MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.38,-92.72 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 998 105 25.8 20.6 73 5.2 22.1 224 7 299.1 302.0 295.3 344.2 15.45 2 950 534 22.9 18.7 77 4.3 20.0 235 24 300.5 303.1 295.0 342.8 14.42 3 900 1003 18.6 17.4 92 1.2 17.8 238 26 300.7 303.2 294.7 341.8 13.99 4 850 1491 14.8 14.5 98 0.3 14.6 247 29 301.7 303.9 293.8 337.9 12.31 5 800 2003 11.5 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 263 32 303.4 305.4 293.0 334.7 10.50 6 750 2541 8.8 7.8 94 0.9 8.2 262 33 306.1 307.7 292.5 333.0 8.90 7 700 3109 5.8 4.1 89 1.7 4.8 250 41 308.9 310.2 292.1 331.4 7.34 8 650 3713 2.8 -0.6 78 3.4 1.0 244 45 312.1 313.2 291.6 329.8 5.64 9 600 4357 -1.7 -3.6 87 1.9 -2.6 245 50 314.1 315.1 291.6 329.6 4.88 10 550 5045 -5.8 -7.3 90 1.4 -6.5 239 52 317.2 317.9 291.7 330.2 4.03 11 500 5784 -11.2 -11.9 94 0.7 -11.5 240 56 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.5 3.06 12 450 6585 -15.9 -21.0 65 5.0 -17.4 238 53 323.2 323.5 291.3 328.7 1.60 13 400 7464 -21.5 -33.8 32 12.3 -23.7 237 57 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.1 0.55 14 350 8431 -29.5 -42.9 26 13.4 -31.0 238 58 329.0 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.25 15 300 9512 -37.9 -51.9 22 14.1 -38.8 246 49 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 16 250 10748 -44.3 -64.6 9 20.2 -45.0 256 54 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 17 200 12220 -51.3 -73.8 5 22.5 -51.7 269 59 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14036 -62.8 -80.1 8 17.3 -62.9 274 51 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16499 -70.2 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.2 259 34 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.66 m Freezing level: 619.06 mb = 4111.54 m = 13489.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.13 mb = 3886.84 m = 12751.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.67 mb = 768.59 m = 2521.57 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 14.59 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.77 mb = 1110.44 m = 3643.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.58 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.78 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 25.70 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1495.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.79 mb = 1024.16 m = 3360.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.79 mb = 1168.10 m = 3832.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.79 mb = 11218.67 m = 36806.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1480.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.79 mb = 14776.55 m = 48478.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 39.7 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 132.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 20.10 Bulk Shear: 74.39 m/s