MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.45,-92.17 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 79 27.2 16.1 51 11.1 19.7 197 7 300.3 302.4 292.8 334.1 11.55 1 1000 89 27.4 16.0 50 11.5 19.7 197 6 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.3 11.47 2 950 541 23.9 15.2 58 8.8 18.1 203 21 301.5 303.6 293.2 335.4 11.50 3 900 1011 19.5 14.5 73 5.0 16.2 205 23 301.6 303.7 293.3 335.8 11.61 4 850 1500 16.4 11.3 72 5.0 13.1 235 27 303.3 305.1 292.5 332.9 9.96 5 800 2013 12.9 9.7 81 3.2 10.9 232 31 304.9 306.7 292.6 333.3 9.46 6 750 2553 9.4 9.1 98 0.3 9.2 238 33 306.7 308.5 293.3 336.0 9.69 7 700 3124 7.0 -1.4 55 8.4 2.7 244 33 310.3 311.2 290.5 325.7 4.95 8 650 3730 4.4 -6.5 45 10.8 -0.7 241 34 313.9 314.6 290.4 325.5 3.62 9 600 4376 -0.1 -6.8 61 6.7 -3.1 241 38 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.4 3.84 10 550 5065 -6.4 -9.0 82 2.6 -7.5 238 40 316.5 317.2 291.1 327.9 3.52 11 500 5801 -11.9 -17.9 61 6.0 -13.8 236 43 318.5 318.9 290.2 324.8 1.87 12 450 6604 -14.8 -39.3 11 24.4 -19.0 244 49 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.28 13 400 7485 -20.6 -45.6 9 25.0 -23.8 249 58 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.8 0.16 14 350 8457 -28.2 -49.5 11 21.3 -30.2 249 63 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.12 15 300 9542 -37.0 -51.1 22 14.1 -37.9 249 67 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.12 16 250 10775 -47.6 -53.0 54 5.4 -47.9 250 79 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.7 0.11 17 200 12218 -54.6 -70.0 13 15.4 -54.9 257 83 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14032 -60.6 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.7 254 70 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16493 -70.1 -87.2 6 17.1 -70.1 256 40 392.4 392.4 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.32 m Freezing level: 600.88 mb = 4364.89 m = 14320.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.05 mb = 3604.67 m = 11826.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.02 mb = 1489.76 m = 4887.60 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 10.50 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.65 mb = 2080.01 m = 6824.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 31.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 202.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.44 mb = 1615.96 m = 5301.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 583.44 mb = 4597.81 m = 15084.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.44 mb = 9691.54 m = 31796.00 ft B at Equ Level: 201.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.44 mb = 12107.56 m = 39722.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 3.15 Bulk Shear: 64.08 m/s