MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.92,-94.06 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 977 275 25.6 20.5 73 5.2 22.0 198 12 300.8 303.7 295.9 346.9 15.70 2 950 520 22.1 19.2 84 2.9 20.1 201 18 299.6 302.4 295.1 343.3 14.95 3 900 988 18.7 17.2 91 1.4 17.7 214 27 300.7 303.3 294.7 341.4 13.85 4 850 1478 16.6 13.8 83 2.9 14.8 228 28 303.6 305.7 293.9 338.5 11.74 5 800 1992 12.9 9.8 81 3.1 10.9 229 27 304.9 306.7 292.6 333.5 9.53 6 750 2531 9.1 5.1 76 4.0 6.8 222 29 306.5 307.8 291.3 328.8 7.35 7 700 3101 7.1 -2.0 52 9.1 2.5 216 31 310.3 311.2 290.3 325.1 4.72 8 650 3707 3.2 0.6 83 2.6 1.8 211 33 312.6 313.8 292.2 331.9 6.17 9 600 4351 -0.7 -6.8 63 6.2 -3.5 209 37 315.4 316.1 291.0 327.6 3.82 10 550 5040 -5.4 -10.3 68 4.9 -7.4 215 43 317.7 318.3 291.2 328.0 3.17 11 500 5779 -11.6 -17.2 63 5.6 -13.4 222 49 319.0 319.3 290.5 325.6 1.99 12 450 6583 -14.5 -37.9 12 23.4 -18.8 233 50 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.2 0.32 13 400 7465 -20.6 -42.0 13 21.4 -23.7 238 55 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.24 14 350 8436 -28.2 -47.6 14 19.4 -30.2 241 61 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.15 15 300 9522 -37.2 -48.3 30 11.2 -38.0 243 66 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.16 16 250 10751 -47.1 -54.0 45 6.9 -47.4 243 77 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 17 200 12208 -52.2 -72.0 8 19.7 -52.6 251 85 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14031 -60.7 -82.2 4 21.5 -60.9 250 77 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.00 19 100 16492 -70.5 -86.2 8 15.7 -70.6 247 37 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.75 m Freezing level: 608.50 mb = 4241.22 m = 13914.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.96 mb = 3920.32 m = 12861.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.48 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.29 mb = 927.61 m = 3043.30 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 21.80 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1360.81 m = 4464.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.33 C K Index: 32.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1318.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.43 mb = 1060.36 m = 3478.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.43 mb = 1809.56 m = 5936.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.43 mb = 11662.61 m = 38262.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1296.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.43 mb = 14562.55 m = 47776.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.2 neg: -2.8 tot: 87.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 32.33 Bulk Shear: 40.78 m/s