MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.93,-94.69 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 971 321 20.4 19.8 96 0.6 20.0 196 13 296.1 298.8 294.2 339.6 15.14 2 950 507 19.2 19.0 99 0.1 19.1 202 22 296.6 299.3 294.1 339.2 14.76 3 900 971 16.5 16.2 98 0.3 16.3 224 41 298.5 300.8 293.3 336.1 12.95 4 850 1457 13.9 13.1 95 0.8 13.4 241 44 300.7 302.7 292.7 333.7 11.22 5 800 1967 11.5 10.4 93 1.0 10.8 235 37 303.4 305.2 292.6 333.0 9.96 6 750 2505 8.7 7.7 93 1.0 8.1 220 33 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.7 8.84 7 700 3073 5.6 4.6 93 1.0 5.0 205 33 308.6 310.1 292.2 331.9 7.61 8 650 3676 1.8 0.8 93 1.1 1.3 183 28 311.0 312.2 291.8 330.4 6.24 9 600 4317 -2.3 -2.9 96 0.6 -2.6 183 30 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.7 5.16 10 550 5004 -5.9 -6.8 93 1.0 -6.3 186 38 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.6 4.18 11 500 5745 -10.1 -11.5 90 1.3 -10.6 196 42 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.2 3.18 12 450 6551 -14.9 -16.7 86 1.8 -15.5 211 46 324.5 324.9 292.3 332.3 2.30 13 400 7431 -20.8 -23.1 82 2.3 -21.4 223 50 327.9 328.2 292.6 333.2 1.49 14 350 8404 -28.3 -31.1 77 2.8 -28.8 230 50 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.5 0.81 15 300 9489 -37.8 -40.8 73 3.0 -38.1 235 54 332.2 332.2 292.7 333.5 0.36 16 250 10714 -49.2 -52.7 67 3.5 -49.4 241 62 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12157 -53.3 -72.1 8 18.8 -53.7 253 90 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13988 -58.4 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 254 68 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16477 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 254 39 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.19 m Freezing level: 628.07 mb = 3957.36 m = 12983.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.84 mb = 3877.82 m = 12722.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.53 C = 79.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.36 mb = 395.24 m = 1296.71 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 841.62 m = 2761.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.29 C = 72.12 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 36.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 697.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.23 mb = 817.61 m = 2682.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.23 mb = 864.58 m = 2836.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.23 mb = 11218.51 m = 36805.70 ft B at Equ Level: 685.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.23 mb = 13145.53 m = 43127.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.2 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 236.2 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 4.3 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.3 neg: -79.4 tot: 87.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 44.35 Bulk Shear: 15.72 m/s