MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.27,-94.00 Latitude: 35.27 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 988 165 22.7 20.6 88 2.0 21.2 190 9 296.8 299.6 294.8 342.1 15.66 2 950 508 19.8 19.8 100 0.1 19.8 194 19 297.3 300.1 294.8 342.0 15.45 3 900 973 18.9 16.6 87 2.3 17.4 217 36 301.0 303.4 294.4 340.1 13.33 4 850 1464 16.7 13.3 80 3.4 14.4 214 31 303.6 305.7 293.7 337.4 11.34 5 800 1977 12.1 11.7 97 0.4 11.9 217 30 304.1 306.1 293.4 336.6 10.89 6 750 2516 8.7 8.5 99 0.2 8.6 213 28 306.1 307.8 292.9 334.2 9.36 7 700 3084 5.1 4.5 96 0.5 4.8 203 29 308.1 309.5 292.0 331.2 7.59 8 650 3686 1.7 0.5 92 1.2 1.1 192 31 310.9 312.1 291.7 329.9 6.12 9 600 4327 -2.4 -2.8 97 0.5 -2.6 191 34 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.7 5.18 10 550 5014 -6.2 -6.7 97 0.5 -6.4 198 41 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.2 4.21 11 500 5753 -10.7 -10.9 98 0.3 -10.8 207 49 320.0 320.7 292.0 330.9 3.32 12 450 6558 -15.0 -19.8 67 4.8 -16.4 219 60 324.4 324.8 291.9 330.5 1.77 13 400 7437 -21.3 -28.0 55 6.7 -22.8 228 71 327.3 327.5 291.9 330.7 0.95 14 350 8409 -27.7 -31.0 74 3.2 -28.3 237 70 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.4 0.82 15 300 9499 -36.5 -39.6 73 3.1 -36.8 244 74 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.41 16 250 10732 -47.2 -50.7 67 3.5 -47.4 249 81 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.15 17 200 12189 -51.6 -69.4 10 17.8 -52.0 258 80 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14020 -59.5 -82.0 4 22.5 -59.7 251 69 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16490 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.6 251 38 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.00 m Freezing level: 628.99 mb = 3955.44 m = 12977.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.45 mb = 3867.47 m = 12688.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.62 mb = 420.21 m = 1378.63 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 12.36 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.14 mb = 1272.76 m = 4175.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.04 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 40.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1222.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.52 mb = 779.07 m = 2555.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.52 mb = 1814.53 m = 5953.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.52 mb = 11404.66 m = 37416.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1203.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.52 mb = 14204.90 m = 46603.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.3 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 234.3 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.4 neg: -29.0 tot: 86.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 30.77 Bulk Shear: 39.72 m/s