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: 35.71,-93.97 Latitude: 35.71 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 960 436 21.8 18.0 79 3.8 19.2 182 8 298.4 300.9 293.9 338.2 13.67 2 950 527 20.5 17.6 83 3.0 18.5 183 8 298.0 300.4 293.6 336.9 13.41 3 900 993 18.8 17.8 94 1.0 18.1 216 32 300.9 303.5 295.1 343.2 14.40 4 850 1483 16.2 13.7 85 2.5 14.5 219 27 303.1 305.2 293.7 337.6 11.64 5 800 1996 12.5 11.7 95 0.8 12.0 230 24 304.5 306.5 293.6 336.9 10.87 6 750 2536 9.5 4.2 69 5.4 6.5 220 20 306.9 308.2 291.1 327.9 6.89 7 700 3107 7.4 2.0 69 5.4 4.5 204 24 310.7 311.9 291.8 330.4 6.35 8 650 3713 3.7 -5.6 50 9.3 -0.7 194 29 313.1 313.9 290.4 325.4 3.86 9 600 4357 -1.7 -6.1 72 4.4 -3.7 206 28 314.1 314.9 290.9 327.0 4.03 10 550 5043 -6.0 -13.9 53 7.9 -8.9 219 33 317.0 317.4 290.2 324.8 2.37 11 500 5781 -12.1 -15.0 79 2.9 -13.1 225 39 318.3 318.8 290.6 326.3 2.39 12 450 6582 -15.3 -26.1 39 10.7 -18.0 236 41 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.5 1.01 13 400 7462 -20.6 -34.7 27 14.1 -23.2 238 50 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.50 14 350 8433 -28.7 -42.4 26 13.6 -30.3 241 56 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.0 0.26 15 300 9517 -37.2 -48.7 29 11.5 -38.1 246 68 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.15 16 250 10749 -47.7 -51.9 62 4.2 -47.9 247 75 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.13 17 200 12198 -52.2 -71.5 8 19.2 -52.6 250 88 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14023 -61.0 -80.1 6 19.1 -61.2 253 77 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16489 -70.4 -86.1 8 15.7 -70.5 253 36 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.76 m Freezing level: 616.00 mb = 4150.66 m = 13617.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.63 mb = 3629.91 m = 11909.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.84 mb = 918.11 m = 3012.13 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 15.24 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1502.74 m = 4930.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.45 C = 79.61 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.22 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 36.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1027.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.55 mb = 1151.17 m = 3776.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.55 mb = 1906.43 m = 6254.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.55 mb = 11331.50 m = 37176.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1015.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.55 mb = 14082.65 m = 46202.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.0 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 246.0 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.5 neg: -19.0 tot: 108.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 50.40 Bulk Shear: 20.39 m/s