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: 35.93,-93.99 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -93.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 950 494 20.3 19.4 95 0.9 19.7 203 7 297.7 300.5 294.7 341.5 15.11 2 950 498 20.1 19.5 96 0.6 19.6 201 7 297.6 300.3 294.7 341.5 15.16 3 900 963 17.1 16.9 99 0.2 17.0 206 25 299.2 301.6 294.0 338.8 13.58 4 850 1450 14.3 13.5 95 0.7 13.8 233 30 301.1 303.2 293.1 335.1 11.55 5 800 1961 11.9 10.8 93 1.1 11.2 232 27 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.4 10.23 6 750 2500 8.6 8.1 97 0.5 8.3 216 35 306.0 307.6 292.6 333.4 9.10 7 700 3068 5.3 4.0 91 1.3 4.6 216 33 308.4 309.8 291.9 330.8 7.33 8 650 3670 2.2 -3.1 68 5.3 -0.4 210 41 311.5 312.4 290.6 326.2 4.69 9 600 4312 -1.4 -8.3 59 6.9 -4.4 211 51 314.4 315.1 290.4 325.4 3.39 10 550 4999 -6.5 -8.7 84 2.2 -7.5 215 59 316.4 317.0 291.2 328.0 3.59 11 500 5737 -10.6 -21.4 41 10.8 -13.8 225 63 320.1 320.4 290.2 324.9 1.39 12 450 6540 -16.0 -29.7 30 13.7 -19.0 232 60 323.1 323.2 290.5 325.7 0.72 13 400 7414 -22.7 -43.2 14 20.5 -25.4 232 65 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.21 14 350 8377 -31.1 -42.1 33 11.0 -32.3 234 69 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.27 15 300 9454 -37.8 -56.2 13 18.4 -38.8 237 72 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.06 16 250 10691 -44.1 -68.5 5 24.4 -44.8 239 70 340.5 340.6 294.4 340.6 0.02 17 200 12170 -50.2 -75.0 4 24.9 -50.6 254 70 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13995 -60.4 -81.5 5 21.0 -60.6 259 55 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16470 -67.0 -85.4 6 18.4 -67.1 257 45 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.24 m Freezing level: 619.79 mb = 4058.21 m = 13314.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.92 mb = 3621.33 m = 11880.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.76 mb = 600.40 m = 1969.79 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 16.17 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1052.46 m = 3452.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.05 C = 71.69 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 24.13 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 966.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.21 mb = 1018.28 m = 3340.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.21 mb = 1162.34 m = 3813.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.21 mb = 10189.14 m = 33428.54 ft B at Equ Level: 966.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.21 mb = 13230.54 m = 43406.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.0 neg: -17.9 tot: 153.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 10.16 Bulk Shear: 95.10 m/s