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: 35.79,-93.70 Latitude: 35.79 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 506 SFC 949 516 20.7 18.7 89 2.0 19.4 185 9 298.3 300.9 294.4 340.3 14.47 3 900 971 17.5 17.5 100 0.1 17.5 198 27 299.6 302.1 294.5 340.7 14.08 4 850 1460 15.9 14.5 92 1.3 15.0 215 36 302.8 305.0 294.1 339.3 12.34 5 800 1973 12.5 12.0 97 0.5 12.1 217 33 304.5 306.5 293.7 337.5 11.07 6 750 2512 8.8 7.5 92 1.3 8.0 210 31 306.1 307.8 292.4 332.5 8.72 7 700 3080 5.4 1.0 73 4.4 3.0 196 29 308.4 309.5 290.7 326.5 5.87 8 650 3683 2.2 -4.1 63 6.3 -0.9 188 30 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.1 4.34 9 600 4324 -2.4 -4.9 83 2.5 -3.6 189 32 313.4 314.2 291.0 327.5 4.44 10 550 5010 -6.5 -7.1 95 0.6 -6.8 195 38 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.5 4.08 11 500 5748 -11.9 -12.2 98 0.3 -12.0 208 46 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.4 3.01 12 450 6548 -16.0 -23.9 51 7.9 -18.1 218 57 323.1 323.4 291.0 327.4 1.23 13 400 7426 -21.2 -28.4 52 7.2 -22.7 227 70 327.5 327.7 291.9 330.8 0.92 14 350 8400 -27.4 -30.0 78 2.6 -27.9 237 70 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.1 0.90 15 300 9489 -37.1 -40.1 74 3.0 -37.4 243 73 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.5 0.39 16 250 10719 -47.9 -51.3 68 3.4 -48.1 250 88 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.14 17 200 12170 -52.2 -67.4 14 15.2 -52.6 254 80 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14002 -58.9 -81.5 4 22.6 -59.1 249 68 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16480 -68.9 -87.0 6 18.1 -69.0 251 41 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.93 m Freezing level: 626.05 mb = 3989.89 m = 13090.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.11 mb = 3545.02 m = 11630.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.21 mb = 761.54 m = 2498.45 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 15.62 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1277.47 m = 4191.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.93 C = 75.07 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.39 C Showalter Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 26.44 C K Index: 37.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1143.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.84 mb = 1097.38 m = 3600.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.84 mb = 1848.91 m = 6065.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.84 mb = 11209.26 m = 36775.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1140.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.84 mb = 13924.19 m = 45682.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.2 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 233.2 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.2 neg: -43.6 tot: 87.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 30.93 Bulk Shear: 36.96 m/s