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: 35.12,-93.27 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 989 153 26.7 20.1 67 6.5 22.1 198 10 300.8 303.5 295.6 345.3 15.18 2 950 508 23.2 18.1 73 5.0 19.7 200 20 300.7 303.3 294.7 341.6 13.92 3 900 977 18.7 16.8 89 1.9 17.4 203 23 300.7 303.2 294.4 340.3 13.46 4 850 1465 15.3 13.3 88 2.0 14.0 222 30 302.1 304.2 293.3 335.7 11.37 5 800 1977 12.4 10.7 90 1.7 11.3 233 31 304.3 306.2 293.0 334.7 10.16 6 750 2516 9.1 7.8 92 1.2 8.3 233 31 306.4 308.1 292.6 333.4 8.92 7 700 3086 5.7 4.8 94 0.9 5.2 225 35 308.8 310.3 292.4 332.5 7.74 8 650 3689 2.3 1.4 94 0.9 1.8 220 41 311.5 312.8 292.2 331.8 6.53 9 600 4332 -1.4 -2.7 91 1.3 -2.1 222 46 314.5 315.5 292.0 331.0 5.22 10 550 5022 -5.0 -6.5 89 1.6 -5.7 223 50 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.9 4.26 11 500 5765 -9.3 -12.2 79 3.0 -10.4 227 53 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.7 2.99 12 450 6572 -14.3 -31.7 21 17.5 -18.0 231 51 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.5 0.60 13 400 7452 -21.2 -45.2 10 24.0 -24.3 233 59 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.17 14 350 8422 -28.9 -44.3 21 15.5 -30.5 236 64 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.7 0.21 15 300 9504 -38.0 -47.1 38 9.2 -38.7 240 72 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.18 16 250 10733 -46.3 -59.8 20 13.5 -46.8 244 73 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12199 -51.2 -74.8 4 23.6 -51.7 256 72 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14021 -61.6 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.7 260 60 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16486 -70.2 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.2 251 41 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.79 m Freezing level: 619.42 mb = 4082.36 m = 13393.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.02 mb = 3978.30 m = 13052.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.61 mb = 980.51 m = 3216.85 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 14.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.24 mb = 1234.68 m = 4050.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.41 C = 81.34 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 36.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1206.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.84 mb = 1141.26 m = 3744.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.84 mb = 1386.71 m = 4549.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.84 mb = 11343.06 m = 37214.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1189.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.84 mb = 14534.94 m = 47686.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 17.37 Bulk Shear: 69.46 m/s