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: 35.92,-91.48 Latitude: 35.92 Longitude: -91.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 994 135 20.5 19.9 96 0.6 20.1 216 6 294.2 296.9 293.5 336.7 14.87 2 950 522 19.8 16.4 81 3.4 17.5 233 26 297.3 299.6 292.6 333.4 12.45 3 900 988 18.0 11.8 67 6.2 14.1 246 36 300.0 301.8 291.3 328.6 9.72 4 850 1475 15.0 9.1 68 5.9 11.4 258 46 301.9 303.5 290.9 327.3 8.56 5 800 1985 11.0 7.8 80 3.2 9.1 269 50 302.9 304.4 291.0 327.7 8.32 6 750 2520 7.1 3.4 77 3.7 5.1 268 47 304.3 305.5 290.0 324.0 6.52 7 700 3085 3.7 -1.4 69 5.1 1.2 259 44 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.8 4.94 8 650 3682 -0.5 -5.6 69 5.0 -2.8 253 44 308.4 309.1 288.9 320.5 3.89 9 600 4317 -4.3 -20.2 28 15.9 -9.2 252 45 311.1 311.4 287.2 315.4 1.28 10 550 4996 -8.8 -30.3 16 21.5 -13.6 252 46 313.7 313.8 287.3 315.6 0.56 11 500 5728 -11.9 -39.4 8 27.5 -16.7 250 54 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.5 0.25 12 450 6526 -16.7 -28.5 35 11.8 -19.3 240 65 322.2 322.4 290.3 325.1 0.81 13 400 7401 -22.4 -31.1 45 8.7 -24.0 232 66 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.5 0.71 14 350 8368 -29.1 -38.8 39 9.7 -30.4 223 58 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.9 0.38 15 300 9452 -36.8 -48.6 28 11.8 -37.7 220 51 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.15 16 250 10690 -44.8 -63.9 10 19.2 -45.4 243 58 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.03 17 200 12164 -50.6 -77.4 3 26.8 -51.1 252 63 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13992 -60.3 -79.7 6 19.3 -60.5 264 55 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16477 -66.1 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.2 255 38 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.34 m Freezing level: 656.05 mb = 3609.85 m = 11843.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.31 mb = 3255.79 m = 10681.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.87 mb = 210.69 m = 691.25 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 12.33 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.43 mb = 1610.29 m = 5283.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.24 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 30.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 404.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.22 mb = 1042.50 m = 3420.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.22 mb = 2203.46 m = 7229.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.22 mb = 8179.43 m = 26835.08 ft B at Equ Level: 404.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.22 mb = 11263.52 m = 36953.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 43.9 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 32.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.4 neg: -47.9 tot: 309.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 4.03 Bulk Shear: 100.33 m/s