MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.18,-94.75 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -94.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 983 211 26.8 20.8 70 6.0 22.5 202 7 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.4 15.94 2 950 506 24.0 19.1 75 4.8 20.6 205 14 301.5 304.2 295.6 345.2 14.85 3 900 977 19.5 18.2 93 1.2 18.6 208 17 301.6 304.3 295.6 345.2 14.80 4 850 1467 15.6 15.4 99 0.2 15.5 226 24 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.1 13.05 5 800 1980 12.5 12.1 98 0.4 12.2 247 31 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.7 11.15 6 750 2519 9.1 7.8 92 1.3 8.3 239 27 306.5 308.1 292.6 333.4 8.92 7 700 3088 6.0 1.0 70 5.0 3.4 227 31 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.4 5.90 8 650 3693 3.8 -7.7 43 11.5 -1.3 220 41 313.3 313.9 289.9 323.9 3.30 9 600 4338 -0.5 -5.6 68 5.1 -2.9 219 48 315.5 316.3 291.4 329.0 4.19 10 550 5028 -5.8 -11.5 64 5.7 -8.1 221 54 317.2 317.7 290.7 326.6 2.87 11 500 5767 -9.7 -30.0 17 20.3 -14.5 225 53 321.2 321.4 289.8 323.5 0.64 12 450 6571 -15.1 -33.4 19 18.3 -18.8 230 56 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.1 0.51 13 400 7451 -21.0 -42.2 13 21.1 -24.0 233 65 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.5 0.23 14 350 8420 -28.7 -42.5 25 13.9 -30.3 239 67 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.26 15 300 9507 -36.1 -51.5 19 15.4 -37.2 247 70 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 16 250 10749 -43.5 -67.7 5 24.1 -44.3 250 66 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 17 200 12227 -51.1 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.5 262 66 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14051 -62.0 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.1 261 53 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16503 -70.7 -87.0 7 16.3 -70.8 257 35 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.65 m Freezing level: 605.82 mb = 4262.76 m = 13985.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.16 mb = 3516.89 m = 11538.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.38 mb = 973.31 m = 3193.24 ft T: 19.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 24.56 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.35 mb = 1156.51 m = 3794.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.07 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.29 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 35.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1605.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.37 mb = 1107.83 m = 3634.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.37 mb = 1254.11 m = 4114.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.37 mb = 11262.09 m = 36948.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1602.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.37 mb = 15331.61 m = 50299.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.6 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 254.6 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.7 neg: -7.4 tot: 105.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 18.90 Bulk Shear: 84.95 m/s