MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.08,-94.99 Latitude: 34.08 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 992 158 24.0 20.4 80 3.6 21.5 185 9 297.8 300.6 294.8 342.3 15.36 2 950 535 19.6 19.4 99 0.2 19.5 195 19 297.1 299.8 294.5 340.8 15.11 3 900 1002 19.6 17.3 86 2.4 18.0 218 29 301.7 304.3 295.0 342.7 13.90 4 850 1493 16.4 14.4 88 2.0 15.1 219 23 303.3 305.5 294.2 339.5 12.21 5 800 2007 12.5 10.5 88 2.0 11.3 217 23 304.5 306.4 292.9 334.5 10.04 6 750 2545 10.3 -1.8 43 12.1 4.1 212 22 307.7 308.6 289.2 321.5 4.45 7 700 3118 8.3 -4.4 40 12.8 2.1 212 23 311.7 312.4 290.0 324.1 3.93 8 650 3725 4.0 -1.7 66 5.7 1.1 205 22 313.5 314.5 291.7 330.0 5.21 9 600 4371 -0.2 -7.2 59 7.1 -3.4 206 25 315.9 316.6 291.1 327.9 3.70 10 550 5061 -5.2 -11.2 63 6.0 -7.7 216 31 317.9 318.5 291.0 327.6 2.95 11 500 5801 -10.7 -18.1 54 7.4 -13.1 223 37 320.0 320.4 290.6 326.2 1.83 12 450 6606 -13.5 -37.4 11 23.9 -18.0 238 41 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.34 13 400 7491 -20.0 -44.6 9 24.6 -23.3 241 48 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.18 14 350 8465 -27.8 -49.9 10 22.0 -29.9 244 53 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.11 15 300 9553 -36.5 -53.2 16 16.7 -37.5 246 63 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.09 16 250 10788 -46.6 -54.8 39 8.2 -46.9 248 69 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.09 17 200 12247 -51.5 -72.3 7 20.8 -52.0 253 84 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14064 -62.0 -79.5 8 17.5 -62.1 250 70 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16514 -71.1 -86.7 8 15.6 -71.2 250 32 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.45 m Freezing level: 601.94 mb = 4345.68 m = 14257.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.94 mb = 3876.25 m = 12717.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.23 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.74 mb = 610.48 m = 2002.85 ft T: 19.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 21.12 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1299.96 m = 4264.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 25.08 C K Index: 28.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 941.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.37 mb = 818.16 m = 2684.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.37 mb = 1752.41 m = 5749.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 704.37 mb = 3065.86 m = 10058.48 ft B at Equ Level: 42.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.37 mb = 14295.38 m = 46900.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 244.1 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.7 neg: -18.3 tot: 81.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 48.67 Bulk Shear: 19.33 m/s