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: 35.71,-93.97 Latitude: 35.71 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 958 436 20.8 19.7 93 1.1 20.1 256 9 297.6 300.4 294.7 341.8 15.24 2 950 506 20.1 19.1 94 1.0 19.5 257 9 297.6 300.3 294.5 340.7 14.85 3 900 971 16.3 15.7 96 0.7 15.9 257 25 298.4 300.6 293.0 334.8 12.53 4 850 1456 13.6 12.8 95 0.7 13.1 254 29 300.4 302.4 292.4 332.7 11.03 5 800 1965 10.7 10.1 96 0.6 10.3 255 26 302.5 304.3 292.1 331.4 9.72 6 750 2502 8.1 7.4 95 0.7 7.7 247 25 305.4 307.0 292.1 331.4 8.64 7 700 3069 5.2 4.6 96 0.6 4.9 224 28 308.3 309.7 292.2 331.6 7.64 8 650 3671 1.9 0.5 90 1.4 1.1 207 33 311.1 312.3 291.7 330.1 6.10 9 600 4314 -1.6 -3.2 89 1.6 -2.4 207 45 314.3 315.2 291.8 330.3 5.05 10 550 5002 -5.1 -6.8 88 1.7 -5.9 211 54 318.0 318.8 292.2 331.6 4.19 11 500 5745 -9.1 -12.1 79 3.0 -10.2 215 58 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.1 3.03 12 450 6552 -15.0 -27.7 33 12.7 -18.0 221 55 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.87 13 400 7429 -22.3 -33.7 35 11.4 -24.3 224 59 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.55 14 350 8395 -28.9 -32.6 71 3.7 -29.5 232 58 329.8 329.9 292.4 332.4 0.71 15 300 9481 -37.3 -40.3 74 3.0 -37.6 241 49 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.38 16 250 10709 -47.1 -53.1 50 6.0 -47.4 244 60 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.11 17 200 12178 -50.0 -76.9 3 27.0 -50.4 260 64 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14002 -61.8 -80.0 7 18.2 -62.0 266 54 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16473 -68.6 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.7 251 46 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.27 m Freezing level: 622.88 mb = 4019.76 m = 13188.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.89 mb = 3872.82 m = 12705.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.13 mb = 577.83 m = 1895.74 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 10.43 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 996.72 m = 3270.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.65 C = 70.96 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 475.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.10 mb = 998.27 m = 3275.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.10 mb = 1045.71 m = 3430.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.10 mb = 10652.19 m = 34947.71 ft B at Equ Level: 469.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.10 mb = 12433.25 m = 40791.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -11.8 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.17 Bulk Shear: 91.84 m/s