MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.25,-91.80 Latitude: 35.25 Longitude: -91.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 997 108 22.7 20.1 85 2.6 20.9 227 4 296.1 298.8 294.1 339.3 14.99 2 950 529 21.9 18.8 82 3.2 19.8 230 24 299.4 302.1 294.7 341.8 14.50 3 900 997 18.3 16.6 90 1.7 17.1 239 30 300.3 302.8 294.1 339.4 13.32 4 850 1485 15.8 9.5 66 6.3 11.9 258 35 302.7 304.3 291.4 328.9 8.78 5 800 1998 12.4 7.5 72 4.9 9.5 263 49 304.4 305.9 291.4 328.9 8.16 6 750 2535 8.0 6.0 87 2.0 6.9 264 47 305.3 306.8 291.4 329.0 7.85 7 700 3102 4.4 1.3 80 3.1 2.7 260 44 307.3 308.5 290.5 325.7 6.00 8 650 3701 0.1 -4.7 70 4.7 -2.1 259 42 309.0 309.8 289.3 322.0 4.15 9 600 4337 -3.6 -18.9 29 15.3 -8.5 261 42 311.9 312.2 287.6 316.7 1.43 10 550 5017 -7.6 -34.2 10 26.6 -13.2 258 48 315.1 315.2 287.6 316.5 0.38 11 500 5752 -12.2 -28.5 24 16.3 -16.0 249 58 318.2 318.3 289.0 320.8 0.73 12 450 6549 -17.4 -26.5 45 9.0 -19.6 243 60 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.8 0.98 13 400 7423 -22.4 -27.8 62 5.3 -23.6 234 61 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.3 0.97 14 350 8387 -30.1 -35.9 57 5.7 -30.9 225 53 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.0 0.51 15 300 9469 -36.3 -50.6 21 14.3 -37.3 236 50 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.12 16 250 10711 -44.0 -69.5 4 25.5 -44.7 246 60 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.01 17 200 12185 -51.0 -76.1 4 25.1 -51.4 255 56 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14012 -59.7 -81.4 4 21.6 -60.0 260 50 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16489 -67.7 -87.2 5 19.5 -67.8 263 35 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.12 m Freezing level: 649.16 mb = 3711.30 m = 12176.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.09 mb = 3430.50 m = 11254.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.42 mb = 442.83 m = 1452.84 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 12.93 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1184.32 m = 3885.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.48 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1370.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.49 mb = 896.68 m = 2941.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.49 mb = 1732.45 m = 5683.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.49 mb = 10563.54 m = 34656.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1365.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.49 mb = 14198.56 m = 46582.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.9 neg: -24.5 tot: 275.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.57 Bulk Rich Number: 12.60 Bulk Shear: 108.71 m/s