MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.97,-94.88 Latitude: 33.97 Longitude: -94.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 992 134 27.4 20.4 65 7.0 22.4 200 9 301.3 304.2 295.9 346.6 15.40 2 950 509 23.2 18.6 75 4.6 20.1 204 15 300.8 303.4 295.0 342.9 14.36 3 900 978 18.7 17.5 93 1.1 17.9 207 17 300.7 303.3 294.8 342.3 14.15 4 850 1466 15.3 14.1 92 1.2 14.5 227 26 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.6 11.97 5 800 1979 12.7 11.2 90 1.5 11.7 223 25 304.7 306.6 293.3 336.0 10.48 6 750 2519 9.7 8.2 91 1.4 8.8 224 24 307.1 308.8 293.0 334.8 9.16 7 700 3090 6.6 5.0 90 1.6 5.6 227 26 309.8 311.2 292.7 333.8 7.84 8 650 3696 3.7 -0.2 76 3.8 1.7 225 39 313.1 314.2 292.1 331.4 5.83 9 600 4341 -0.5 -7.0 62 6.5 -3.4 222 51 315.6 316.3 291.0 327.7 3.78 10 550 5031 -5.8 -10.3 70 4.5 -7.7 221 57 317.2 317.8 291.0 327.6 3.17 11 500 5769 -10.7 -24.6 31 13.9 -14.4 226 60 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.6 1.04 12 450 6570 -16.2 -37.3 14 21.1 -19.9 229 62 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.34 13 400 7447 -21.3 -44.6 10 23.3 -24.4 227 73 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.18 14 350 8416 -28.6 -56.2 5 27.6 -30.7 235 78 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.05 15 300 9506 -35.3 -63.1 4 27.8 -36.7 243 70 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.03 16 250 10757 -42.0 -68.3 4 26.4 -42.9 250 63 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.7 0.02 17 200 12234 -51.5 -73.3 6 21.7 -51.9 255 55 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14055 -62.2 -81.1 6 18.9 -62.4 252 57 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16506 -69.6 -86.5 7 16.8 -69.7 256 37 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.90 m Freezing level: 605.82 mb = 4265.98 m = 13995.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.71 mb = 3900.37 m = 12796.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.16 mb = 1024.02 m = 3359.61 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 22.99 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.18 mb = 1129.47 m = 3705.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.32 C = 81.17 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 38.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1240.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.42 mb = 1088.57 m = 3571.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.42 mb = 1234.11 m = 4048.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.42 mb = 10663.89 m = 34986.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1232.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.42 mb = 14763.23 m = 48435.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.6 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 252.6 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.6 neg: -7.0 tot: 78.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 15.82 Bulk Shear: 78.42 m/s