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: 35.53,-92.23 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -92.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 982 227 20.8 20.4 97 0.4 20.5 246 7 295.5 298.3 294.4 340.2 15.55 2 950 516 19.3 19.0 98 0.3 19.1 245 17 296.7 299.4 294.1 339.2 14.70 3 900 980 16.7 16.3 98 0.4 16.4 245 25 298.7 301.1 293.5 336.7 13.06 4 850 1466 14.4 13.9 97 0.5 14.1 247 28 301.3 303.4 293.3 336.1 11.83 5 800 1978 11.8 11.3 96 0.5 11.5 248 30 303.8 305.7 293.1 335.3 10.57 6 750 2517 9.1 8.8 97 0.4 8.9 248 32 306.5 308.3 293.1 335.1 9.49 7 700 3087 6.3 6.0 98 0.3 6.1 247 33 309.4 311.0 293.1 335.2 8.40 8 650 3692 3.2 3.0 98 0.2 3.1 246 34 312.6 314.0 293.2 335.3 7.31 9 600 4337 -0.5 -0.8 98 0.3 -0.6 243 35 315.6 316.7 293.0 334.6 6.03 10 550 5029 -4.2 -4.5 98 0.3 -4.3 239 36 319.2 320.1 293.1 335.3 4.99 11 500 5775 -8.5 -9.1 95 0.6 -8.7 236 38 322.7 323.5 293.2 335.4 3.85 12 450 6585 -13.4 -14.3 93 0.9 -13.7 235 40 326.4 327.0 293.3 335.9 2.80 13 400 7471 -19.3 -20.7 88 1.5 -19.7 235 42 330.0 330.3 293.4 336.4 1.83 14 350 8450 -26.2 -28.2 83 2.0 -26.6 237 43 333.4 333.6 293.6 337.3 1.07 15 300 9546 -35.0 -37.4 78 2.4 -35.3 241 46 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.0 0.51 16 250 10787 -46.6 -49.7 71 3.0 -46.8 246 54 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.16 17 200 12228 -55.8 -62.3 44 6.5 -55.9 269 59 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 14039 -61.5 -81.6 5 20.1 -61.6 269 55 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16519 -68.1 -87.3 5 19.2 -68.2 256 33 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.55 m Freezing level: 606.65 mb = 4251.09 m = 13946.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.46 mb = 4224.03 m = 13858.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.45 C = 81.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.55 mb = 276.98 m = 908.71 ft T: 20.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 5.03 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 770.00 m = 2526.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.14 C = 73.65 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.37 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 232.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.99 mb = 726.10 m = 2382.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.99 mb = 866.21 m = 2841.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.99 mb = 9267.59 m = 30405.11 ft B at Equ Level: 222.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.99 mb = 12821.85 m = 42065.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 79.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 6.29 Bulk Shear: 36.92 m/s