MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.99,-93.66 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 979 249 27.2 20.4 66 6.9 22.3 218 10 302.2 305.0 296.2 348.0 15.54 2 950 517 24.4 19.1 72 5.3 20.7 218 18 302.0 304.7 295.7 345.7 14.82 3 900 988 19.8 17.9 89 1.9 18.5 220 22 301.9 304.6 295.4 344.7 14.50 4 850 1478 15.5 15.2 98 0.3 15.4 229 31 302.4 304.8 294.5 340.6 12.93 5 800 1991 11.9 10.8 93 1.1 11.2 245 36 303.9 305.8 292.9 334.4 10.23 6 750 2528 8.3 6.8 90 1.5 7.4 247 34 305.6 307.1 291.9 330.6 8.29 7 700 3095 5.1 1.8 79 3.3 3.3 246 30 308.1 309.3 290.9 327.3 6.25 8 650 3698 2.0 -3.5 66 5.6 -0.7 233 32 311.3 312.1 290.4 325.5 4.53 9 600 4339 -1.5 -5.7 73 4.2 -3.4 219 40 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.7 4.18 10 550 5027 -6.4 -8.6 84 2.2 -7.4 220 49 316.5 317.2 291.2 328.2 3.63 11 500 5765 -10.8 -12.2 89 1.4 -11.3 222 51 319.9 320.5 291.7 329.8 3.01 12 450 6566 -15.9 -22.7 56 6.8 -17.8 229 54 323.2 323.5 291.2 328.0 1.37 13 400 7445 -21.0 -33.2 33 12.2 -23.3 236 64 327.6 327.8 291.6 329.8 0.58 14 350 8415 -28.6 -36.6 46 8.0 -29.7 241 66 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.0 0.48 15 300 9500 -37.3 -43.9 50 6.6 -37.9 250 67 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.26 16 250 10731 -47.5 -52.7 55 5.2 -47.7 258 70 335.4 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.12 17 200 12180 -52.5 -76.1 4 23.6 -52.9 261 63 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14010 -59.6 -82.7 3 23.1 -59.7 260 58 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16483 -70.1 -86.9 7 16.7 -70.2 262 34 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.01 m Freezing level: 621.30 mb = 4065.79 m = 13339.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.51 mb = 3591.83 m = 11784.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.06 C = 82.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.32 mb = 1119.51 m = 3672.88 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 22.55 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.20 mb = 1227.79 m = 4028.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -6.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.17 C Showalter Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 26.01 C K Index: 38.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2012.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.69 mb = 1203.42 m = 3948.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.69 mb = 1252.42 m = 4108.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.69 mb = 11780.43 m = 38649.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2005.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.69 mb = 15754.30 m = 51686.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.3 neg: -8.7 tot: 119.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.60 Bulk Rich Number: 37.74 Bulk Shear: 53.33 m/s