MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.93,-95.63 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 185 23.6 20.2 81 3.4 21.2 183 13 298.0 300.8 294.9 342.3 15.28 2 950 501 20.1 19.0 93 1.1 19.4 190 22 297.6 300.3 294.4 340.3 14.73 3 900 969 21.3 13.9 63 7.4 16.4 228 41 303.5 305.5 293.5 336.7 11.17 4 850 1463 19.5 12.3 63 7.2 14.8 239 30 306.6 308.5 294.0 338.5 10.61 5 800 1982 15.7 12.3 81 3.3 13.5 233 25 307.9 310.0 294.8 342.2 11.34 6 750 2527 11.5 9.5 88 1.9 10.2 226 22 309.0 310.9 294.2 339.5 10.01 7 700 3100 6.9 4.2 83 2.8 5.4 220 26 310.2 311.6 292.5 332.9 7.39 8 650 3704 2.1 -0.3 84 2.4 0.8 222 33 311.4 312.5 291.5 329.4 5.78 9 600 4345 -2.6 -4.3 88 1.7 -3.4 225 34 313.1 314.0 291.1 327.8 4.64 10 550 5030 -7.2 -8.7 89 1.5 -7.8 226 36 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.2 3.61 11 500 5765 -12.7 -17.3 68 4.6 -14.2 223 39 317.6 317.9 290.0 324.1 1.97 12 450 6560 -17.8 -27.7 42 9.8 -20.0 225 44 320.8 321.0 289.9 323.9 0.88 13 400 7432 -23.0 -38.8 22 15.8 -25.3 229 58 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.4 0.33 14 350 8395 -30.2 -46.4 19 16.2 -31.7 230 68 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.17 15 300 9475 -38.0 -47.8 35 9.8 -38.7 235 80 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.17 16 250 10703 -47.4 -54.8 43 7.3 -47.7 239 91 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.09 17 200 12162 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 246 92 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14003 -58.5 -81.7 4 23.2 -58.7 252 75 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16486 -69.7 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.8 255 38 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.35 m Freezing level: 627.49 mb = 3992.49 m = 13098.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.04 mb = 3827.65 m = 12557.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.65 mb = 613.97 m = 2014.31 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 18.24 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.33 mb = 2127.67 m = 6980.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.72 C = 92.69 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: -5.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 41.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1224.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 188.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.56 mb = 1147.63 m = 3765.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.56 mb = 3022.33 m = 9915.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.56 mb = 11064.76 m = 36301.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1216.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.56 mb = 13729.15 m = 45042.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.8 neg: -25.0 tot: 217.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.74 Bulk Rich Number: 30.57 Bulk Shear: 40.07 m/s