MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.66,-94.22 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 971 346 17.6 16.2 91 1.4 16.7 319 9 293.2 295.4 291.0 327.4 12.00 2 950 531 16.0 15.3 96 0.7 15.5 323 15 293.4 295.5 290.7 326.5 11.60 3 900 989 13.3 11.7 90 1.6 12.3 333 29 295.2 296.9 289.6 322.9 9.62 4 850 1468 11.0 8.3 84 2.6 9.5 327 22 297.6 299.1 289.2 321.4 8.13 5 800 1972 8.4 4.3 75 4.1 6.2 303 21 300.1 301.3 288.6 319.5 6.53 6 750 2503 5.2 1.0 74 4.2 3.0 288 26 302.2 303.2 288.3 318.7 5.49 7 700 3063 2.3 -4.1 63 6.3 -0.6 283 33 305.0 305.8 287.9 317.5 4.05 8 650 3658 -0.9 -7.3 62 6.3 -3.7 286 38 307.9 308.5 288.3 318.6 3.41 9 600 4291 -6.2 -13.8 54 7.7 -8.9 283 39 309.0 309.4 287.4 316.0 2.19 10 550 4966 -10.1 -23.9 31 13.8 -13.7 274 39 312.1 312.3 287.2 315.5 1.01 11 500 5693 -14.9 -25.4 40 10.6 -17.4 262 44 314.9 315.1 288.2 318.2 0.97 12 450 6483 -19.2 -44.6 9 25.5 -22.4 274 46 319.1 319.2 288.6 319.8 0.16 13 400 7352 -23.2 -56.8 3 33.6 -26.1 296 55 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.1 0.04 14 350 8317 -28.4 -58.0 4 29.6 -30.5 269 46 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.04 15 300 9413 -32.9 -64.3 3 31.4 -34.6 255 50 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.02 16 250 10669 -43.7 -68.6 5 25.0 -44.4 235 44 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.2 0.01 17 200 12141 -49.5 -74.6 4 25.1 -50.0 248 66 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 13982 -59.4 -81.7 4 22.4 -59.6 259 59 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16472 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 267 36 397.9 397.9 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.50 m Freezing level: 664.61 mb = 3484.35 m = 11431.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.60 mb = 2963.78 m = 9723.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.61 % Est. max temperature: 23.40 C = 74.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.04 mb = 521.63 m = 1711.35 ft T: 16.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 9.90 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.55 mb = 1124.45 m = 3689.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.24 C = 68.42 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 27.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.66 mb = 963.59 m = 3161.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.66 mb = 2419.21 m = 7936.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.66 mb = 2974.51 m = 9758.76 ft B at Equ Level: 13.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 387.66 mb = 7578.12 m = 24862.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.3 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 315.3 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 4.3 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.3 neg: -26.0 tot: 29.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 68.05 m/s