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: 35.26,-95.16 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 986 189 22.7 21.0 90 1.7 21.5 217 9 297.1 300.0 295.2 343.6 16.09 2 950 515 19.9 19.7 99 0.2 19.8 216 18 297.4 300.2 294.7 341.8 15.34 3 900 981 17.9 17.1 95 0.9 17.4 229 34 300.0 302.5 294.4 340.3 13.75 4 850 1469 14.7 13.7 94 1.0 14.1 247 35 301.5 303.7 293.3 336.0 11.68 5 800 1980 11.4 11.3 99 0.2 11.3 241 33 303.3 305.3 293.0 334.7 10.54 6 750 2517 8.5 8.4 99 0.1 8.4 224 33 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.6 9.24 7 700 3086 5.2 4.9 98 0.3 5.0 209 32 308.2 309.7 292.2 331.9 7.77 8 650 3688 1.8 0.4 90 1.4 1.1 206 37 311.0 312.2 291.7 329.9 6.06 9 600 4329 -2.0 -3.7 88 1.7 -2.8 202 45 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.3 4.87 10 550 5017 -6.0 -7.4 90 1.4 -6.6 207 55 317.0 317.8 291.7 329.9 4.00 11 500 5757 -9.9 -11.7 87 1.8 -10.6 216 59 321.0 321.6 292.1 331.4 3.13 12 450 6564 -14.4 -18.1 74 3.6 -15.6 227 58 325.1 325.5 292.3 332.1 2.05 13 400 7445 -20.7 -29.1 47 8.3 -22.5 232 58 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.1 0.86 14 350 8416 -28.6 -35.4 52 6.8 -29.6 238 58 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.2 0.54 15 300 9501 -37.6 -42.0 63 4.4 -38.0 245 61 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.32 16 250 10728 -47.4 -54.1 46 6.7 -47.7 248 71 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12184 -52.6 -73.2 7 20.7 -52.9 250 83 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14007 -60.2 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.4 253 71 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16484 -70.0 -86.5 7 16.5 -70.1 248 36 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.21 m Freezing level: 625.89 mb = 3997.08 m = 13113.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.11 mb = 3860.90 m = 12666.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.21 mb = 404.50 m = 1327.07 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.06 mb = 847.37 m = 2780.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.93 C = 76.87 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 37.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1290.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.83 mb = 737.14 m = 2418.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.83 mb = 1164.72 m = 3821.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.83 mb = 11537.43 m = 37851.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1270.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.83 mb = 14392.14 m = 47217.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.9 neg: -33.7 tot: 71.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 17.13 Bulk Shear: 75.34 m/s