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: 35.76,-93.31 Latitude: 35.76 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 952 487 23.0 18.0 73 5.0 19.6 189 11 300.4 302.9 294.6 340.9 13.80 2 950 502 22.5 18.0 76 4.5 19.4 189 10 300.0 302.5 294.4 340.2 13.76 3 900 970 17.9 16.6 92 1.3 17.0 195 22 300.0 302.4 294.0 338.9 13.29 4 850 1457 15.2 14.3 94 0.9 14.7 222 33 302.1 304.4 293.9 338.1 12.17 5 800 1970 12.5 12.0 97 0.4 12.2 223 30 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.6 11.10 6 750 2508 8.5 6.9 90 1.6 7.6 224 31 305.8 307.3 292.0 331.0 8.37 7 700 3075 4.9 -0.4 69 5.3 2.1 213 37 307.9 308.9 290.0 324.3 5.31 8 650 3678 3.4 -6.5 48 9.9 -1.2 214 44 312.8 313.5 290.1 324.4 3.61 9 600 4323 -0.5 -8.0 57 7.5 -3.8 215 50 315.6 316.3 290.8 326.9 3.49 10 550 5012 -6.1 -10.7 70 4.6 -8.0 221 54 316.8 317.4 290.8 326.8 3.07 11 500 5750 -11.0 -19.3 50 8.4 -13.6 228 59 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.3 1.66 12 450 6554 -15.4 -38.3 12 22.9 -19.4 236 58 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.31 13 400 7430 -21.9 -43.9 12 22.0 -24.8 233 62 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.20 14 350 8396 -29.9 -46.9 18 16.9 -31.6 232 67 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.16 15 300 9475 -38.2 -53.7 18 15.5 -39.1 237 75 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 16 250 10708 -45.4 -66.1 8 20.8 -46.0 240 73 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.02 17 200 12178 -50.7 -75.6 4 24.8 -51.2 255 72 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 18 150 14003 -60.8 -80.7 6 19.9 -61.0 257 58 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16476 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.4 254 43 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.13 m Freezing level: 605.81 mb = 4248.15 m = 13937.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.56 mb = 3461.26 m = 11355.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.34 mb = 1119.32 m = 3672.27 ft T: 17.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.62 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1382.90 m = 4537.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.90 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.53 C Showalter Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 35.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 917.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.89 mb = 1220.67 m = 4004.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.89 mb = 1876.54 m = 6156.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.89 mb = 10737.10 m = 35226.28 ft B at Equ Level: 909.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.89 mb = 13637.95 m = 44743.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.0 neg: -11.4 tot: 183.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 8.41 Bulk Shear: 109.05 m/s