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: 35.17,-93.21 Latitude: 35.17 Longitude: -93.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 139 25.4 20.4 74 5.0 21.9 217 10 299.3 302.1 295.4 344.3 15.43 2 950 510 21.8 18.7 82 3.1 19.6 218 21 299.3 301.9 294.6 341.3 14.39 3 900 977 17.5 17.0 97 0.5 17.2 221 23 299.5 302.0 294.2 339.4 13.66 4 850 1464 14.4 13.5 94 0.9 13.8 242 31 301.2 303.3 293.1 335.1 11.49 5 800 1975 11.5 10.9 96 0.6 11.2 236 31 303.4 305.3 292.8 334.1 10.28 6 750 2512 8.4 8.1 98 0.3 8.2 229 31 305.7 307.4 292.5 333.0 9.06 7 700 3081 5.4 4.8 96 0.5 5.1 223 33 308.5 309.9 292.3 332.1 7.75 8 650 3684 2.0 1.2 95 0.7 1.5 215 38 311.2 312.4 292.0 331.2 6.44 9 600 4325 -1.7 -2.6 94 0.9 -2.1 212 43 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.8 5.28 10 550 5014 -5.3 -5.8 97 0.5 -5.5 210 45 317.8 318.6 292.3 332.3 4.52 11 500 5758 -8.8 -9.1 98 0.3 -9.0 224 49 322.3 323.0 293.0 334.9 3.83 12 450 6566 -14.3 -18.6 70 4.3 -15.7 237 55 325.2 325.6 292.2 331.9 1.95 13 400 7448 -20.8 -29.6 46 8.7 -22.7 236 61 327.9 328.1 291.9 330.9 0.83 14 350 8418 -28.8 -37.3 44 8.5 -30.0 232 69 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.6 0.44 15 300 9501 -37.9 -44.6 49 6.7 -38.5 230 79 331.9 332.0 292.5 332.8 0.24 16 250 10732 -45.5 -59.8 18 14.3 -46.0 235 79 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12199 -51.7 -74.6 5 22.9 -52.1 255 68 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14020 -61.6 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.7 258 61 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16486 -70.0 -86.4 7 16.4 -70.1 260 40 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.80 m Freezing level: 623.18 mb = 4027.89 m = 13214.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.10 mb = 3945.70 m = 12945.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.14 mb = 766.96 m = 2516.24 ft T: 19.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 13.49 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.71 mb = 941.36 m = 3088.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.09 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.66 C Showalter Index: 0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 36.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1137.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.68 mb = 922.59 m = 3026.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.68 mb = 970.40 m = 3183.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.68 mb = 10981.66 m = 36028.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1136.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.68 mb = 14410.57 m = 47278.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.3 neg: -10.9 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 23.87 Bulk Shear: 47.66 m/s