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: 35.39,-94.16 Latitude: 35.39 Longitude: -94.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 990 153 26.8 21.1 71 5.8 22.7 204 10 300.8 303.8 296.2 348.0 16.07 2 950 514 22.7 19.9 84 2.9 20.7 205 17 300.2 303.1 295.7 345.7 15.53 3 900 982 18.7 18.0 95 0.8 18.2 210 22 300.8 303.5 295.2 343.6 14.56 4 850 1473 16.5 13.5 83 2.9 14.5 227 30 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.6 11.52 5 800 1987 12.5 12.3 99 0.2 12.4 226 31 304.5 306.5 293.9 338.2 11.31 6 750 2525 8.1 6.7 91 1.4 7.3 218 27 305.3 306.9 291.7 330.1 8.23 7 700 3092 5.5 -6.5 41 12.1 0.1 215 29 308.6 309.2 288.5 319.1 3.34 8 650 3695 2.9 -3.6 62 6.5 -0.3 209 36 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.4 4.50 9 600 4338 -1.1 -5.5 72 4.4 -3.1 203 42 314.8 315.6 291.2 328.3 4.23 10 550 5027 -5.8 -9.5 75 3.7 -7.4 213 50 317.2 317.8 291.2 328.2 3.39 11 500 5765 -10.9 -20.2 47 9.2 -13.7 222 55 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.9 1.54 12 450 6570 -14.0 -35.5 14 21.5 -18.2 233 57 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.2 0.41 13 400 7454 -20.2 -36.6 22 16.4 -23.0 241 59 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.4 0.42 14 350 8426 -28.3 -45.4 18 17.2 -30.1 246 60 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.19 15 300 9511 -37.7 -44.9 47 7.3 -38.3 245 66 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.23 16 250 10738 -47.7 -53.9 49 6.2 -47.9 243 78 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 17 200 12191 -53.0 -71.0 9 18.0 -53.4 250 85 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14012 -60.4 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.6 249 77 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16482 -69.7 -86.3 7 16.6 -69.8 245 37 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.29 m Freezing level: 613.99 mb = 4158.05 m = 13641.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.86 mb = 3222.21 m = 10571.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.33 mb = 883.44 m = 2898.40 ft T: 19.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 19.06 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.41 mb = 987.93 m = 3241.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.29 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.74 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.40 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 28.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1870.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.11 mb = 952.48 m = 3124.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.11 mb = 1096.55 m = 3597.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.11 mb = 11932.66 m = 39148.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1857.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.11 mb = 15468.39 m = 50748.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.1 neg: -17.5 tot: 80.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 30.31 Bulk Shear: 61.72 m/s