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: 34.75,-92.68 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -92.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 990 168 25.2 20.1 73 5.1 21.6 240 8 299.2 302.0 295.1 343.3 15.11 2 950 530 22.8 18.7 78 4.1 19.9 245 24 300.4 303.0 295.0 342.7 14.45 3 900 999 18.5 17.2 92 1.3 17.6 246 28 300.6 303.1 294.6 341.2 13.84 4 850 1487 14.8 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 246 31 301.6 303.9 293.8 338.0 12.35 5 800 1998 11.6 11.4 99 0.2 11.5 254 37 303.6 305.5 293.2 335.3 10.66 6 750 2536 8.6 8.1 97 0.5 8.3 261 36 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.3 9.10 7 700 3105 5.4 4.5 93 1.0 4.9 253 39 308.5 309.9 292.2 331.6 7.55 8 650 3708 2.3 -0.3 83 2.6 1.0 243 46 311.6 312.7 291.6 329.6 5.78 9 600 4350 -2.0 -4.5 83 2.5 -3.2 240 53 313.8 314.7 291.2 328.3 4.56 10 550 5037 -6.3 -8.1 87 1.8 -7.1 234 57 316.6 317.4 291.4 328.9 3.78 11 500 5776 -11.0 -11.5 96 0.6 -11.2 234 60 319.7 320.3 291.7 330.1 3.17 12 450 6577 -16.0 -21.2 64 5.2 -17.5 237 57 323.1 323.4 291.3 328.5 1.56 13 400 7455 -21.5 -35.6 27 14.1 -23.9 238 57 327.1 327.1 291.3 328.7 0.46 14 350 8422 -29.5 -44.2 23 14.7 -31.1 239 48 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.22 15 300 9505 -37.6 -44.0 51 6.4 -38.2 254 33 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.26 16 250 10734 -45.5 -57.8 24 12.3 -46.0 255 42 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12208 -50.8 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 272 54 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.00 18 150 14025 -62.8 -79.9 8 17.1 -63.0 272 53 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16493 -69.6 -86.8 6 17.2 -69.6 259 35 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.13 m Freezing level: 623.36 mb = 4050.09 m = 13287.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.49 mb = 3851.20 m = 12635.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.77 mb = 820.05 m = 2690.42 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 15.01 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.52 mb = 1127.82 m = 3700.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.93 C Showalter Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 39.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1466.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.92 mb = 1047.34 m = 3436.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.92 mb = 1191.68 m = 3909.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.92 mb = 11287.33 m = 37031.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1449.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.92 mb = 14899.74 m = 48883.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.1 neg: -2.9 tot: 118.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 18.68 Bulk Shear: 78.52 m/s