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: 34.78,-94.21 Latitude: 34.78 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 969 330 23.5 20.2 82 3.2 21.2 194 10 299.3 302.1 295.4 344.8 15.60 2 950 506 21.1 19.3 89 1.8 19.9 196 16 298.6 301.3 294.8 342.2 14.99 3 900 973 18.2 16.2 88 2.0 16.9 217 29 300.3 302.6 293.9 338.4 13.01 4 850 1462 15.7 14.6 93 1.1 15.0 226 30 302.6 304.9 294.1 339.3 12.39 5 800 1975 12.5 11.8 96 0.7 12.0 223 27 304.4 306.5 293.6 337.1 10.93 6 750 2514 9.1 7.4 89 1.8 8.1 226 22 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.6 8.64 7 700 3083 5.9 2.8 81 3.0 4.2 214 31 309.0 310.2 291.6 329.6 6.72 8 650 3688 3.4 -6.3 49 9.7 -1.1 218 42 312.8 313.5 290.1 324.5 3.67 9 600 4332 -0.8 -8.5 56 7.7 -4.2 217 47 315.2 315.8 290.6 326.0 3.34 10 550 5020 -6.1 -8.9 80 2.8 -7.3 219 52 316.9 317.6 291.2 328.4 3.54 11 500 5758 -11.3 -19.0 53 7.7 -13.7 224 62 319.3 319.7 290.3 325.1 1.71 12 450 6560 -16.1 -33.4 21 17.3 -19.5 229 63 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.8 0.51 13 400 7435 -22.2 -43.0 13 20.8 -24.9 229 71 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.22 14 350 8401 -29.8 -46.4 18 16.6 -31.4 233 80 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.17 15 300 9484 -36.6 -60.1 7 23.5 -37.8 239 80 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.04 16 250 10729 -42.4 -68.7 4 26.3 -43.3 246 71 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.01 17 200 12210 -50.9 -74.2 5 23.3 -51.3 257 62 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14034 -61.3 -81.1 6 19.8 -61.4 251 53 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16494 -68.9 -86.2 7 17.3 -69.0 253 40 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.86 m Freezing level: 609.48 mb = 4209.71 m = 13811.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.37 mb = 3558.44 m = 11674.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.93 mb = 737.02 m = 2418.01 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 14.76 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.75 mb = 1275.02 m = 4183.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.91 C = 78.64 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 38.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1016.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.93 mb = 1040.14 m = 3412.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.93 mb = 1787.10 m = 5863.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.93 mb = 10255.66 m = 33646.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1011.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.93 mb = 13707.18 m = 44970.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.7 neg: -25.7 tot: 146.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 14.47 Bulk Shear: 70.23 m/s