MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.03,-93.64 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -93.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 993 137 26.6 20.9 71 5.7 22.6 205 8 300.4 303.3 296.0 346.9 15.88 2 950 527 22.7 19.2 80 3.5 20.2 208 15 300.2 303.0 295.3 343.8 14.88 3 900 996 18.2 17.8 98 0.4 17.9 209 16 300.3 302.9 294.9 342.5 14.43 4 850 1484 15.4 14.5 94 0.9 14.8 243 23 302.3 304.5 294.0 338.6 12.28 5 800 1997 12.5 11.6 94 0.9 11.9 243 29 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.6 10.76 6 750 2537 9.5 8.8 95 0.7 9.1 237 33 306.9 308.7 293.3 335.8 9.54 7 700 3107 6.4 5.6 94 0.9 5.9 233 36 309.6 311.1 292.9 334.6 8.15 8 650 3713 3.5 1.2 85 2.3 2.2 230 39 312.9 314.1 292.5 333.0 6.44 9 600 4359 -0.0 -4.3 73 4.2 -2.1 228 43 316.1 317.0 292.0 330.9 4.64 10 550 5049 -5.5 -8.8 77 3.3 -7.0 227 47 317.5 318.2 291.5 329.1 3.56 11 500 5788 -11.6 -13.6 85 2.0 -12.3 230 52 318.9 319.5 291.1 327.8 2.68 12 450 6590 -15.3 -30.5 26 15.2 -18.6 236 55 324.0 324.2 290.7 326.4 0.67 13 400 7469 -21.3 -44.7 10 23.4 -24.3 235 62 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.18 14 350 8438 -28.6 -45.5 18 16.8 -30.4 236 68 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.9 0.19 15 300 9523 -37.4 -49.7 27 12.3 -38.2 237 75 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.14 16 250 10757 -45.1 -62.3 13 17.2 -45.7 245 74 339.0 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.03 17 200 12227 -51.3 -76.6 3 25.3 -51.7 262 63 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14048 -61.8 -80.7 6 18.9 -62.0 262 63 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16500 -71.1 -86.7 8 15.6 -71.2 261 39 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.18 m Freezing level: 600.70 mb = 4349.60 m = 14270.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.10 mb = 4040.97 m = 13257.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.93 mb = 862.47 m = 2829.59 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 20.50 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.54 mb = 971.13 m = 3186.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -6.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.97 C Cross Totals Index: 26.03 C K Index: 40.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1532.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.50 mb = 971.48 m = 3187.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.50 mb = 1019.30 m = 3344.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.50 mb = 11378.33 m = 37330.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1524.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.50 mb = 15030.66 m = 49312.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 19.94 Bulk Shear: 76.83 m/s