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: 35.24,-93.07 Latitude: 35.24 Longitude: -93.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 140 26.7 20.2 68 6.4 22.1 191 10 300.6 303.4 295.6 345.3 15.25 2 950 510 22.6 18.8 79 3.8 19.9 194 17 300.1 302.7 295.0 342.6 14.52 3 900 979 18.2 16.7 91 1.5 17.2 200 22 300.3 302.7 294.2 339.7 13.44 4 850 1467 15.9 9.2 64 6.7 11.8 219 29 302.8 304.4 291.3 328.5 8.62 5 800 1979 12.1 11.2 94 0.9 11.6 222 28 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.4 10.51 6 750 2518 8.9 7.3 90 1.6 7.9 223 28 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.1 8.58 7 700 3086 5.8 0.6 69 5.2 3.0 216 34 308.9 309.9 290.7 326.5 5.70 8 650 3690 3.7 -4.4 56 8.0 -0.2 218 39 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.6 4.25 9 600 4336 0.0 -7.9 55 7.9 -3.5 217 45 316.2 316.8 291.0 327.5 3.52 10 550 5025 -6.1 -9.5 77 3.4 -7.5 221 48 316.8 317.5 291.1 327.8 3.38 11 500 5763 -11.0 -19.1 51 8.1 -13.5 228 53 319.6 320.0 290.4 325.4 1.69 12 450 6565 -15.7 -31.4 25 15.7 -19.0 236 59 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.7 0.62 13 400 7441 -22.1 -41.5 16 19.4 -24.8 233 63 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.25 14 350 8408 -29.3 -45.5 19 16.2 -30.9 230 70 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.19 15 300 9490 -37.9 -47.8 35 9.8 -38.7 234 80 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.17 16 250 10724 -44.4 -63.1 11 18.7 -45.0 242 77 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 17 200 12200 -50.7 -75.5 4 24.8 -51.1 257 71 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14025 -61.2 -81.0 6 19.8 -61.4 254 57 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16488 -68.6 -87.7 5 19.1 -68.7 253 42 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.18 m Freezing level: 599.67 mb = 4340.15 m = 14239.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.33 mb = 3648.62 m = 11970.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.77 mb = 951.96 m = 3123.19 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 16.84 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1173.64 m = 3850.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.24 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.18 C K Index: 30.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1285.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.84 mb = 1046.79 m = 3434.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.84 mb = 1588.73 m = 5212.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.84 mb = 11053.96 m = 36265.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1272.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.84 mb = 14538.34 m = 47697.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 124.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 17.98 Bulk Shear: 71.54 m/s