MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.61,-95.06 Latitude: 35.61 Longitude: -95.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 984 210 24.8 20.3 76 4.6 21.6 206 12 299.4 302.2 295.3 344.2 15.36 2 950 517 20.8 19.2 90 1.6 19.7 209 21 298.3 301.1 294.7 341.7 14.91 3 900 983 17.4 17.2 99 0.2 17.2 227 34 299.4 301.9 294.3 339.8 13.83 4 850 1470 14.7 13.4 92 1.3 13.9 241 37 301.5 303.6 293.2 335.4 11.46 5 800 1982 12.4 10.2 86 2.2 11.0 225 33 304.4 306.2 292.7 333.7 9.80 6 750 2521 9.2 6.0 80 3.2 7.3 206 28 306.6 308.1 291.8 330.4 7.86 7 700 3089 5.5 -3.4 53 8.9 1.2 191 28 308.6 309.4 289.3 321.8 4.24 8 650 3690 0.9 -2.6 78 3.5 -0.8 192 36 310.0 310.9 290.3 325.2 4.88 9 600 4329 -2.3 -4.2 87 1.9 -3.2 195 43 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.3 4.68 10 550 5016 -6.4 -7.9 89 1.5 -7.0 207 48 316.5 317.3 291.4 328.9 3.85 11 500 5754 -11.8 -13.5 88 1.6 -12.4 208 49 318.6 319.2 291.0 327.6 2.71 12 450 6553 -16.4 -26.3 42 9.9 -18.7 224 59 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.2 1.00 13 400 7429 -22.0 -42.8 13 20.7 -24.8 233 69 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.2 0.22 14 350 8396 -29.1 -38.8 39 9.6 -30.4 237 66 329.5 329.5 292.0 330.9 0.38 15 300 9477 -38.7 -43.4 61 4.6 -39.1 243 69 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 16 250 10703 -46.9 -56.9 31 10.0 -47.2 242 77 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 17 200 12164 -51.6 -74.9 5 23.3 -52.0 254 84 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 13996 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 252 63 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16473 -68.3 -86.5 6 18.2 -68.4 245 42 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.31 m Freezing level: 635.60 mb = 3873.96 m = 12709.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.09 mb = 3443.17 m = 11296.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.50 mb = 788.51 m = 2586.94 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 22.39 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 889.59 m = 2918.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.70 C = 76.45 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.54 C Showalter Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.25 C K Index: 31.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1460.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.62 mb = 862.57 m = 2829.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.62 mb = 909.94 m = 2985.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.62 mb = 11316.64 m = 37127.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1444.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.62 mb = 14522.40 m = 47645.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.9 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 238.9 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 4.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.5 neg: -58.7 tot: 38.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 34.07 Bulk Shear: 42.87 m/s