MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.9,-93.4 Latitude: 35.90 Longitude: -93.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 539 SFC 950 541 21.9 19.8 88 2.2 20.4 197 8 299.4 302.2 295.4 344.5 15.44 3 900 1009 21.0 17.2 79 3.8 18.4 228 34 303.1 305.7 295.3 344.1 13.84 4 850 1501 16.9 15.4 91 1.5 15.9 242 39 303.8 306.2 295.0 342.6 13.04 5 800 2016 12.8 11.8 93 1.0 12.1 254 40 304.8 306.8 293.7 337.4 10.92 6 750 2555 8.7 5.5 80 3.2 6.9 266 40 306.0 307.5 291.5 329.0 7.58 7 700 3122 4.4 -1.9 63 6.3 1.3 275 39 307.3 308.2 289.3 322.0 4.74 8 650 3722 2.6 -15.5 25 18.2 -4.1 283 42 312.0 312.3 288.0 317.7 1.76 9 600 4366 -0.2 -23.0 16 22.8 -7.2 287 46 315.9 316.1 288.5 319.3 1.00 10 550 5055 -4.7 -33.8 8 29.1 -11.3 293 52 318.5 318.6 288.7 320.0 0.40 11 500 5797 -9.6 -48.3 3 38.7 -15.4 292 57 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.7 0.10 12 450 6601 -16.1 -46.3 6 30.2 -20.3 282 52 322.9 323.0 289.8 323.4 0.13 13 400 7473 -23.4 -46.3 10 22.9 -26.0 273 56 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.2 0.15 14 350 8434 -30.9 -48.9 15 18.0 -32.4 277 63 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.13 15 300 9511 -38.3 -53.2 19 14.9 -39.2 279 86 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.09 16 250 10740 -47.5 -55.9 38 8.3 -47.9 278 100 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.08 17 200 12187 -54.1 -70.5 12 16.4 -54.4 274 82 347.1 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 14004 -60.7 -80.7 6 20.0 -60.9 266 75 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.00 19 100 16477 -66.8 -86.9 4 20.1 -67.0 268 43 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.80 m Freezing level: 603.86 mb = 4315.84 m = 14159.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.28 mb = 3258.44 m = 10690.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.63 mb = 811.88 m = 2663.62 ft T: 21.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 26.81 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1564.02 m = 5131.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.36 C = 79.45 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.49 C Showalter Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.98 C K Index: 35.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 490.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1880.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.78 mb = 1372.77 m = 4503.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.78 mb = 1726.17 m = 5663.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.78 mb = 11939.83 m = 39172.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1864.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.78 mb = 15478.66 m = 50782.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.1 at 43.6 knts Storm direction: 306.1 at 32.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 517.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 517.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 172.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.65 Bulk Rich Number: 11.57 Bulk Shear: 162.55 m/s