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: 35.97,-93.07 Latitude: 35.97 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 51 SFC 959 413 24.9 17.7 65 7.1 19.9 193 12 301.6 304.0 294.6 341.0 13.41 2 950 499 23.4 17.1 68 6.3 19.1 195 17 300.9 303.3 294.1 339.2 13.03 3 900 968 18.5 15.9 85 2.6 16.8 199 23 300.6 302.9 293.8 337.9 12.71 4 850 1456 15.7 13.5 87 2.1 14.3 224 32 302.6 304.7 293.5 336.7 11.54 5 800 1969 12.1 10.0 87 2.1 10.8 225 31 304.1 305.9 292.6 333.1 9.71 6 750 2507 8.6 4.8 77 3.9 6.5 222 32 306.0 307.3 291.1 327.8 7.21 7 700 3075 5.7 -0.2 66 5.9 2.7 211 37 308.8 309.8 290.4 325.5 5.40 8 650 3678 3.3 -3.7 60 7.0 -0.2 214 40 312.7 313.6 290.8 326.8 4.47 9 600 4324 -0.3 -7.3 59 7.0 -3.4 216 48 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.6 3.69 10 550 5012 -6.3 -10.1 74 3.9 -7.8 221 52 316.7 317.3 290.9 327.1 3.22 11 500 5750 -10.9 -18.0 56 7.1 -13.2 227 57 319.7 320.1 290.6 326.0 1.85 12 450 6554 -15.6 -34.7 18 19.1 -19.3 236 58 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.3 0.45 13 400 7430 -21.8 -44.5 11 22.7 -24.7 234 61 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.18 14 350 8397 -29.9 -44.9 22 15.0 -31.4 233 65 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.20 15 300 9475 -38.6 -50.8 27 12.2 -39.4 236 74 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.12 16 250 10703 -46.2 -63.7 12 17.5 -46.7 238 74 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.03 17 200 12169 -51.0 -75.8 4 24.8 -51.4 254 73 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13995 -60.6 -81.0 5 20.4 -60.8 258 60 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16473 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 253 42 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.76 m Freezing level: 604.15 mb = 4270.45 m = 14010.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.77 mb = 3643.68 m = 11954.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.30 mb = 1313.91 m = 4310.68 ft T: 16.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 15.56 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.25 mb = 1604.35 m = 5263.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.31 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 34.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 811.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.96 mb = 1366.79 m = 4484.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.96 mb = 1927.18 m = 6322.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.96 mb = 10864.05 m = 35642.79 ft B at Equ Level: 799.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.96 mb = 13054.50 m = 42829.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.4 neg: -4.2 tot: 145.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 10.24 Bulk Shear: 79.24 m/s