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: 35.32,-95.14 Latitude: 35.32 Longitude: -95.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 986 180 23.0 19.0 78 4.0 20.2 172 11 297.3 299.8 293.9 338.2 14.15 2 950 505 19.9 18.4 91 1.5 18.9 186 26 297.4 300.0 293.9 338.5 14.18 3 900 973 21.7 14.0 62 7.7 16.6 216 36 303.9 306.0 293.7 337.4 11.25 4 850 1467 18.1 11.5 66 6.5 13.8 226 28 305.1 306.9 293.2 335.3 10.11 5 800 1983 14.0 9.8 76 4.2 11.3 213 19 306.0 307.8 293.0 334.8 9.55 6 750 2525 11.3 4.8 64 6.6 7.5 198 14 308.9 310.2 292.0 330.9 7.19 7 700 3099 8.8 -5.5 36 14.3 2.0 198 19 312.2 312.9 289.9 323.7 3.63 8 650 3706 3.4 -4.6 55 8.1 -0.4 210 22 312.9 313.7 290.6 326.1 4.17 9 600 4348 -2.3 -4.9 82 2.6 -3.5 211 24 313.5 314.3 291.0 327.5 4.43 10 550 5034 -7.1 -8.5 90 1.4 -7.7 209 30 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.5 3.67 11 500 5768 -13.0 -13.8 93 0.8 -13.3 211 40 317.2 317.7 290.5 325.9 2.63 12 450 6565 -16.2 -31.2 26 15.0 -19.4 221 47 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.1 0.63 13 400 7444 -20.9 -41.7 14 20.8 -23.9 229 60 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.25 14 350 8414 -28.5 -43.1 23 14.6 -30.2 234 65 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.3 0.24 15 300 9500 -37.0 -43.6 50 6.6 -37.6 239 77 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.27 16 250 10733 -47.4 -51.1 66 3.6 -47.6 242 86 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.14 17 200 12185 -51.6 -72.5 6 20.9 -52.0 247 92 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14020 -59.7 -83.2 3 23.5 -59.9 249 74 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16494 -69.0 -87.1 6 18.1 -69.1 250 36 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.19 m Freezing level: 619.85 mb = 4092.98 m = 13428.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.34 mb = 3588.68 m = 11773.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.54 mb = 684.27 m = 2244.94 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km ThetaE index: 14.76 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.74 mb = 1911.42 m = 6270.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: -5.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.71 C Showalter Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 28.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 760.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.85 mb = 1188.45 m = 3899.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.85 mb = 3669.74 m = 12039.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.85 mb = 10921.81 m = 35832.27 ft B at Equ Level: 758.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.85 mb = 13115.96 m = 43030.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.6 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 239.6 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.5 neg: -40.3 tot: 159.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 52.75 Bulk Shear: 14.42 m/s