 550 4997 -8.2 -12.3 72 4.1 -9.7 263 50 314.4 314.9 289.7 323.2 2.71 11 500 5733 -11.5 -13.0 88 1.5 -12.1 244 53 319.0 319.5 291.2 328.3 2.80 12 450 6535 -15.7 -17.5 86 1.8 -16.3 233 46 323.5 324.0 291.9 330.8 2.15 13 400 7413 -21.4 -23.7 82 2.3 -22.0 220 42 327.2 327.4 292.3 332.1 1.42 14 350 8384 -28.2 -30.9 78 2.7 -28.7 214 46 330.7 330.8 292.7 333.7 0.83 15 300 9467 -38.5 -41.5 73 3.0 -38.8 213 58 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.4 0.34 16 250 10699 -44.3 -61.0 14 16.7 -44.9 238 57 340.2 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.04 17 200 12175 -50.8 -75.7 4 24.9 -51.2 263 50 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14008 -59.8 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.0 264 52 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16488 -67.4 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 253 41 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.83 m Freezing level: 627.69 mb = 3962.20 m = 12999.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.77 mb = 3090.10 m = 10138.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.73 mb = 413.10 m = 1355.29 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 10.79 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.18 mb = 2137.07 m = 7011.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 2.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.84 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 23.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 240.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.98 mb = 1271.48 m = 4171.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.98 mb = 4395.41 m = 14420.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 503.98 mb = 5671.75 m = 18607.87 ft B at Equ Level: 43.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 433.98 mb = 6805.13 m = 22326.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 272.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 132.54 m/s