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: 34.70,-94.64 Latitude: 34.70 Longitude: -94.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 969 336 22.1 20.7 92 1.4 21.2 202 8 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.7 16.08 2 950 507 20.5 20.0 97 0.5 20.2 203 14 298.0 300.8 295.1 343.5 15.68 3 900 973 17.5 17.2 98 0.3 17.4 221 27 299.5 302.1 294.3 340.1 13.89 4 850 1460 14.9 14.3 96 0.6 14.6 234 28 301.8 304.0 293.7 337.6 12.16 5 800 1973 12.0 11.5 97 0.5 11.7 226 28 304.0 305.9 293.3 335.9 10.73 6 750 2512 9.0 7.6 91 1.4 8.1 227 29 306.3 307.9 292.4 332.8 8.76 7 700 3080 5.7 3.0 83 2.7 4.2 218 28 308.7 310.0 291.6 329.6 6.79 8 650 3684 2.9 -1.1 75 4.1 0.8 218 39 312.3 313.3 291.5 329.3 5.43 9 600 4328 -1.3 -5.1 75 3.8 -3.1 216 50 314.6 315.4 291.3 328.5 4.36 10 550 5015 -6.4 -8.7 84 2.2 -7.4 216 60 316.5 317.2 291.2 328.2 3.62 11 500 5753 -11.2 -19.4 51 8.2 -13.7 219 66 319.3 319.7 290.2 324.9 1.65 12 450 6554 -16.4 -23.2 56 6.8 -18.2 225 62 322.7 322.9 290.9 327.2 1.32 13 400 7429 -22.1 -31.5 42 9.4 -23.9 228 69 326.2 326.4 291.3 328.7 0.68 14 350 8396 -29.1 -37.1 46 7.9 -30.2 234 75 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.2 0.45 15 300 9482 -36.2 -50.9 21 14.6 -37.2 242 77 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.12 16 250 10729 -41.9 -70.3 3 28.3 -42.8 248 67 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.01 17 200 12210 -51.3 -74.0 5 22.7 -51.7 255 60 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14035 -61.0 -81.1 5 20.1 -61.2 253 51 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16494 -68.8 -85.9 7 17.2 -68.8 256 39 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.13 m Freezing level: 615.38 mb = 4129.85 m = 13549.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.30 mb = 3817.67 m = 12525.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.37 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.21 mb = 514.11 m = 1686.68 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 19.75 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 876.21 m = 2874.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.38 C = 74.09 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 37.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1183.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.19 mb = 856.94 m = 2811.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.19 mb = 904.31 m = 2966.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.19 mb = 10274.22 m = 33707.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1179.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.19 mb = 14149.23 m = 46420.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.9 neg: -4.6 tot: 114.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 13.94 Bulk Shear: 84.84 m/s