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: 35.09,-93.49 Latitude: 35.09 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 985 205 27.7 20.2 64 7.5 22.3 197 11 302.1 305.0 296.0 347.4 15.31 2 950 522 23.2 18.7 76 4.5 20.1 201 17 300.8 303.4 295.1 343.2 14.45 3 900 991 18.6 17.4 93 1.2 17.8 207 21 300.7 303.3 294.8 341.9 14.03 4 850 1480 15.9 13.7 87 2.2 14.4 227 31 302.8 304.9 293.6 337.3 11.65 5 800 1994 12.7 11.0 90 1.6 11.6 226 28 304.6 306.6 293.2 335.7 10.38 6 750 2533 9.2 7.4 89 1.7 8.1 220 30 306.5 308.2 292.4 332.8 8.67 7 700 3102 6.1 2.8 79 3.3 4.2 218 29 309.2 310.5 291.7 329.9 6.71 8 650 3707 3.1 -0.4 77 3.6 1.3 214 31 312.5 313.6 291.8 330.4 5.70 9 600 4351 -0.9 -4.9 74 4.0 -2.8 209 37 315.1 315.9 291.5 329.2 4.42 10 550 5040 -5.5 -11.3 63 5.8 -7.9 215 42 317.5 318.1 290.9 327.1 2.92 11 500 5779 -11.3 -15.9 69 4.6 -12.9 222 48 319.3 319.7 290.7 326.7 2.22 12 450 6584 -14.2 -37.4 12 23.3 -18.5 233 51 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.34 13 400 7467 -20.1 -43.4 11 23.3 -23.4 239 55 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.21 14 350 8440 -27.9 -49.8 10 22.0 -30.0 244 59 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.11 15 300 9527 -36.9 -48.7 28 11.8 -37.8 245 64 333.3 333.4 292.8 333.9 0.15 16 250 10757 -47.3 -53.1 51 5.8 -47.6 245 75 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.11 17 200 12211 -52.6 -71.4 9 18.8 -52.9 250 86 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14033 -61.0 -81.7 5 20.6 -61.2 250 77 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16489 -70.3 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.4 246 37 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.52 m Freezing level: 610.99 mb = 4209.47 m = 13810.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.54 mb = 3900.70 m = 12797.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.56 mb = 1148.84 m = 3769.11 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 17.50 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.76 mb = 1215.02 m = 3986.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.97 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.60 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.94 C K Index: 37.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1396.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.96 mb = 1135.37 m = 3724.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.96 mb = 1380.62 m = 4529.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.96 mb = 11591.31 m = 38028.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1389.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.96 mb = 14901.83 m = 48889.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.0 neg: -11.9 tot: 79.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 30.78 Bulk Shear: 45.38 m/s