MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-90.73 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -90.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 999 73 23.5 18.2 72 5.3 19.9 202 16 296.7 299.1 293.1 335.1 13.28 2 950 512 22.3 18.2 77 4.1 19.5 211 46 299.8 302.4 294.5 340.7 13.96 3 900 981 20.1 12.3 61 7.8 15.1 225 50 302.2 304.0 292.2 331.9 10.02 4 850 1472 16.1 14.3 89 1.8 15.0 236 49 303.0 305.3 294.1 339.2 12.18 5 800 1985 12.3 11.1 92 1.2 11.6 233 45 304.3 306.2 293.2 335.5 10.45 6 750 2524 9.1 5.7 79 3.4 7.1 246 44 306.4 307.9 291.6 329.7 7.67 7 700 3091 4.8 1.2 78 3.6 2.9 247 46 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.2 5.99 8 650 3692 1.3 -4.4 65 5.8 -1.4 246 47 310.5 311.3 289.9 323.8 4.23 9 600 4332 -1.9 -14.8 36 12.9 -6.7 246 53 313.9 314.3 288.9 320.6 2.02 10 550 5018 -6.5 -23.0 26 16.5 -11.2 248 56 316.4 316.6 288.8 320.2 1.09 11 500 5755 -11.1 -29.1 21 18.0 -15.3 249 59 319.5 319.6 289.3 321.9 0.69 12 450 6553 -17.5 -30.6 31 13.1 -20.2 244 62 321.2 321.4 289.9 323.6 0.66 13 400 7423 -23.6 -44.9 12 21.3 -26.1 245 67 324.3 324.3 290.3 324.9 0.17 14 350 8386 -30.2 -47.0 18 16.8 -31.7 239 79 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.16 15 300 9465 -38.2 -56.3 13 18.1 -39.1 243 86 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.06 16 250 10697 -46.2 -66.8 8 20.7 -46.7 247 78 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.5 0.02 17 200 12156 -52.3 -73.3 6 21.0 -52.7 244 71 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13985 -59.8 -81.4 4 21.6 -60.0 253 65 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16473 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 265 40 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.64 m Freezing level: 629.19 mb = 3958.56 m = 12987.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.21 mb = 3492.52 m = 11458.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.46 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.31 mb = 750.20 m = 2461.25 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 19.02 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.66 mb = 1666.30 m = 5466.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.51 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 25.47 C K Index: 38.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 864.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.12 mb = 1202.15 m = 3944.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.12 mb = 2280.84 m = 7482.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.12 mb = 10376.74 m = 34043.99 ft B at Equ Level: 864.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.12 mb = 13110.10 m = 43011.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 476.7 neg: -37.1 tot: 439.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.40 Bulk Rich Number: 8.93 Bulk Shear: 96.74 m/s