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: 34.47,-91.12 Latitude: 34.47 Longitude: -91.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 51 25.4 17.8 63 7.6 20.2 197 8 298.3 300.6 293.2 335.7 12.88 1 1000 82 25.9 17.6 60 8.4 20.2 198 9 299.1 301.4 293.4 336.2 12.73 2 950 532 22.7 16.5 68 6.2 18.5 206 24 300.3 302.5 293.6 336.9 12.52 3 900 1001 19.4 11.6 61 7.7 14.5 216 27 301.5 303.2 291.7 329.9 9.61 4 850 1490 17.3 3.9 41 13.4 9.7 235 30 304.3 305.4 289.5 322.3 5.95 5 800 2005 13.7 7.7 67 6.0 10.1 236 31 305.8 307.3 291.9 330.8 8.28 6 750 2545 9.3 8.8 96 0.5 9.0 239 33 306.7 308.5 293.2 335.5 9.53 7 700 3115 5.8 5.4 97 0.5 5.6 242 38 309.0 310.5 292.7 333.6 8.05 8 650 3719 2.8 -0.0 82 2.8 1.3 232 40 312.1 313.3 291.9 330.5 5.88 9 600 4363 -0.9 -4.1 79 3.2 -2.4 230 40 315.1 316.0 291.7 330.1 4.72 10 550 5053 -5.4 -9.7 72 4.3 -7.2 233 42 317.6 318.3 291.3 328.5 3.32 11 500 5792 -10.9 -18.8 52 8.0 -13.4 239 46 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.7 1.73 12 450 6596 -14.9 -33.1 20 18.2 -18.6 244 49 324.5 324.7 290.7 326.5 0.52 13 400 7476 -20.6 -43.8 11 23.1 -23.8 246 56 328.1 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.20 14 350 8448 -28.6 -46.1 17 17.4 -30.4 243 60 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.18 15 300 9531 -37.9 -48.4 32 10.5 -38.6 241 65 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 16 250 10760 -46.8 -59.9 21 13.0 -47.3 248 70 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.05 17 200 12215 -53.0 -75.7 5 22.6 -53.4 263 61 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14035 -60.4 -83.0 4 22.6 -60.6 263 57 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16499 -70.0 -87.2 6 17.1 -70.1 259 32 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.27 m Freezing level: 611.81 mb = 4211.15 m = 13815.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.55 mb = 3938.27 m = 12920.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.85 mb = 1021.16 m = 3350.23 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 14.64 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.43 mb = 2105.56 m = 6907.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.13 C = 91.64 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: 4.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.16 C Cross Totals Index: 14.74 C K Index: 31.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 215.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.42 mb = 1406.01 m = 4612.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.42 mb = 2958.09 m = 9704.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.42 mb = 10156.21 m = 33320.49 ft B at Equ Level: 212.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.42 mb = 11791.48 m = 38685.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 3.25 Bulk Shear: 66.24 m/s