MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.74,-90.81 Latitude: 34.74 Longitude: -90.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 61 24.8 18.2 67 6.6 20.3 195 11 297.4 299.8 293.2 335.7 13.20 1 1000 115 23.3 17.8 71 5.5 19.6 196 12 296.5 298.8 292.7 333.8 12.93 2 950 561 21.1 16.0 72 5.1 17.7 229 26 298.6 300.8 292.7 333.8 12.10 3 900 1027 18.4 12.2 67 6.2 14.4 218 22 300.4 302.3 291.6 329.7 9.95 4 850 1515 15.8 6.7 55 9.1 10.5 215 20 302.7 304.1 290.1 324.5 7.27 5 800 2026 11.3 10.9 97 0.4 11.0 241 17 303.2 305.1 292.7 333.8 10.30 6 750 2563 8.3 2.8 68 5.5 5.4 228 19 305.6 306.8 290.2 324.7 6.27 7 700 3133 8.2 -3.0 45 11.2 2.5 230 20 311.5 312.4 290.3 325.3 4.37 8 650 3741 4.4 0.5 76 3.9 2.3 226 18 313.9 315.1 292.6 333.1 6.11 9 600 4387 -0.4 -4.1 76 3.8 -2.2 226 19 315.7 316.6 291.9 330.7 4.70 10 550 5078 -5.0 -12.8 54 7.8 -8.0 231 20 318.2 318.7 290.8 326.7 2.60 11 500 5818 -11.0 -17.3 60 6.3 -13.1 234 25 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.2 1.97 12 450 6619 -15.0 -36.3 14 21.4 -18.9 239 29 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.38 13 400 7502 -19.8 -49.3 5 29.5 -23.4 252 35 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.11 14 350 8476 -27.6 -48.5 12 20.9 -29.7 254 42 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.13 15 300 9565 -36.8 -50.6 22 13.9 -37.7 264 49 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.12 16 250 10800 -46.5 -56.0 33 9.5 -46.9 259 56 336.9 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.08 17 200 12252 -53.5 -71.4 9 17.9 -53.8 259 70 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 14067 -62.0 -82.1 5 20.1 -62.2 259 57 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16508 -71.0 -86.6 8 15.7 -71.0 260 35 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.44 m Freezing level: 603.74 mb = 4339.10 m = 14235.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.46 mb = 4064.84 m = 13335.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.81 C = 85.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.76 mb = 895.90 m = 2939.28 ft T: 19.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 9.36 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1768.51 m = 5802.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.62 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.84 C Cross Totals Index: 17.76 C K Index: 22.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.43 mb = 1204.77 m = 3952.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 536.43 mb = 5271.60 m = 17295.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 446.43 mb = 6678.21 m = 21909.88 ft B at Equ Level: 44.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 386.43 mb = 7753.55 m = 25437.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.2 neg: -30.7 tot: 44.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 22.42 Bulk Shear: 2.04 m/s