MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.97,-93.67 Latitude: 35.97 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 522 SFC 949 531 20.3 16.4 78 3.9 17.7 194 8 297.9 300.2 292.8 334.1 12.48 3 900 989 19.4 17.0 86 2.4 17.8 223 35 301.5 304.0 294.7 341.8 13.68 4 850 1480 16.2 15.3 94 0.9 15.6 234 29 303.2 305.6 294.7 341.7 12.99 5 800 1994 13.3 10.0 80 3.3 11.2 248 22 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.4 9.68 6 750 2535 11.5 4.9 64 6.6 7.6 231 16 309.1 310.4 292.0 331.3 7.24 7 700 3110 8.9 -1.3 49 10.2 3.6 208 19 312.4 313.3 291.2 328.0 4.98 8 650 3717 3.3 0.3 81 3.0 1.7 236 23 312.7 313.8 292.1 331.5 6.02 9 600 4361 -1.2 -8.8 57 7.5 -4.5 236 26 314.7 315.3 290.3 325.3 3.29 10 550 5049 -5.3 -21.8 26 16.6 -10.4 236 30 317.8 318.1 289.3 322.0 1.21 11 500 5787 -11.9 -21.4 45 9.5 -14.6 233 36 318.6 318.9 289.8 323.3 1.39 12 450 6586 -16.4 -37.5 14 21.1 -20.0 242 38 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.9 0.34 13 400 7463 -20.9 -44.9 10 24.0 -24.1 242 48 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.17 14 350 8433 -29.1 -46.9 16 17.8 -30.8 246 52 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.16 15 300 9515 -37.5 -51.0 23 13.5 -38.4 253 61 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.12 16 250 10747 -47.6 -53.6 50 6.0 -47.9 255 72 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.10 17 200 12196 -52.4 -71.3 9 18.8 -52.8 257 84 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14018 -61.1 -82.5 4 21.4 -61.3 255 77 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16479 -70.0 -86.4 7 16.4 -70.1 257 35 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.82 m Freezing level: 613.64 mb = 4185.24 m = 13730.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.51 mb = 3885.90 m = 12748.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.72 C = 81.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.03 mb = 1026.96 m = 3369.26 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 13.76 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1648.88 m = 5409.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.28 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 27.18 C K Index: 33.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 994.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.23 mb = 1307.43 m = 4289.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.23 mb = 3441.48 m = 11290.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.23 mb = 11225.69 m = 36829.24 ft B at Equ Level: 988.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.23 mb = 13924.59 m = 45683.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.7 neg: -16.0 tot: 166.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 132.14 Bulk Shear: 7.53 m/s