MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.33,-92.72 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 991 169 19.9 13.9 69 5.9 16.1 175 3 293.8 295.6 289.6 322.8 10.14 2 950 538 21.5 16.6 73 5.0 18.2 228 27 299.0 301.3 293.2 335.7 12.58 3 900 1006 19.8 2.2 31 17.6 10.2 226 26 301.9 302.8 287.7 316.9 4.97 4 850 1494 15.1 14.0 93 1.1 14.4 238 24 302.0 304.1 293.6 337.1 11.89 5 800 2005 11.8 7.1 73 4.7 9.0 242 19 303.7 305.2 291.0 327.4 7.92 6 750 2546 13.1 -5.8 26 18.8 4.0 219 12 310.8 311.4 289.1 321.3 3.31 7 700 3122 8.7 -2.3 46 11.0 3.1 240 11 312.1 313.0 290.7 326.7 4.62 8 650 3729 3.7 -3.9 58 7.5 -0.0 249 13 313.1 314.0 290.9 327.1 4.42 9 600 4373 -0.3 -8.1 56 7.8 -3.8 244 21 315.7 316.4 290.8 326.9 3.45 10 550 5063 -5.7 -18.1 37 12.5 -9.8 235 24 317.3 317.7 289.6 322.9 1.67 11 500 5800 -11.4 -25.9 29 14.5 -15.1 241 27 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.3 0.92 12 450 6602 -15.4 -38.1 12 22.7 -19.4 241 31 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.32 13 400 7482 -20.3 -46.1 8 25.8 -23.7 247 38 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.15 14 350 8455 -28.0 -46.6 15 18.5 -29.9 248 44 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.17 15 300 9542 -36.9 -50.8 22 13.9 -37.8 258 51 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 16 250 10776 -46.7 -53.9 44 7.2 -47.1 262 60 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.10 17 200 12226 -53.7 -69.7 12 16.0 -54.0 256 73 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14042 -61.5 -81.2 6 19.7 -61.6 256 61 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16493 -71.2 -86.5 8 15.3 -71.3 260 36 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.76 m Freezing level: 604.28 mb = 4318.09 m = 14166.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.63 mb = 3721.00 m = 12207.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.72 mb = 931.70 m = 3056.72 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 18.86 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.40 mb = 3270.43 m = 10729.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.44 C = 101.20 F Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.58 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.39 C K Index: 29.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6026.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.67 mb = 1698.00 m = 5570.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.0 neg: -32.7 tot: 98.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 12.21 Bulk Shear: 2.57 m/s