MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-92.32 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -92.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 231 26.6 17.6 58 9.0 20.4 207 10 301.1 303.5 294.1 339.1 12.94 2 950 544 22.4 15.9 67 6.4 18.1 210 16 299.9 302.1 293.1 335.2 12.07 3 900 1011 18.4 11.9 66 6.5 14.3 218 24 300.4 302.2 291.5 329.1 9.75 4 850 1498 14.8 11.7 82 3.1 12.9 228 30 301.6 303.5 292.2 331.8 10.22 5 800 2009 11.6 10.7 94 0.9 11.1 230 27 303.5 305.4 292.7 333.8 10.18 6 750 2547 9.8 1.4 56 8.4 5.3 233 24 307.3 308.3 290.2 324.7 5.67 7 700 3118 6.6 0.3 64 6.3 3.2 245 27 309.8 310.8 290.9 327.2 5.60 8 650 3722 2.3 -2.0 73 4.3 0.1 246 33 311.6 312.6 291.0 327.6 5.09 9 600 4363 -1.7 -6.9 68 5.2 -4.0 247 41 314.1 314.9 290.6 326.3 3.80 10 550 5050 -6.0 -20.2 32 14.1 -10.5 245 44 316.9 317.2 289.2 321.6 1.40 11 500 5788 -11.2 -32.5 15 21.3 -15.7 247 46 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.1 0.50 12 450 6588 -16.3 -36.7 15 20.4 -19.9 251 50 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.1 0.36 13 400 7463 -22.2 -41.9 15 19.7 -24.9 252 59 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.24 14 350 8429 -29.4 -49.2 13 19.8 -31.2 250 65 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.12 15 300 9509 -38.4 -48.2 35 9.9 -39.1 254 74 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.16 16 250 10735 -48.5 -52.3 64 3.8 -48.6 257 87 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.12 17 200 12179 -54.1 -72.0 9 17.9 -54.4 257 88 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 14002 -59.5 -81.2 4 21.7 -59.7 259 75 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16473 -70.0 -86.6 7 16.6 -70.1 261 38 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.49 m Freezing level: 621.12 mb = 4092.11 m = 13425.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.35 mb = 3741.90 m = 12276.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.72 C = 81.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.84 mb = 1370.41 m = 4496.04 ft T: 15.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 10.03 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.67 mb = 1866.21 m = 6122.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.51 C = 83.31 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 31.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 200.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.42 mb = 1543.81 m = 5064.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.42 mb = 3716.36 m = 12192.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.42 mb = 9962.96 m = 32686.49 ft B at Equ Level: 199.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.42 mb = 11850.49 m = 38879.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.8 neg: -15.9 tot: 126.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 3.31 Bulk Shear: 60.62 m/s