MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.15,-94.72 Latitude: 34.15 Longitude: -94.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 985 200 24.4 21.3 83 3.1 22.2 212 7 298.8 301.8 295.8 346.5 16.38 2 950 515 20.8 19.9 94 0.9 20.2 214 12 298.3 301.2 295.2 343.7 15.59 3 900 981 17.4 17.2 99 0.2 17.3 236 22 299.4 301.9 294.3 339.9 13.86 4 850 1469 14.8 14.5 98 0.3 14.6 260 27 301.7 303.9 293.8 338.0 12.33 5 800 1980 11.9 11.5 97 0.5 11.6 259 19 303.9 305.8 293.3 335.7 10.70 6 750 2519 9.0 8.8 98 0.3 8.9 235 26 306.4 308.2 293.0 335.0 9.50 7 700 3089 5.9 5.6 98 0.3 5.8 226 29 309.0 310.6 292.8 334.1 8.20 8 650 3693 3.2 2.1 93 1.1 2.6 222 41 312.6 313.9 292.8 334.0 6.88 9 600 4339 -0.5 -4.4 75 3.9 -2.4 224 53 315.5 316.4 291.7 330.2 4.59 10 550 5028 -6.1 -7.0 93 0.9 -6.5 226 57 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.1 4.12 11 500 5767 -10.2 -17.8 54 7.5 -12.7 230 54 320.6 320.9 290.9 327.0 1.89 12 450 6570 -15.6 -32.7 22 17.0 -19.1 230 56 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.6 0.55 13 400 7447 -22.0 -45.4 10 23.4 -24.9 230 64 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.17 14 350 8413 -29.8 -50.1 12 20.4 -31.5 232 66 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.11 15 300 9497 -35.8 -61.6 5 25.7 -37.1 239 71 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.03 16 250 10744 -43.3 -72.0 3 28.7 -44.1 244 61 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.01 17 200 12221 -50.9 -73.1 6 22.1 -51.4 256 60 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14044 -62.1 -80.2 7 18.1 -62.3 258 54 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16498 -70.2 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.2 262 32 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.86 m Freezing level: 606.78 mb = 4251.47 m = 13948.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.92 mb = 4023.74 m = 13201.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.34 mb = 594.17 m = 1949.37 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 20.98 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.12 mb = 790.74 m = 2594.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.55 C = 76.19 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.54 C Showalter Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 39.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1284.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.32 mb = 779.49 m = 2557.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.32 mb = 826.40 m = 2711.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.32 mb = 10842.00 m = 35570.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1276.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.32 mb = 14623.08 m = 47975.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 96.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 14.34 Bulk Shear: 89.58 m/s