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: 35.53,-93.52 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -93.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 977 268 23.0 20.0 83 3.0 20.9 189 8 298.2 300.9 294.9 342.3 15.21 2 950 510 20.7 19.2 91 1.5 19.6 192 14 298.2 300.9 294.7 341.5 14.90 3 900 976 17.9 16.7 93 1.1 17.1 204 27 299.9 302.4 294.1 339.2 13.43 4 850 1465 16.1 13.0 82 3.1 14.1 210 31 303.0 305.0 293.3 336.0 11.12 5 800 1978 12.4 12.3 99 0.1 12.3 216 31 304.4 306.5 293.9 338.0 11.28 6 750 2517 8.8 8.7 99 0.1 8.8 212 29 306.2 307.9 293.0 334.6 9.44 7 700 3085 5.0 4.2 94 0.8 4.5 199 29 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.6 7.40 8 650 3687 1.8 -0.7 83 2.6 0.5 190 31 311.0 312.1 291.3 328.5 5.59 9 600 4329 -2.0 -3.1 92 1.2 -2.6 193 35 313.8 314.8 291.7 329.8 5.06 10 550 5016 -6.2 -6.8 96 0.6 -6.4 201 40 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.2 4.19 11 500 5755 -11.2 -11.8 95 0.7 -11.4 211 48 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.6 3.09 12 450 6558 -15.3 -20.8 63 5.5 -16.9 222 59 324.0 324.3 291.6 329.6 1.62 13 400 7437 -20.7 -34.9 27 14.2 -23.2 229 70 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.9 0.49 14 350 8411 -27.7 -31.2 72 3.5 -28.3 238 71 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.4 0.81 15 300 9499 -37.0 -40.3 71 3.3 -37.4 243 78 333.2 333.2 293.0 334.6 0.38 16 250 10730 -47.1 -50.5 68 3.4 -47.3 251 84 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.15 17 200 12185 -52.5 -66.3 17 13.8 -52.8 255 81 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14013 -59.3 -81.9 4 22.6 -59.5 249 71 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16485 -69.2 -87.3 6 18.1 -69.3 251 40 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.26 m Freezing level: 625.82 mb = 3997.32 m = 13114.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.98 mb = 3786.53 m = 12422.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.57 mb = 650.93 m = 2135.58 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 9.57 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1186.33 m = 3892.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.06 C = 78.92 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 39.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1054.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.43 mb = 933.41 m = 3062.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.43 mb = 1774.88 m = 5823.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.43 mb = 11289.54 m = 37038.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1041.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.43 mb = 14036.42 m = 46050.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.5 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 234.5 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: -20.7 tot: 79.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 20.94 Bulk Shear: 50.36 m/s