MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.91,-94.66 Latitude: 34.91 Longitude: -94.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 982 233 22.3 19.1 82 3.2 20.1 179 9 297.0 299.6 293.9 338.4 14.33 2 950 517 19.9 18.5 92 1.4 18.9 187 22 297.4 299.9 294.0 338.6 14.25 3 900 984 20.0 16.6 81 3.4 17.7 211 33 302.1 304.6 294.7 341.6 13.36 4 850 1476 17.2 12.4 73 4.8 14.1 219 26 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.2 10.73 5 800 1990 13.6 8.8 72 4.9 10.6 215 23 305.7 307.3 292.4 332.4 8.89 6 750 2532 12.1 -1.6 38 13.7 5.0 209 16 309.7 310.6 289.9 323.8 4.52 7 700 3107 9.1 -5.0 37 14.1 2.2 190 17 312.6 313.3 290.2 324.6 3.77 8 650 3715 4.2 -9.0 38 13.2 -1.6 192 19 313.8 314.3 289.8 323.4 2.98 9 600 4359 -1.2 -9.6 53 8.4 -4.8 198 22 314.7 315.3 290.2 324.6 3.07 10 550 5046 -6.7 -8.8 85 2.1 -7.6 210 27 316.1 316.8 291.0 327.7 3.57 11 500 5782 -12.3 -13.0 95 0.7 -12.5 215 37 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.3 2.82 12 450 6581 -15.5 -33.6 20 18.1 -19.1 225 46 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.6 0.50 13 400 7463 -20.3 -51.5 4 31.2 -23.8 233 59 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.08 14 350 8435 -28.1 -44.3 20 16.1 -30.0 237 63 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 15 300 9522 -36.7 -47.9 30 11.2 -37.5 241 74 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.17 16 250 10756 -47.1 -52.2 56 5.1 -47.3 244 81 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.12 17 200 12212 -51.1 -73.8 5 22.7 -51.5 248 90 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14043 -60.7 -82.5 4 21.8 -60.9 250 74 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16501 -70.5 -86.8 7 16.4 -70.5 242 35 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.76 m Freezing level: 611.23 mb = 4214.57 m = 13827.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.51 mb = 3460.02 m = 11351.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.14 mb = 634.29 m = 2080.97 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 17.75 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.66 mb = 1671.04 m = 5482.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 86.00 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.54 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 27.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 844.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.83 mb = 1023.69 m = 3358.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.83 mb = 3704.25 m = 12152.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.83 mb = 11276.26 m = 36995.16 ft B at Equ Level: 823.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.83 mb = 13599.18 m = 44616.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.1 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 237.1 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.1 neg: -26.1 tot: 101.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 88.16 Bulk Shear: 9.58 m/s