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: 35.89,-95.17 Latitude: 35.89 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 982 216 21.1 20.6 97 0.5 20.8 214 9 295.8 298.6 294.6 341.0 15.74 2 950 500 19.0 19.0 100 0.0 19.0 219 21 296.5 299.1 294.0 338.9 14.71 3 900 964 16.1 16.0 100 0.1 16.0 235 34 298.1 300.4 293.1 335.2 12.80 4 850 1449 13.2 13.1 99 0.1 13.1 254 38 300.0 302.0 292.4 332.8 11.19 5 800 1957 10.4 10.2 99 0.2 10.3 255 32 302.2 304.0 292.1 331.4 9.83 6 750 2493 8.0 7.6 97 0.4 7.8 225 29 305.3 306.9 292.2 331.7 8.79 7 700 3061 5.2 4.7 97 0.5 4.9 208 34 308.2 309.6 292.2 331.6 7.68 8 650 3663 1.3 0.4 94 0.9 0.8 191 32 310.4 311.6 291.5 329.3 6.08 9 600 4303 -2.0 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.2 186 38 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.6 5.34 10 550 4992 -5.5 -6.3 94 0.8 -5.8 183 43 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.6 4.36 11 500 5734 -9.4 -10.5 91 1.1 -9.9 192 51 321.6 322.2 292.5 332.9 3.43 12 450 6540 -14.4 -15.8 88 1.5 -14.9 207 61 325.2 325.7 292.7 333.6 2.47 13 400 7424 -20.3 -22.1 86 1.7 -20.8 225 68 328.6 328.9 292.9 334.3 1.63 14 350 8395 -28.3 -30.8 79 2.5 -28.7 233 70 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.7 0.84 15 300 9481 -37.4 -40.5 73 3.1 -37.7 235 61 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.37 16 250 10708 -48.7 -52.2 67 3.5 -48.8 244 75 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12155 -52.4 -68.1 13 15.7 -52.7 264 78 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 13991 -58.7 -81.4 4 22.7 -58.9 262 56 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16475 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 251 42 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.45 m Freezing level: 630.31 mb = 3915.02 m = 12844.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.21 mb = 3834.37 m = 12579.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.06 C = 78.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.12 mb = 275.25 m = 903.04 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 9.68 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.47 mb = 678.48 m = 2225.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.40 C = 72.31 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 35.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 687.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.20 mb = 680.93 m = 2233.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.20 mb = 727.13 m = 2385.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.20 mb = 11103.82 m = 36429.40 ft B at Equ Level: 678.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.20 mb = 12999.73 m = 42649.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.4 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 237.4 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 5.1 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.6 neg: -25.2 tot: 62.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 15.14 Bulk Shear: 45.39 m/s