MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.64,-93.43 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 999 97 28.9 18.8 54 10.1 21.8 199 9 302.2 304.7 295.0 343.0 13.81 2 950 537 23.5 17.4 69 6.1 19.3 203 13 301.0 303.5 294.3 340.1 13.29 3 900 1007 18.9 16.4 85 2.6 17.2 208 15 301.0 303.4 294.2 339.6 13.12 4 850 1497 16.6 11.5 72 5.1 13.4 228 20 303.6 305.4 292.7 333.6 10.10 5 800 2011 13.4 10.4 82 3.1 11.5 216 25 305.5 307.3 293.2 335.3 9.94 6 750 2551 10.3 7.3 82 2.9 8.5 234 27 307.7 309.4 292.8 333.9 8.62 7 700 3124 9.2 -12.6 20 21.8 0.2 232 27 312.6 313.0 288.5 319.4 2.07 8 650 3734 5.8 -9.8 32 15.6 -1.0 235 30 315.5 316.0 290.2 324.6 2.80 9 600 4382 0.7 -8.1 52 8.8 -3.3 240 31 316.9 317.6 291.2 328.1 3.46 10 550 5074 -5.2 -9.3 73 4.1 -7.0 241 34 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.1 3.44 11 500 5813 -10.9 -19.4 50 8.5 -13.6 245 36 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.3 1.64 12 450 6617 -14.5 -37.2 13 22.7 -18.7 248 39 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.3 0.35 13 400 7499 -20.0 -46.0 8 25.9 -23.4 249 48 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 14 350 8473 -27.4 -50.4 9 23.0 -29.6 248 55 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.11 15 300 9563 -36.2 -52.5 17 16.4 -37.3 251 62 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 16 250 10798 -46.8 -53.2 48 6.4 -47.1 253 71 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.11 17 200 12247 -54.6 -68.2 17 13.5 -54.9 251 82 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14062 -61.1 -78.7 8 17.6 -61.3 257 70 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16503 -71.3 -86.9 8 15.6 -71.3 252 37 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.69 m Freezing level: 594.17 mb = 4462.67 m = 14641.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.08 mb = 3205.42 m = 10516.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.56 mb = 1370.85 m = 4497.47 ft T: 17.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 15.97 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1693.75 m = 5556.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.04 C = 87.87 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 17.32 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 722.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.11 mb = 1325.77 m = 4349.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.11 mb = 2417.12 m = 7930.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.11 mb = 2751.53 m = 9027.22 ft B at Equ Level: 4.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 712.11 mb = 2981.27 m = 9780.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.7 neg: -2.0 tot: 89.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 16.90 Bulk Shear: 42.77 m/s