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: 35.33,-93.66 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 986 182 24.9 20.9 78 4.0 22.1 215 10 299.3 302.2 295.7 345.8 15.94 2 950 504 22.3 19.0 81 3.3 20.0 215 20 299.8 302.5 295.0 342.8 14.68 3 900 972 18.2 17.3 94 0.9 17.6 212 23 300.3 302.9 294.6 341.2 13.96 4 850 1460 14.9 14.3 96 0.6 14.6 220 27 301.8 304.0 293.7 337.7 12.16 5 800 1972 12.1 11.6 97 0.5 11.8 237 31 304.0 306.0 293.3 336.2 10.79 6 750 2511 9.2 8.8 97 0.4 8.9 240 31 306.5 308.3 293.2 335.3 9.52 7 700 3081 5.9 5.5 97 0.4 5.6 233 31 309.0 310.6 292.7 333.8 8.11 8 650 3684 2.3 1.9 97 0.4 2.1 222 38 311.6 312.8 292.4 332.6 6.78 9 600 4327 -1.7 -2.1 97 0.4 -1.9 219 46 314.2 315.2 292.1 331.4 5.47 10 550 5016 -5.5 -6.2 95 0.7 -5.8 220 53 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.7 4.38 11 500 5758 -9.1 -10.5 90 1.3 -9.7 221 57 321.9 322.6 292.6 333.3 3.44 12 450 6566 -14.6 -20.0 63 5.4 -16.2 225 54 324.9 325.3 292.0 330.9 1.74 13 400 7445 -21.6 -36.5 25 14.9 -24.1 229 59 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.42 14 350 8413 -29.4 -42.0 28 12.6 -30.8 232 62 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.27 15 300 9494 -37.7 -44.8 47 7.1 -38.2 242 64 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.24 16 250 10725 -46.6 -57.2 29 10.6 -47.0 244 71 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.07 17 200 12191 -50.6 -74.7 4 24.1 -51.1 258 69 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14014 -61.7 -79.9 7 18.2 -61.9 265 56 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16483 -69.4 -87.0 6 17.6 -69.5 250 44 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.80 m Freezing level: 621.23 mb = 4054.17 m = 13300.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.02 mb = 4011.86 m = 13162.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.44 mb = 692.93 m = 2273.37 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 14.38 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.12 mb = 1018.10 m = 3340.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.54 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 37.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1414.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.70 mb = 955.30 m = 3134.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.70 mb = 1098.77 m = 3604.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.70 mb = 11367.66 m = 37295.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1399.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.70 mb = 14579.48 m = 47832.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.2 neg: -4.0 tot: 105.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 23.59 Bulk Shear: 59.95 m/s